Verizon iPhone News: AT&T Crushes Verizon In Nationwide iPhone 3G Speed Tests

February 21st, 2011

Miguel Pereyra

Ookla, The developers of the FREE Speedtest.net Mobile Speed Test application released some data collected by their application that unsurprisingly shows AT&T’s network is considerably faster than Verizon’s.

As reported by Wired:

The AT&T iPhone’s average download speed was 1,769 Kbps, and the average upload speed was 730 Kbps. By way of comparison, the Verizon iPhone’s average download speed was 848 Kbps, and the average upload speed was 506 Kbps.

Verizon has never really boasted its network speed, instead they promote their coverage and reliability compared to AT&T’s. Honestly I have had little to no problems with my iPhone on AT&T living in Los Angeles. Slower 3G speeds is one more reason why I think I’ll stick with AT&T.

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Tags: AT&T, Verizon iPhone

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Anonymous

I wonder what all those Verizon fans have to say now? I love AT&T.
Anonymous

I wonder what all those Verizon fans have to say now? I love AT&T.
Orion Antares

I can tell you what I have to say. I have coverage in the areas I spend my time in, areas AT&T doesn’t cover or only covers with EDGE/GPRS. 3G CDMA Is much better than 2G or no coverage GSM.
Orion Antares

I can tell you what I have to say. I have coverage in the areas I spend my time in, areas AT&T doesn’t cover or only covers with EDGE/GPRS. 3G CDMA Is much better than 2G or no coverage GSM.
Orion Antares

I can tell you what I have to say. I have coverage in the areas I spend my time in, areas AT&T doesn’t cover or only covers with EDGE/GPRS. 3G CDMA Is much better than 2G or no coverage GSM.
Anonymous

Yeah, this is the kind of news I expected to see after the Verizon release. I’ve had no real problem with my AT&T coverage, but like Miguel I’m in L.A.
Cathy

Looks to me like Verizon’s iPhone is just as fast as AT&T. The carrier doesn’t really make that much of a difference.

http://piczasso.com/i/hh7ld.png

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carriers/id417595285?mt=8