Ookla’s latest speed-test report has found that T-Mobile is this year’s fastest mobile network, offering the speediest downloads overall, and the fastest 5G. For home broadband, AT&T Fiber took the crown.
Plans to boost broadband speeds have, however, been thrown into doubt by the Trump administration, which wants to abandon a target for every American to have gigabit speeds …
If you’ve ever tested your home or mobile broadband speed, there’s a high chance you’ve done so using Ookla’s Speedtest.net. In addition to displaying the speed to you, the company logs the results of all those tests – together with the networks used – to create a comprehensive picture of the speeds offered by different fixed and mobile networks.
The results of these millions of tests are then analyzed, and published in Ookla’s twice-yearly Speedtest Connectivity Report. The company factors in raw speeds as well as measuring streaming video performance specifically, and a range of other indicators of real-life performance.
T-Mobile the best mobile network
For the first half of 2025, T-Mobile was declared the best mobile network overall, taking the top scores in five out of seven categories:
Fastest
Most consistent
Highest 5G availability
Best gaming experience
Top rating for customer satisfaction
T-Mobile had the best mobile network in the United States during 1H 2025, across all technologies combined, and also specifically for 5G. It recorded a median download speed of 245.48 Mbps, and a median 5G download speed of 299.36 Mbps.
The two categories it didn’t win were instead won by Verizon:
Greatest geographical coverage
Best streaming video experience
AT&T Fiber the best broadband
When it comes to fixed internet, AT&T Fiber was found to offer the fastest broadband.
AT&T Fiber was the fastest ISP in the United States during 1H 2025 with a median download speed of 363.54 Mbps, and a median upload speed of 296.52 Mbps.
Gigabit broadband target under threat
One of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) responsibilities is to tell broadband companies the minimum acceptable speeds they must deliver to all their customers.
The current requirement is for 100Mbps downloads and 20Mbps uploads. A longer-term target was also set, for all Americans to get gigabit speeds – specifically 1Gbps downloads and 500Mbps uploads.
However, Trump’s pick for the FCC chair opposes this longer-term target, and CNET reports that a vote has been scheduled to remove it.
One of the federal government’s most ambitious broadband targets may soon be abandoned. On August 7, the FCC will vote on a proposal to drop its goal of gig speeds for every American.
Additionally, broadband companies will be allowed to claim credit for speeds they are in the process of rolling out, rather than the speeds they currently deliver. Finally, affordability requirements will also be removed if the vote passes.
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