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Verizon Wireless tops, AT&T Mobility flops on data speeds in Los Angeles

In the Los Angeles metro area Verizon Wireless (VZ) gets the top nod in a new report that sought out to test wireless data speeds and various features among the top four nationwide operators. AT&T Mobility (T) took home the unenviable last-place ranking while Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and T-Mobile USA (DTEGY) virtually tied for second place.
Out of a total score of 100, Verizon scored 88.4, T-Mobile squeaked through with 51.3, Sprint got 47.4 and AT&T rounded out last with 42.9. The Bellevue, Wash.-based firm tested the networks’ performance on various activities, such as making calls, uploading and downloading files, and sending and receiving text messages.
Verizon Wireless data speeds were nearly three-times faster on average than the Sprint, which turned in the second-fastest download network. Verizon’s LTE network was up to six times faster than AT&T, which delivered the second-fastest upload network, RootMetrics reported. Moreover, Verizon’s LTE network was the most reliable in Los Angeles, with a 96% connection rate to the data network. T-Mobile only measured a data success rate of 89%.
Of the markets that RootMetrics has surveyed to date — Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Houston and Washington, D.C. — Los Angeles measured the fastest data speeds yet.
Dropped-call rates came in at 3% for AT&T and T-Mobile, nearly 2% on Sprint’s network and less than .5% on Verizon’s network. In terms of text message delivery times, T-Mobile took home the top honors at 6.6 seconds on average while AT&T lagged behind once again in last place at 15.3 seconds.

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Matt Kapko
Matt Kapko
Former Feature writer for RCR Wireless NewsCurrently writing for CIOhttp://www.CIO.com/ Matt Kapko specializes in the convergence of social media, mobility, digital marketing and technology. As a senior writer at CIO.com, Matt covers social media and enterprise collaboration. Matt is a former editor and reporter for ClickZ, RCR Wireless News, paidContent and mocoNews, iMedia Connection, Bay City News Service, the Half Moon Bay Review, and several other Web and print publications. Matt lives in a nearly century-old craftsman in Long Beach, Calif. He enjoys traveling and hitting the road with his wife, going to shows, rooting for the 49ers, gardening and reading.