Speed Showdown: AT&T Internet Air vs Verizon 5G Cube

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2 ай бұрын

I want faster internet. Like, always. In this speed showdown, we compare AT&T Internet Air and Verizon 5G Cube to see which one comes out on top. If you're looking for a new home internet option, this comparison video is a must-watch! Whether you're using an iPhone 13 Pro Max or any other device, you'll want to see the results of this showdown.
I begin by unboxing the BRAND NEW Internet Air Hub from AT&T. Does it hold it's own against Verizon 5G, or is it FASTER? We also compare speeds against an iPhone 13 Pro Max on AT&T 5G Cellular Data.
Which 5g Home Router is actually better?
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@einsp227 Ай бұрын

Considering you live in a farm area, 253mbps is damn good. That’s more than enough for the average person. You’re lucky to even get that in a rural area.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I'm definitely grateful to get betting what we have, and off-peak times I'm seeing speeds of about 330Mbps which is pretty great.

@emiliauh Ай бұрын

I would recommend testing the AT&T device in different areas of your house and see where the fastest test is. Even if you have to run an Ethernet cable to an AP. It can make a worlds of signal difference when you are closer to a window, and your phone was only getting 250 down and 3 up, so it can't be expected that the AT&T Internet Air device will be much better. Maybe in the most northeast window of your house, you can give that a try.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Ok sounds good!

@russtewell9776 2 ай бұрын

Did you ever try testing both devices in other locations throughout your house? Even small moves can make a big difference. Nice video!

@FilmmakerJoe24 2 ай бұрын

That's a good idea! I'm getting significantly faster speeds in the evenings during off-peak hours. I hope to do an update video soon 👍👍

@stevenuttall Ай бұрын

So ATT doesn't suggest placing this device in a window and then checking speed? Try searching for KZfaqr "NaterTater". He has lots and lots of videos covering this whole cellular home internet "thing".

@biblesonabudget213 Ай бұрын

I would like to know how you were able to get the ATT one, to be able to use it in a rural area where you live? In my area, they say it is not available but we have access to 5g from ATT.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I was surprised we were able to get it. We live in between 2 cities - Everett and Lake Stevens. I spot we live is rural but we are minutes away from suburbia. I hope you can get service in your area soon.

@jjcoolaus Ай бұрын

For better upload speeds, put the AT&T box facing a window and using the tower aligner in the app to get the best result

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I do plan to try this out soon when I have time. I'm still hung on whether it's a connection issue, or if the bottleneck is at the actual tower itself.

@countrygaming8367 Ай бұрын

I can see on your test that the ping is below 100ms and is around 70! That’s impressive! Thanks for the great video pal! Does your test by any chance show what the MTU is?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Great question, Speedtest.net doesn't share the MTU size used in the test. The AT&T All-Fi is set to 1430 and can't be changed. Hope this info helps a little.

@xlawrence1124x 20 күн бұрын

70 ms ping is horrible for a home Internet connection. Even for a cellular connection that's god awful

@HughMyronM8 20 күн бұрын

I have t mobile 5g home internet and it works well even in a rural area

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

That's awesome! I'm excited to try the T-Mobile 5G Internet, but it isn't currently offered where we live. Hopefully soon! What part of the country are you?

@sjbdude101 Ай бұрын

Look into getting an external antenna. With some simple calibrations outside you can point it directly at the best tower and double to even quadruple your current speeds.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Whaaaat that sounds awesome! I'm looking into this 👍👍👍

@sjbdude101 Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 yeah it requires some disassembly of the router to tap into the antenna ports. But not hard to do and no soldering required. however,some of the newer tmobile routers actually include external antenna jacks so I'm guessing AT&T and Verizon later will adopt that on their new 5g modems.

@Mensan1960 22 күн бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 a quad mimo from waveform should do the trick

@montywm69 Ай бұрын

Can you travel with the ATT air? Use ie use in an RV?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Great question - the jury is still out on this one. I believe you are locked to the tower near your home, however, I would like to confirm this. I did attempt to travel with the Verizon in the camper van; we drove from Washington to Moab and Lake Tahoe, and it did work in other places with it was very slow, we were definitely not getting 5G speeds (or even 4G speeds for that matter).

@WilkisterTangazi Ай бұрын

I just bought the AOSU solar power cameras. Can I connect them to this?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

If the cameras have WiFi then it should work.

@ceejw Ай бұрын

Seems like the latency is generally higher on ATT. Not a big deal but if you care about online gaming having a ping up around 80 to 100ms is not going to work very well

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Yeah good point. I don't game so typically latency isn't something I zero in on, but will give it more attention in future videos. Thanks you!

@killer2600 Ай бұрын

Even without gaming I notice the latency in the AT&T Air at a relatives house compared against my Xfinity wired connection at my house.

