Ookla Study: Wireless Network Speeds of Comcast, Charter Have Soared

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2025 – Customers of two leading mobile virtual network operators have seen a boost in network performance recently, largely thanks to a shift toward wireless service.

Research published Tuesday by Ookla, a company specializing in network intelligence, found that Charter’s Spectrum Mobile and Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile have seen a significant increase in users' download speeds over the past two years.

According to Ookla, Spectrum’s Speed Boost has seen its median download speeds go from 84.35 Mbps in Q1 2023 to 188.63 Mbps in Q4 2024, a 124 percent increase. There has been an even larger increase for Xfinity Mobile’s Wifi Boost, which has gone from median speeds of 53.65 Mbps in Q1 2023 to 170.39 Mbps in Q4 2024, a 218 percent increase.