AT&T Speed Test: Elite vs Extra vs Starter vs Prepaid vs MVNO!
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- AT&T speed test between Unlimited Elite, Unlimited Extra, Unlimited Starter, AT&T Prepaid Unlimited Plus, Cricket Unlimited More, and Pure Talk. See AT&T plans - www.bestphoneplans.net/cell-p...
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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - AT&T Plan Overview
1:16 - Baseline Speed Test
2:07 - Simultaneous Speed Test
3:07 - Speed Test Results (Apartment)
3:53 - New Baseline Speed Test (McIntosh Lake)
5:02 - Pure Talk Speed Limit
5:50 - Simultaneous Speed Test (McIntosh Lake)
7:13 - Simultaneous Speed Test 2 (McIntosh Lake)
9:04 - Elite vs Extra vs Starter Speed Test
10:27 - AT&T's Three Priority Levels
11:14 - QCI Values
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This is the EXACT video I needed as an AT&T consumer. I’m switching from Postpaid Unlimited Extra to Prepaid Unlimited Plus. Top tier performance, 22 GB Premium data, 5G, 10GB Mobile hotspot, and HD video without all of the postpaid tack on fees. I wish I found this before I even went to a postpaid plan. I just wanna say thank you for your time, money, and amazingly informative video. I wish I could like it 10K more times and give it billions of views!
I’m on AT&T prepaid unlimited and I couldn’t be happier. I think it’s the best unlimited plan out there.
Casey, what's this plan called now? And how much is it?
@@antitheist5567 I use Net10 with AT&T sim card provided by Net10 and get faster 4G speeds than all of my friends who have a postpaid and prepaid plan directly from AT&T.
$45 for unlimited talk text and data, and 15GB of data to use as a Wifi Hotspot
You get premium data with the extra plan ... Real world speeds tend to be slower on prepaid. I wouldn't base it off just one test in a controlled setting
I think one of the biggest takeaways here is that congestion really matters A LOT!!
Even on cheaper, deprioritized, lines you were able to get great speeds. As soon as you move into a town/city, speeds WILL slow down regardless of priority.
Ps: I recently subscribed after seeing your video on the Big 3 plan comparison. I love the extra attention you put in to editing. It helps make everything easier to understand and overall just gives your videos a professional feel.
Holy shit… this was so in depth and I loved it. Would love to see one with firstnet as well as other providers.
Thanks for watching, Joseph! Those are great ideas. What specific other providers would you like to see?
I would like to see the firstnet vs verizon match up all around
T-Mobile all plans vs mint
I’m on a 5 line account. I just upgrade my line from extra to elite plan for a extra $10 a month, and I noticed the slight speed bump at work where my speed was at a crawl. Now it’s usable going from about 4mbps up to 15-25 with the updated plan. The difference in priority was noticeable.
Would definitely look forward for tests with other carriers, and good job!
Only thing missing… testing QCI 6. Business elite and FirstNET!
Or Los Mobile for that matter.
Los Mobile is a private business reseller that used to advertise themselves as a "MVNO". Their website goes to 404 not found now. Must have got shutdown 🤣
You’re going places my man. Great work. Great video. And audio.
STETSON!!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!! FINALLY
It’s finally here!
Yes! 🙌🏻
@@StetsonDoggett love the video as always using my data of over 400gb a month. Stress test the network
Wow! Ur editing was amazing in this video! Love it!
Great video and great touch at the end showing the QCI level with NSG
Thank you, GusHerb!
You might want to disable the second sim on devices that are dual sim on iOS. I've found dual sim makes speeds slower as well as introduces oddities, at least during my own testing.
This is fascinating! Thank you for the information, TheJaffaMeme. I may consider making a follow-up video to this.
Wow loved your in-depth review and visuals. Also, i liked that you included QCI levels, very informative. Great work as always! What happen to LOS Mobile?
Thank you, ALBERTEEZY! I actually did Test Los Mobile as well, however for some reason I was getting the exact same speeds and performance as Unlimited Extra. I suspect this is because Los Mobile was on eSIM in the Extra phone, and because I was switching between the two plans so quickly the phone was not able to reprovision to the higher QCI 6 value with higher priority.
Very informative and thorough video. Impressive. Thank you for this. Changing my plan this week!
I'm glad it was helpful! Enjoy your new plan :)
This video is top notch, really well done. Only thing is that upload speeds are not subject to prioritization.