@BESTEHSTUBA Ай бұрын

Bro, tell me about it😢

@animosity2284 23 күн бұрын

Hey, how is the AT&T with gaming

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

It's not the best. I don't really game, but with ping times as high as they are, there are definitely better options out there.

@TheMichellephoto Ай бұрын

How is this for streaming online? Like Apple TV?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Great question! It's really great for streaming shows, and it's fast enough for streaming to several devices at the same time.

@tmastersat 23 күн бұрын

No your wrong we use wired cords for everything but moble devices because its faster and constant. Wifi is to slow

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

I'm going to test this theory out, and soon!

@jacklabloom635 Ай бұрын

Which of the two do you prefer using, after a couple of weeks of use?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Hi Jack great question! I'm enjoying the AT&T a bit more thanks to the faster upload speeds, and besides that, the experience is very similar to the Verizon 5G whereas it just works, and we don't have to think about it.

@TorchySmurf 2 ай бұрын

6:43 I don't like that the equipment shown the app animation had 2 additional ethernet ports than was on the equipment sent to the customer here. Also, never complain about hard wiring.

@FilmmakerJoe24 2 ай бұрын

Totally agree, why are they showing me something better than what they sent me?

@jmcowans 2 ай бұрын

I have the same service(att) here in Grove City, Ohio… I’m getting 600 up and 25 down… has to be the location possibly

@FilmmakerJoe24 2 ай бұрын

Whoa! Yes, that's pretty fast! Are you using Wifi or are you connected to the hub with an ethernet cable?

@jmcowans 2 ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 that was with wifi. I have a separate router that I use for Ethernet connected to it for more ports I don’t get as fast of wifi speeds though through my router as I do straight from the hub

@xlawrence1124x 20 күн бұрын

Near a window or facing the closest tower will improve your upload speeds, which is what you specifically need. Just from my cellular data on AT&T inside my home the upload is trash, around 1-5 mbps, but if I put my phone on the window it goes up to like 30 Mbps. That's because I'm on edge cell, and causes a major signal difference just being at the window

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

I'm going to try that! I actually have an idea for a future video that takes this idea and runs wild. I will try the window and outside next.

@justnathan_4087 Ай бұрын

Highly recommend getting a ethernet cable and trying both. I have AT&T Fiber 1Gig and when I speedtest on my phone right next to router I only get 300 down and 300 up. If I speedtest on my laptop I get around 700 down and 700 up over wifi. If I speedtest on ethernet I get 940/940. I think the limitation comes a lot in the phone.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Will do, watch for this in a video soon!

@TunaSoda Ай бұрын

Yes, phones are not full powered wifi receivers if they were bye bye battery :)

@matt498vf Ай бұрын

Wi-Fi 6 or 7 router and compatible phone will get your that 1Gig speed on Wi-Fi

@TunaSoda Ай бұрын

@@matt498vf yikes

@xboxone47 Ай бұрын

But when doing speed test on your wireless for att I get 300-600

@REELKILLERS Ай бұрын

Do NOT trade in your modem for this. They talked us into it & nothing but regrets. Promised faster internet & straight lied or mislead us. If it ain’t broke dont fix it so this means they are cutting back on something that will effect the quality & need your cooperation. It’s not about giving us better quality, it’s about helping them cutting back. Dont do it, we are now going with a whole new provider due to the trust breach now,

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Sorry about your bad experience. What service are you trying next?? Would love to hear!

@Bunkysworkshop Ай бұрын

So we have the Verizon cube and like it. How are you doing with the this new system?

@Starry_Night_Sky7455 Ай бұрын

Watching this while hating AT&T so much right now. Worst ever customer service. But hey, use what internet you need. I love reviews like this. I've been looking to just go wired. Is that bizarre? Speaking of bizarre, the AT&T Cube, lol, why did they make it that way? Does it act as some sort of WiFi worship zone? It needs to glow in colors, lol.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Hopefully I don't need to go through Customer Service, especially since I was born with the natural gift of Impatience😂 I would always prefer to go Wired when it is an option, however where I live it is not available. But yeah, the All-Fi hub looks like a Shrine. I keep it in the cabinet below the TV and it's working fine in there, although I'm concerned about heat dissipation once summer hits. Stay tuned!

@robh063 16 күн бұрын

Why did you test the AT&T Internet Air with the older outdated Verizon cube? They have a new one that's taller (rectangle) that is faster than the cube version.

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Oh whoa I didn't know about the new one just tested the one that I had. I will look into this.. Thank you!

@TunaSoda Ай бұрын

My relative got the T-Mobile version and is getting 500+ consistently

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Nice, that's fast! What state is that in?

@TunaSoda Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 LI/NY

@itsmaxifunyt Ай бұрын

Whenever you were testing those so close together, it caused WiFi interference, that’s why the Verizon cube was so slow.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Yes, that's very likely. I've also noticed that other times of the week the internet will test way faster - closer to 330Mbps down. Thursday seems to be a busy internet day here.

