Cities with Best Mobile Performance: Atlanta, Chicago Top List

How do US cities rank in terms of mobile services performance? Atlanta (GA) is tops, not only in network speed and data performance, but overall, according to RootMetrics’ first half 2015 rankings. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International also topped RootMetrics’ ranking of mobile service performance across the 50 busiest US airports. The third-largest US city, Chicago (IL) ran a close second to Atlanta in overall mobile service performance. The two largest U.S. cities – New York (NY) and Los Angeles (CA) -- came in 74th and 89th, near the bottom of RootMetrics’ rankings. Washington (DC) scored lowest among the 10 largest US cities, finishing 95th. Denver (CO) didn’t show well either, finishing 118th of the 125 cities in which RootMetrics tested mobile services performance.

The top 5 metro areas for mobile services:
Atlanta (GA) (pop. 4.51M)
Chicago (IL) (pop. 8.60M)
Knoxville (TN) (pop. 558,696)
Nashville (TN) (pop. 969,587)
Jacksonville (FL) (pop. 1.06M)

The bottom 5:
Hudson Valley (NY) (pop. 423,566)
Reno (NV) (pop. 392,141)
Omaha (NE) (pop. 725,008)
Colorado Springs (CO) (pop. 559,409)
El Paso (TX) (pop. 803,086)