![]() But it’s a LOT more ambitious than most independent reporting on this topic–and certainly far more enterprising than declaring that they all suck… Well, it’s not my test–it’s PC World’s, and they acknowledge that it’s not comprehensive or definitive. so get over the fact that they have their strengths and weaknesses and choose whichever one you want. the 181.4 million people that live in the US using the same service, the network would crash regularly. with EVERYONE using that one network speeds would slow WAYdown because of ll the traffick. first off, one network would allow that one network to charge as high as they want because there would be absolutly no competition. Until we get ONE network that EVERYONE uses, and is robust enough to handle ALL the traffic at reasonable and dependable speeds, I'm going to stick my my statement:īuddy you must not know how economics work. The fact that there was some variance is of no surprise. Likewise, what is ATT's financial interest in the testing company? Too much not disclosed to be a true test. Who did the test, and who owns the company, and what is their financial interest in ATT. that's easily rigged when your looking for high scores. I don't for a second believe ATT's claim about independent testing…. Given the very limited scope of your test, it'd be hard to really make any claims about any of the carriers. And it might help to explain why AT&T is the only one of the big three carriers who never talks about dependability or reliability in its ads. But PCW’s experiment is a useful reminder that claims about “America” or “the nation” may or may not reflect what you get in your own hometown. ![]() AT&T told PCW that it stands by its claim of being the nation’s fastest 3G provider, based on results from two independent firms and tests involving a million road miles and a million data sessions. The most notable result is AT&T’s lackluster download score. ![]() –AT&T had the highest upload score in ten cities Sprint was highest in two Verizon in only one. –Verizon got the highest download score in seven cities Sprint scored highest in four AT&T in two. AT&T didn’t score highest in reliability in any cities, and was often far behind its two competitors. –Out of the 13 cities, Verizon got the highest reliability rating in seven and Sprint got the highest one in six. –The performance varied a lot from city to city. And they tend to jibe with some of the anecdotal impressions that folks have about the three carriers: As Mark says in his story, the results are only a snapshot of how the networks did on a given day, in the particular locations in the specific cities that PCW and Novarum visited. PCW conducted this ambitious real-world experiment in partnership with Novarum, using Ixia’s IxChariot tool. Which is why I admire what Mark Sullivan and my other PC World pals did: compare the three carries for upload speed, download speed, and reliability in thirteen cities. Sprint claims to have “ America’s most dependable 3G network.” Verizon says it has “ America’s largest and most reliable wireless network.” AT&T says it has “ the nation’s fastest 3G network.” With wireless, in other words, everybody’s a winner–if you ask the carriers themselves.
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