@PromasterHOF 3 күн бұрын

I got the ATT thing as soon as I opened it up, I put it back in the box and took it to UPS and sent it back didn’t even plug it in. It was way to big

@Jamiewehmeyer45030 Ай бұрын

You want to stay with Verizon and get you a outdoor antenna in outdoor leads to hook up to the Verizon box and you'll get your speeds that you're looking for

@markdcmountp Ай бұрын

Huh?

@davidanthony559 Ай бұрын

I received an email letting me know I can switch to AT&T Air at no additional cost. Not sure what benifits me switching.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

What service are you using now?

@NateNoShlong Ай бұрын

I heard they were trying to phase out some of their old outdated wired services with the air

@tmastersat 23 күн бұрын

If you want faster speed place it near a window

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

I will try that next!

@rmstark1966 14 күн бұрын

looks like ping and jitter are much better on Verizon

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Yeah and Verizon was more consistent overall.

@mynextpair1913 2 ай бұрын

Is there data caps with this service?

@FilmmakerJoe24 2 ай бұрын

That was my question, too! Allegedly, AT&T says there are no caps and no throttling with this service.

@montywm69 Ай бұрын

No ports to hook up external antenna? Not good

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Ports for antennas would be nice, there are likely some ports on the inside you could tap into. Would you run a wire from the port to an antenna mounted outside on the roof?

@danieldevine Ай бұрын

why is US service so slow most of the time i see it? I'm in a little village in the uk and get 200mbit+ down 50-70mbit up on 5G, only a bit slower on the download on 4G (We're not using 5G for upload atm) and I know that's a slow site. I've had 800Mbit + speeds over 5G without mmWave and that was like 2 years ago

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Yeah I'm not quite sure why. Rural internet speeds where we live aren't the best; in fact, even in most of the towns it isn't very fast. Glas you're seeing great speeds in the UK!

@nickmrt2670 29 күн бұрын

Because in the us the media corporations that control the internet like to screw and control their customers

@adamotak5145 24 күн бұрын

Because of size, there are 11 states which could fit the UK inside them and remember we have 50 states. Most of European countries are small compare to US size means, its very cheap to provide most of the country with 5g cellular towers or fiber internet wire that's 5g or fiber are cheaper and faster over there compare to US or Canada.

@danieldevine 24 күн бұрын

I understand the coverage issue, but the speed issue is totally different - unless you're running microwave backhaul, you'd be running fibre the vast majority of the time @@adamotak5145

@xlawrence1124x 20 күн бұрын

It's just his exact location. The US has endless places that are now doing over 1 gig download and 100-200 upload over midband 5G on all carriers as long as you're close to the tower site and they have good fiber backhaul cranked up on the site as well. Ive hit 2 gbps on T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on non-mmwave, and 1.2 gbps on AT&T

@littlejay4133 11 күн бұрын

Does the speed run out like what hotspot does

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

No, it doesn't run out, there is no cap on data for this service like there would be for a hotspot.

@hodlcro4dlife661 13 күн бұрын

That's is actually great AT&T is 75-225mbps max on the label and when I talked to an agent max speed is 225 I'm debating from Spectrum 79.99 max 300mbps is it worth saving $25 🤔 upstairs I get 278mbps but I have a nighthawk netgear router which is over kill but works great no issues Spectrum loves Netgear Routers

@HipElf 3 күн бұрын

But spectrum goes up after a year

@hodlcro4dlife661 3 күн бұрын

I got a great deal only 39.99 for faster speed ultra 500mbps for entire year then goes up $10 every year and lowered cellphone bill to 39.99 saving $55🍻

@hodlcro4dlife661 3 күн бұрын

Spectrum is having a special 39.99

@hodlcro4dlife661 3 күн бұрын

I have a lot of devices and family comes over and uses wifi, my internet from Spectrum can handle that amount of loads but I do like the fact that att internet air is available at a cheap price and no price increase after 1 year I would get it if I didn't have a lot of devices connected to wifi and ethernet and I need it to get to my garage and outside yard area and wife does a lot of work from home.

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

That's pretty fast! I'd love to try Spectrum, will try them next!

@MMcCarley2010 17 күн бұрын

Have Att internet air and I do not recommend it! Att told us to trade our old modem with internet air or they will turn off our old modem and we did. Spent a whole week trying to get the internet air modem setup with 10+ errors. When we got it setup, it showed that we have slower internet speeds than our old modem😢

@FilmmakerJoe24 17 күн бұрын

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your experience. I recommend wired internet anywhere it works! I chose the 5G service because our only other option is Satellite Internet like Starlink. I hope you find something that works well for you, best of luck!

@markdcmountp Ай бұрын

As large as it is you should be able to watch TV on it🤔😆

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Haha right?!?!