You’re one of the best cell plan reviewers out there you should definitely consider getting a robot arm kind of like PhoneBuff to eliminate any variation in start time that way it can truly be a head to head comparison
Wish you would go outside a stadium during a game and do a test like this to really show priority data
After seeing this now I’m between Cricket & AT&T prepaid for 2 lines (family) plans🤔🤔. Good comparison video , well explained👏🏾👏🏾
I have AT&T Prepaid and have been very satisfied. They're pretty awesome here in Cincinnati.
Been waiting for this!
Thank you, G-Bux! I hope you enjoyed it :)
This was an incredible video! I'd love to see an updated one for Verizon and T-Mobile with a similar methodology. I do wish more locations were tested though.
Thanks so much, Justin! I appreciate your suggestions. I hope to do updated videos for Verizon and T-Mobile in the future!
Awesome video! Been on cricket for 2 years with essentially no complaints, but also live in a less congested area
I’m glad to hear it! Yes, Cricket overall seems great. Again, it’s only when I ran the tests at the same time that there was a difference. Considering the price difference, Cricket is a great value.
Wow, Very good because everything is like in depth and I never new about the priority levels, I just thought there was 1 and 2. Thanks!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching :)
This is a very valuable video. I am currently trying Red Pocket GSMA (ATT) to see if I get better signal at work. I do have good latency but not enough time to tell about data speeds.
This is an awesome video man. Great work!
I appreciate it, Ethan! Thank you for watching.
Great video! If it is not too much trouble, would it be possible to test the hotspot speeds for the plans that allow it?
This was a really good in depth video explaining all tiers. Thank you for doing this, itll help a lot of potential customers decisions easier. Confirms my assumptions about att, but did not know about pure talk, not bad if youre not worried about ping/jitter. I wish ATT was more easy going unlocked devices like tmobile or verizon (att 3g sunset), your non att unlocked phone must be whitelisted or no VOLTE/WIFI CALLING/5G
Awesome video I needed!!!
Operator Specific QCI value ranges from 128 to 254. The new standardized QCI values 65, 66, 69 and 70 is accepted for configuration under all existing CLIs that involves QCI. QCI validation is performed during configuration to avoid invalid values. Existing QOS control on all bearers is extended to the new QCIs values.
What a great detailed test. Personally AT&T is good enough for me for a smartphone. You can pretty much do anything with starter speeds.
Great Video as Always Stetson!
I love these kind of videos!
Excellent comparison!
Awesome video Stetson! I had heard in a different video that you went to IC. That’s the market I live in. Glad to know we have something in common. I did have one question for you. With these plans the ones that only give 480p did you still get 480 with 5 G access? Standard def would be low with over 100 mps speeds. I think if you went post paid the obvious choice is elite. Combo that with circled in and your golden on att. Again just my two cents
Great test, you keep getting better, it is done more scientific and better presentation than your previous T-Mobile and Verizon comparisons. The only improvement would be to run in a 3rd highly congested location (such as downtown or college campus) and at different times (6pm for busiest, 2 am for least congested). Your next test should compare 5G from different networks and priority levels.
Awesome, I love your idea on the congested location! I'll see if I can test that out, too.
Super high quality video, you should do another test like this with a huge file download just to give it more time to level out.
Excellent review of att plans!
This is a awesome video!! You should do it with Verizon! I get good speeds but sometimes when tower is busy it’s under 1 MB.
omg thank u for posting this
I'm with Red Pocket on AT&T, for my daily driver One Plus 8 Pro ($30, 10gig), no complaints. This just further proves the MVNO route can sometimes be the best value. I have three other phones on Red Pocket, the small Palm Phone on Verizon ($20, 3gig), and and a 1st gen iPhone SE as yes phone for work on T-Mobile ($10, 1gig) that never leaves the house, as well as my mother's phone, Samsung Galaxy A50 on Verizon ($20, 3gig). I just over $80/month for all four lines.
Thank you. Great work
Really like these videos, have you done one for Verizon’s network yet?
Would love to see this done on Tmobile vs Mint and Verizon vs Visible. Thanks for your time and work.
