Comparison of AT&T and Verizon Fredericksburg, VA to Savannah, GA 1/7/22 (RAN Performance)
Time: 1/7/22 0800 - 1/7/22 1800
RAN Performance
Verizon
RSRQ <= -16 AND RSRP <= -118 (94 Plots)
RSRQ >= -5 AND RSRP >= -81 (61 Plots)
RSRQ <= -20 (21 Plots)
RSRQ >= -5 (648 Plots)
RSRP <= -130 (2 Plots)
RSRP >= -81 (1299 Plots)
Percentage of Time on 5G (NSA): Minimal Amount of Time
Bandwidth >= 20 Mhz: ~10% of Time
Median RSRQ: -10
Median RSRP: -102
Unique Towers/Nodes: 226
Unique Cells: 518
AT&T
RSRQ <= -16 AND RSRP <= -118 (175 Plots)
RSRQ >= -5 AND RSRP >= -81 (148 Plots)
RSRQ <= -20 (61 Plots)
RSRQ >= -5 (1228 Plots)
RSRP <= -130 (46 Plots)
RSRP >= -81 (1271 Plots)
Percentage of Time on 5G (NSA): Minimal but a little more than Verizon
Bandwidth >= 20 Mhz: A lot more carrier aggregation for ATT and > 20Mhz
Median RSRQ: -9
Median RSRP: -102
Unique Towers/Nodes: 196
Unique Cells: 434
AT&T edged out Verizon a little with median RSRQ. They also made better use of carrier aggregation and better bandwidths than Verizon.
One reason that ATT may be doing better with less towers/cells as compared to Verizon is due to the fact that ATT used some form of CA (carrier aggregation) 98% of the time as compared to Verizon only using it considerably less.