@AshleyMona 6 күн бұрын

Joe so damn fine 🥹😍😍 nice video sir

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Awesome, great! Glad you enjoyed the video.

@GustavoMdMc Ай бұрын

quite silly they don't include a few hours of backup power

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I agree, wish they did! Could pair it with a UPS of course 😀

@hodlcro4dlife661 13 күн бұрын

Real Test is how well does it go through walls and 2 story Condo's?

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Probably as well as a cell phone would, which is to say, meh.

@SleepingWitheSirens 16 күн бұрын

I would give 3/10 for At&T 5G hub design and 10/10 for Verizon Square Internet Hub. Case closed.

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Honestly, 100% agree

@fujitsubo3323 Ай бұрын

the fact that it has a 10gig port is confusing AF. the 5G on it is never reaching anywhere near that. seems like a wasted port on a cell data product.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I agree, and with just a single 10gig work it negates using it for 10gig internal network traffic. It's weird

@kasforai Ай бұрын

my upload is under 10 very slow I live near tower so why slow?

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Hi, great question. It could be several reasons - The signal could have trouble penetrating the walls of your home, try moving to near a window in the direction of the tower. Also, try moving it higher above the ground. Also, if you point the fast of the AllFi Hub towards the tower this will help as well. Ultimately though, sometimes slow speeds are a result of network congestion. Good luck with trying to improve your speed - be sure to post back here if you find something that helps.

@kasforai Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 All of these are done right don't know why still don't work

@rolvs Ай бұрын

The future is not wireless! The radio spectrum will always be a limitation. Fiber is the ting to go after.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Yes, I think you're right! Where I live, fiber is currently not an option. The fastest internet we can get is 5G, and Starlink is too expensive where other things could still work.

@HipElf 3 күн бұрын

Wireless is the future how are you going to get internet too everyone?

@DennisCParker Ай бұрын

My Verizon box works much better than Spectrum’s internet and it’s half the cost. I guess it depends on your location.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

I think it's very location dependant. Where is Spectrum's service offered?

@DennisCParker Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 Spectrum covers the South East far as I’m aware. They use to be Time Warner. It’s always been subpar, but there’s been little competition until now.

@stevena2230 Ай бұрын

The AT&T device is ugly and too big. They should have designed it as a cube similar to the Verizon device.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Yeah I totally agree!!!

@pea4995 Ай бұрын

had this hub for 4 months now and shouldnt need to say this but my upload speed has never reached over 5mb. not once have i got into a game and not seen ping issues. ATT is truly the wifi of all time.

@chriswright8074 Ай бұрын

It's different and unique

@chriswright8074 Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24why not get FiOS or fiber in general

@jdolaktv 28 күн бұрын

@@chriswright8074 Fiber isn't available in all areas yet.

@Somerandomblackdud3 Ай бұрын

did a test and got 700mbps down.... my eyes opened lol

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Nice, that's fast! Where abouts are you?

@Somerandomblackdud3 Ай бұрын

@@FilmmakerJoe24 I’m over in Texas. My best friend was contemplating so I went to his window and did that on an iPhone. He pulled the trigger lol 😂

@meanders143737 Ай бұрын

Have you tried T-Mobile internet? I get almost 100 on the upload.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

NoI haven't yet, where is it offered? How much do you spend?

@lindachandler5980 26 күн бұрын

I couldn't watch your video because of the background noise you added. What do you think it adds to your content? Many of us with misophonia can't tolerate the irritant. We can't hear both your voice and the background noise.

@FilmmakerJoe24 24 күн бұрын

I'm sorry the video was hard to listen to, just in cast I did prepare the subtitles for folks that can benefit from them. I hope this helps 🤗

@yagogabriell Ай бұрын

Infelizmente precisamos ser francos e...que design ridículo esse do aparelho da AT&T. Realmente triste em achar que todos concordaram isso.

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Si!

@pedvan02 28 күн бұрын

Concordo, é o Que é

@jusadude7162 Ай бұрын

Gonna add you to my hot sexy nerd pantheon. Hubba hubba 🤤 And great instructional video btw👍🏼

@FilmmakerJoe24 Ай бұрын

Happy to make the list! 🤣🤣🤣

@nickgarlick4425 5 күн бұрын

Dude why is that AT&T device so ugly haha

@FilmmakerJoe24 3 күн бұрын

Honestly, I don't know what they were thinking 😬

@furiousmojo1 24 күн бұрын

253 MB!? This guy needs more?!! Big dog here.

@FilmmakerJoe24 24 күн бұрын

Haha believe it or not, NO! I don't need more. I'm happy with 50-100Mbps down, honestly. But What I'm hoping for is faster uploads, due to the nature of my work I'm uploading 60+GB of video footage in a day pretty regularly. What kind of speeds are good enough for you?