The Best Mobile Networks in Our Favorite WFH Cities

pcmag.com:

The new work-from-home world is really a work-from-anywhere world. Now that we've mostly been freed from our COVID bubbles, the liberation of not going to the office doesn't have to mean staying home—it can mean going to the park, to the cafe, or to your favorite hideout to get some work done.

Earlier this year, we picked 50 cities and small towns across America we think are ideally suited for great to working from home. In general, our 50 picks have reasonable real estate prices, sizable homes, and fast fiber internet.

But having fiber internet in your house doesn't mean you want to be disconnected when you're out, and when you're out, a fast mobile network is a good option to have. Many mobile plans now come with gigabytes of tethering for your laptop, and mobile networks can be faster and more secure than public Wi-Fi.

In our 10,000 miles of driving to find America's best mobile network, we passed through eight of our 50 favorite WFH cities (you can see where they rank on our overall list in the graphics below). Here's who we found was the best network in each one:

We only did a quick drive through Layton while on our way out of Salt Lake City, but T-Mobile came out as the clear winner. It's clear that T-Mobile has installed its "ultra capacity" mid-band 5G in Layton, while AT&T and Verizon are still in the 4G era.

T-Mobile also won overall in the Salt Lake metro area, including, surprisingly, on measures of reliability. Why? We think the massive capacity that T-Mobile has added recently has really helped with congestion, so there are very few blocked connections if you can get a signal. That makes T-Mobile the speediest on the Silicon Slope.

We spent a pleasant hour in Milwaukie, a more affordable suburb of Portland,