"This award paired with Verizon's recent announcement to invest $300 million in a city-wide fiber network demonstrates our ongoing commitment to provide the best telecommunications services in the city, while laying the foundation for future wireless innovation, including the deployment of 5G technology." Across the U.S., RootMetrics rated Verizon's wireless network as the leader among all major national wireless service providers for the fifth consecutive time during testing in the second half of 2015. Verizon also earned the most first place or shared first place data performance rankings in the nation's top airports during second-half 2015. Rankings based on RootMetrics Boston ( April 2016 ), U.S. National (2nd half 2015), and 50 Airport (July- December 2015 ) RootScore Reports. Tested with best commercially available smartphones on 4 national mobile networks across all available network types. Your experiences may vary.