Report: US In Fifty-Eighth Place In Terms Of LTE Speed The United States is in fifty-eighth place when it comes to the fastest LTE speeds available worldwide, according to a new report by Open Signal. With average LTE speeds of around 10 Mbps, the report found that the United States offers "below-average speeds but decent coverage" compared to the rest of the world. Thanks to broader geography, US LTE comes in tenth place when it comes to LTE coverage.

New Zealand offers the fastest LTE speeds with an average of 36 Mbps, followed by Singapore (33 Mbps), Romania (30 Mbps) and South Korea (29 Mbps). Here inside the States, the report found that Verizon Wireless has tied T-Mobile for the fastest LTE speeds available domestically. Verizon and T-Mobile each posted average downstream speeds of 11 Mbps between June to August, notes the research firm. Still, the report makes a point to highlight the fact that the United States, an early leader in LTE, is actually now falling behind. The US has "failed to keep up with the rest world in both spectrum and technology," notes the report. "All of the four major U.S. operators have been expanding into more frequency bands, but none have been able to match the capacity countries like South Korea and Singapore have plowed into their networks. The U.S. has also been much slower in moving to LTE-Advanced," the report adds. The US has "failed to keep up with the rest world in both spectrum and technology," notes the report. "All of the four major U.S. operators have been expanding into more frequency bands, but none have been able to match the capacity countries like South Korea and Singapore have plowed into their networks. The U.S. has also been much slower in moving to LTE-Advanced," the report adds.







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Fromberg, MT 7 recommendations Simba7 Member Not surprising.. The US has "failed to keep up with the rest world in both spectrum and technology," After all, we're getting screwed every way we can. The only country probably getting it worse is Canada.We're behind in quite a few things. This is no different. Remember, profits first.. customers last. NebRanger

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1 edit 3 recommendations NebRanger Member LTE-A " [...] The U.S. has also been much slower in moving to LTE-Advanced,"



Meanwhile, north of the border, I need only upgrade my phone from an S5 to an S6 and I can use Bell's LTE-A network... at up to 290 Mbps. Likely aggregate, but still, that's MUCH further ahead than American cell networks.



Just tested my LTE bandwidth and it's not going to be pretty for Americans: » Meanwhile, north of the border, I need only upgrade my phone from an S5 to an S6 and I can use Bell's LTE-A network... at up to 290 Mbps. Likely aggregate, but still, that's MUCH further ahead than American cell networks.Just tested mybandwidth and it's not going to be pretty for Americans: » www.speedtest.net/my-res ··· 72043898