T-Mobile did much worse than either AT&T or Verizon in Pittsburgh, and its 5G
system didn’t help. I’m concerned there was some sort of network
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PROVIDENCE: T-MOBILE
This was a surprise. I’ve been to Providence, and it’s a town where Verizon likes
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than balanced out the few high-quality Verizon 5G points we ran into, while we
got relatively slow speeds on Verizon 4G. This emphasizes how most of what
you’re going to run into nowadays is still 4G, and a carrier needs to provide a
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it’s worth looking at 5G-capable phones if you’re a T-Mobile subscriber. We
didn’t see a similar improvement on AT&T, where 5G didn’t make a big
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