# When It Comes to Mobile Networks: The Survey Says Reliability Trumps Speed

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**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/when-it-comes-to-mobile-networks-the-survey-says-reliability-trumps-speed/837 "2024-03-21T17:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/when-it-comes-to-mobile-networks-the-survey-says-reliability-trumps-speed/837/1 "2024-03-21T17:44:56Z")

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> **[T-Mobile vs Verizon vs AT&T: Latest network comparison goes beyond speed...](https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-vs-verizon-vs-att-latest-network-comparison-reliability-king_id156506)**
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> Instead of analyzing and comparing speeds for the millionth time, Opensignal is evaluating the network reliability provided by T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T all across the US... with an unsurprising conclusion.

The reliability champ and the also-ran might surprise you. I found the information on which network was most reliable regionally to be of interest.

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**Author:** ![cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/cbwahlstrom/32/241_2.png) [@cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/cbwahlstrom)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/when-it-comes-to-mobile-networks-the-survey-says-reliability-trumps-speed/837/2 "2024-03-21T18:41:48Z")

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Yep. Give me a reliable network that allows me to stream video (lower res is fine) without buffering every minute and I’m a happy guy. In my area that means prioritized T-Mobile or Verizon. I was hopeful that it might include Dish’s 5G network, but so far that’s a big fail.

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**Author:** ![dbrew826](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/dbrew826/32/325_2.png) [@dbrew826](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/dbrew826)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/when-it-comes-to-mobile-networks-the-survey-says-reliability-trumps-speed/837/3 "2024-03-26T14:05:17Z")

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So we have the Verizon LTE home internet with truly unlimited data 1080p speeds, $50 per month (w autopay). And we use MobileX for our smartphones for under $10 per month per phone, under 1 gig of data. I constantly get email and snail mail reminders that if we signed up for Verizon top tiers of cell plans, our internet bill would be $15 less.

Seems like one of these providers could simply sell a phone with truly unlimited LTE data, with unlimited tethering for devices for $75 per month and score a lot of cheapskate customers like me. One device does it all. We don’t stream much media, nor spend much time on the internet. Reliability over speed!