He did both of them already, but he keeps on improving his testing method, so maybe he van do them again using his new method.
great job on the video
I have Cricket wireless for years. I avg Speedtest is higher than your results, didn’t compare with AT&T speeds. Have not experienced any Data Throttling in my area. Use avg 80 GB monthly. Great Comparison Video 👍
Awesome video Stetson. Hope we see Military/Veteran , First Responders Teachers etc plan from Big 3 or comparisons soon. 😀😀😀😀😀
I would’ve love to see everyone on the same phone in order for it to become a fair competition.
Can you do a version one ?
Great video Stetson!
Thank you, Zachary!
You should make a new follow up video since cricket doest have speed caps and has the premium data that wont slow dwn
Great video thanks
Now I'm curious about TMobile and Verizon 😂👍 good video
You should test the QCI level on AT&T’s first net network if you can manage to get a device on the network
AT&T Prepaid Unlimited Plus is the best value for the money on the AT&T network for sure. Only network in my area that doesn't have lots of towers with 0.5mbps connection!
Ha! I completely agree! And AT&T is offering the limited-time $25 discount with auto-pay, so the plan is just $50/month.
@@StetsonDoggett That's what I'm on right now, I was only paying $30 on Mint and I have a free line on T-Mobile but even on Magenta Max their non mid-band 5G is garbage. AT&T is so much better even on Prepaid
Totally unrelated question, how do you think the TimeWarner Discovery merger will affect the different perks that carriers offer?
That's a great question, Mark! I'm honestly not sure.
Useful video thanks
Great video Stetson.
Thank you, Porky! Thanks for watching!
Fun fact cricket just removed its speed cap on all plans so now it can go up to 100mbps depending on your connection
Yes! It’s so awesome!
Heard the QCI level went up too
Do you have data saver on and do you have the iPhones on allow more 5g data
Can you compare Los Mobile QCI 6 vs Prepaid Unlimited Plus?
Great video, Stetson! Los Mobile? FirstNet?
😊 you're very patient I couldn't do it
What QCI do straight talk lines get on at&t?
I was waiting for this test we saw t mobile and Verizon already
Any plans to do this with vzw and T-Mobile next? If You didn’t that already then I missed it
This is the exact video I’ve needed. Will definitely be switching from cricket to AT&T Prepaid Unlimited plus. Thank you for this.
I’m the $60 plan on cricket. Did you notice that they deprioritize still? Even though they say they don’t?
@@KFWinterblueyes in crowded areas
You put the sides of the phones together, so those antennas get blocked. You should space them out. This also doesn't tell what bands those phones were on, or what the server was that was tested. Do you have any data on this?
Wonder what cricket core would do
I have Optimum Mobile and it runs off the T-Mobile network. Faster I’ve ever had was 145mbps and that’s on 4g LTE. However, in very congested areas, I may get less than 5mbps. Also have two postpaid AT&T tablet plans and on 5g inside…..average speed is 50mbps. Fastest speed was 270mbps on 5g and very close to a AT&T tower. On the 4g network….around 20mbps. Optimum and my AT&T plans are both deprioritized. Nice and informative video regarding network speeds.
Thaaaanksssss Stetson!
Just ran the ookla test on my iPhone XS. I have att unlimited elite. 2 bars signal. 98mbps. Immediately after that test I ran an identical test. Dropped to 45mbps.
Wanting to get out of straight talk into a plan with 40 gigs hotspot and good coverage but the plans are currently all lowering prices and applying more perks so I’m waiting to see what Verizon does seeing as how they offer the least and charge the most. They can’t keep doing what they are doing for long so I just want to wait before I make the jump.
You should do this again after the cricket changes.
I have Elite but Prepaid Unlimited Plus is definitely the dark horse plan. A good balance between performance and price.
Great video 👏
I completely agree! AT&T Prepaid Unlimited Elite is a great value plan for single-line users looking for unlimited data on the AT&T network.
Plus
AT&T is a great carrier my speeds are 200 Mbps in Cincinnati and Kentucky. Sometime time I hit 300 mbps
What speeds and prioritization do you expect from ATT's value plus plan for $50?
I live in New Zealand but I often visit LA on vacation and ever since I had a phone that had duel SIM through eSIM my first being the iPhone XS Max I have gotten a prepaid T-Mobile eSIM as it was the only one compatible with my iPhone XS Max I now have a iPhone 12 Pro that I just found out is compatible with AT&T and hope to get a AT&T prepaid eSIM on my next vacation what would you recommend in the way of a prepaid plan for me I use a lot of data and would need a lot of texts and calls to New Zealand numbers as my family will be going with me and they won't be getting a US plan
You should have tried adding wing!
