How Sprint Is Attracting New Customers in a Saturated Market
Network performance in Atlanta
In the previous part of the series, we learned about the relative improvement in Sprint’s (S) network reliability ranking, as per the 1st Half 2016 Metro Area RootScore Report. Now, we’ll look at the overall performance of the top four US wireless carriers in this market based on the report.
Based on the 1st Half 2016 Metro Area RootScore Report for Atlanta, AT&T (T) shared the top position with Verizon (VZ) in the overall network performance parameter in this market. Meanwhile, Sprint and T-Mobile (TMUS) shared the third place in this metric as per the report.
Earlier in the RootMetrics’ report for this metro market dated 2H15, Verizon and Sprint had the first and fourth spots, respectively, in the overall network performance category. Moreover, as per that report, AT&T and T-Mobile shared the second place in this network performance parameter for this metro market.
Network speed of wireless carriers in Atlanta
As per the 1st Half 2016 Metro Area RootScore Report for Atlanta, Verizon got the top spot in the network speed metrics category for the metro market. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint got the second, third, and fourth spots, respectively, in this metric.
In the 2H15 RootMetrics’ report for this metro market, T-Mobile had the top spot in the network speed metrics in Atlanta. Additionally, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint had the second, third, and fourth place, respectively, in this metric for the metro market as per that report.
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