During March and April, PC World spent a day testing the major 3G services in 13 cities across the United States. Verizon’s service showed a combination of speed and reliability, Sprint’s results lent credence to its ‘most dependable’ claim, and AT&T’s network showed fast upload speeds in most cities, says PC World.
The truth is, the 3G wireless networks of today are not perfect (they are, collectively, a work in progress), and they are not all created equal.
Because independent research on these networks is very hard to come by, PC World took a single-day, real-world snapshot of the performance of the three biggest 3G networks in the U.S. – Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint – using industry-accepted testing technology and techniques.
Our results, taken together, provide a snapshot of the performance of the largest 3G networks in 13 major markets during March and early April. But they are by no means exhaustive, and your own connection speeds may differ from ours.
