I've had Verizon's "Home Internet" service for a year or so in middle America. The 4G and 5G signal strength roughly match and aside from a few initial reboot issues - resolved by firmware updates - it's had rock solid speed. I just ran a few tests from librespeed.org:

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  ║  Location   ║    Provider    ║ Protocol ║  Ping  ║ Jitter ║   Down   ║    Up   ║
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  ║ Chicago     ║ Sharktech      ║ IPv4     ║  60 ms ║  15 ms ║ 408 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
  ║ Atlanta     ║ Cloudiver      ║ IPv6     ║  67 ms ║   8 ms ║ 311 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
  ║ Amsterdam   ║ "Rust backend" ║ IPv4     ║ 169 ms ║ 260 ms ║  68 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
  ║ Nuremberg   ║ Hetzner        ║ IPv6     ║ 155 ms ║ 125 ms ║ 132 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
  ║ Los Angeles ║ Sharktech      ║ IPv4     ║  86 ms ║  15 ms ║ 373 Mbps ║ 21 Mbps ║
  ║ Serbia      ║ SOX            ║ IPv6     ║ 188 ms ║  29 ms ║ 173 Mbps ║ 17 Mbps ║
  ║ Tokyo       ║ A573           ║ IPv4     ║ 183 ms ║  72 ms ║ 156 Mbps ║ 22 Mbps ║
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I wouldn't say it's "decrepit", but maybe I'm just lucky.