By Dr. John Saw, Sprint CTO

PC Magazine has released its annual Fastest Mobile Networks report testing the speeds of all four carriers in 30 cities, and according to veteran wireless industry journalist Sascha Segan, “this year’s story is that Sprint is finally back.”



PC Mag notes we “showed spectacular peak download speeds nationwide,” and on a nationwide basis we beat T-Mobile and AT&T in average download speeds. Furthermore, we beat Verizon in reliability (yes, really).



Our outright wins included Las Vegas, Seattle, and Columbus. In addition, we placed second in St. Louis, Boise, and Charlotte. While PC Mag may have declared winners for each city, the important takeaway is that all four networks in 2016 are now competitive. And with the opportunity to switch to Sprint and save 50% off most competitors’ rates, our network is a great choice for consumers.1 Our outright wins included Las Vegas, Seattle, and Columbus. In addition, we placed second in St. Louis, Boise, and Charlotte. While PC Mag may have declared winners for each city, the important takeaway is that all four networks in 2016 are now competitive. And with the opportunity to switch to Sprint and save 50% off most competitors’ rates, our network is a great choice for consumers.

There are many types of network tests within the industry, and here at Sprint we look at all of them. In this year’s PC Mag report we’re pleased to see how much we’ve improved. Compared to last year’s report our national LTE Mobile Speed Index increased by 22%, and our average download speed across 30 cities improved 62%, jumping from 12.7 Mbps to 20.6 Mbps. Nationally our maximum download speed also grew a whopping 70%, increasing from 72 Mbps to 122.6 Mbps.