PC Magazine - USA (2020-10)

In Verizon’s case, we saw those speeds on E Passyunk in South Philly as well as
on the Temple U campus, where both Verizon 4G and 5G were present. In
AT&T’s case, we got those super-fast speeds in Center City, Northeast Philly,
and on the Temple and UPenn campuses. While T-Mobile didn’t do
overwhelmingly well anywhere, once again, the Temple campus showed some of
its best performance.

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Verizon and AT&T otherwise had very similar 4G performance in Pittsburgh, a
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near the Pitt campus, on the Southside near Hot Metal Street, and in Carrick.
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nonetheless.)

As we saw in Philadelphia, if you want really good coverage in Pittsburgh, hang
around the universities. We also saw some of our best AT&T speeds near the
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though. In Coraopolis, for instance, we saw good coverage and speeds
downtown, but much worse performance up in the hills. Unfortunately, this is
just physics—the very rugged Pittsburgh area has a lot of challenges for wireless
transmission. If you live up a hill or in a valley, you might want to look into a
wireless signal booster to improve your situation.

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