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The smear campaigns currently underway between At&t and Verizon Wireless continue to rage on but Root Wireless, an independent testing firm, says Verizon’s claims of a superior mobile data network may be overblown. To get to the bottom of which 3G data network was actually superior, Root Wireless looked at 7 major markets and the verdict was that At&t’s HSPA network consistently beat Verizon’s EVDO network. The test examined different metrics ranging from download speeds to optimal signal strength and overall the results were a complete contradiction to the claims in Verizon’s ad campaign.
Ron Dicklin, Root Wireless chief technology officer, said “AT&T has a much more stable higher-speed average than Verizon. In general you’re going to get a much more balanced experience with AT&T than you would with Verizon in areas where they both have 3G.”
Root tested VZW and AT&T’s networks in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles-Orange County, New York, San Francisco, Seattle-Tacoma and Washington, DC. According to its data, AT&T’s average download speed ranged from 246 kb/s to 428 kb/s across the seven markets, while VZW’s average speeds ranged from 195 kb/s to 259 kb/s, validating AT&T’s claim of having the nation’s fastest 3G network.
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