On cricket I get 73 mbps down and up I get about 30 on a good day and about 20 mbps on other days depending on the location I’m at in my area or in any area
I have BOOM Blue. Boom Mobile AT&T SIM and network. When I connect to the small cells on my Samsung S9 on b5 sometimes with b46CA I've seen LTE Speeds over 400mbps!
Awesome video
thank you very nice
Are these phones on the same account ? - and does that affect simultaneous test results ? Thanks In Advance !
I love AT&T never regretted switching over especially since Verizon and Comcast are super congested here and their network management is really good, on first net I got insane speeds sometimes several hundred megabytes a second and on unlimited starter I get upwards of 40mbps I think the highest I got was 120 on starter but that was on a better phone that had 5g just to test, unless your in a congested area starter or even NVMOs like wing are fine
Hello I want to switching to AT&T from T-Mobile... the starter plan is a good plan for watch youtube or listen pandora anywhere??? I hope you can answer my questions ...
Are you on the same band on all phones or different bands?
Is the elite hotspot good for gaming
what do you think of Metro’s $40 unlimited plan?
Metro is deprioritized T-Mobile. T-Mobile’s own branded prepaid plans other than Essentials are not deprioritized and are the way to go.
Awesome job, and pretty funny. Pure talk!!
Though, for me, I'd like to see the differences with the mid-range prepaid or cricket plans; my family isn't one to need "unlimited" or the higher prioritization. Think like the prepaid $300/year plan would still be priority 2, 3, or pure talk levels? Haha
Also crazy the cricket unlimited more is QCI 9 and the mvnos are 8.
All Cricket plans are QCI 9, all AT&T Prepaid plans are QCI 8 except for the base unlimited plan which is QCI 9, only postpaid Elite has QCI 7, and QCI 6 is enterprise and FirstNet.
The Coverage Critic website is actually showing that the limited data plans on Cricket are at QCI 8. coveragecritic.com/mobile-phone-service/qci-qos-class-identifiers-explained/
@@StetsonDoggett Yes, that’s right, my bad. Both unlimited plans are QCI 9 but fixed data buckets are QCI 8.
This has me having second thoughts about switching to cricket..
Bad or good?
Can you do H20 wireless do you thing they use 100% of att network
You should see if that area has band 14 what does still surprising the first test at the elite was in 3rd
I’ll see if I can find this out for you!
Already liked the video
If you wanna watch sports live and stream movies all day long you gotta go with cricket wireless it’s 22 GB unlimited data plan and it’s the best unlimited data plan their is I’ve tried T-Mobile it’s slower than a turtle same as boost mobile same as Verizon and sprint and with cricket wireless you can stream sports , movies and watch UA-cam all day without any interruptions and no signal errors
Hey stetson. I have a question 👋 What are the priority Levels of Verizon? I'm not sure if you mentioned that in your Verizon ultimate speed test.
@@Noahvis4 I don't mean to be a burdon but could you please explain the qci levels and which levels are high priority and which are low? And how many there are?
@@Noahvis4 What gets Qci 6? I appreciate you explaining this to me because nobody has ever done this
@@Noahvis4 Do it starts at qci 7? And qci 7 is get more unlimited and 8 is play more and 9 is the trash one with visible? I have play more.
Would the AT&T prepaid 15GB/mo plan which is what i recently purchased fall under priority 2 id assume, theres no mention on AT&Ts website of it slowing down during congestion?
Yes it’s QCI 8/2nd priority.
@@Saeren_ alr thanks for the help
@@Saeren_ is prepaid unlimited plus 2nd priority?
@@allowedsun3068 Yes, Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Max are both QCI 8, same as most postpaid plans. Only Unlimited Premium postpaid has higher priority on the consumer side.
wherer do you live ? mine around 200 mbps in Brooklyn for the unlimited prepiad
Wing Alpha AT&T in the house here!
$60 cricket plan is now prioritized. It would be "priority 2" that you used in this video in case anyone was considering them.
The real world usage of the extra plan or the premium plan is way better for its premium data allotment because the data speeds are basically unusable if the network is congested or you go over a certain amount if you have the lower tier r plans
Where's the Verizon test tho?? In the same spot would be awesome