The Las Vegas area has posted better results year over year in the latest mobile performance report from network services provider Ookla, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Ookla ranked AT&T the top carrier in the state; T-Mobile came in as the top carrier in Henderson and Las Vegas; Sprint ranked best in North Las Vegas.
North Las Vegas, the worst performer in the valley, ranked seventh slowest among 100 measured cities for download speeds at 22.23 megabits per second. Henderson has the best average download and upload speeds in the area, with 25.2 megabits per second and 9.07 megabits per second, respectively, according to the report. Nikki Asay, marketing coordinator for Ookla, said factors that can affect faster speed include more investment by the cell phone carriers.
According to AT&T spokesman Scott Huscher, investments to boost speed in the valley have included adding more cell sites and boosting network capacity. “These investments help provide customers faster speeds and better network connectivity while streaming videos, sharing on social media or texting family and friends,” Huscher said.
Additionally, Sprint has upgraded hundreds of sites in the market, including in-building systems at Treasure Island, Circus Circus and Paris Las Vegas, to improve speeds. “Sprint significantly improved its downloads speeds in this latest report and is by far the most improved carrier year-over-year,” spokeswoman Roni Singleton said. “We are closing the gap on AT&T.”
Las Vegas is certainly improving; it ranked 17th slowest in download speeds this year as opposed to last year’s Ookla ranking of third-slowest city.
July 23, 2018
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