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Re:Australia’s 4G network is faster than 5G: study by jmckib on Monday September 16, 2019 @03:03PM (#20987419)
I'm assuming this is a case of unusually slow 4G, and not fast 3G? I travel frequently and I've noticed that sometimes my 4G speeds are very slow even when I have good signal strength, always in rural areas. I'm not sure what explains that.
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Re:Australia’s 4G network is faster than 5G: study by fullofstack on Monday September 16, 2019 @03:47PM (#20987867)
The mast that your phone communicates with doesn't always have lots of fiber bandwidth. Sometimes it's only connected to other masts using microwave links (which could be outdated).
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