XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Alan Browne wrote:   
      
   >On 2021-10-05 13:31, Joerg Lorenz wrote:   
   >>Am 05.10.21 um 17:41 schrieb badgolferman:   
   >>>The fastest speeds I’ve gotten so far are 641 down and 19.7 up.   
   >>   
   >>This is extremely bad. Mobile networks are symmetric. 19.7 up is   
   >>early-4G-style.   
   >   
   >They may be bandwidth symmetric, but they are not power symmetric.   
   >The base station (towers) can output "the right" amount of power to   
   >each receiver (phones) at full bandwidth, but the phones cannot   
   >output adequate power all of the time given their transmitter,   
   >antenna and non ideal location when transmitting.  Thus, with reduced   
   >power, the actual bandwidth is reduced.   
      
      
   I think the phone matters too.  My iPhone 12 seems to have better   
   signals in places which had poorer signal strength in the past.  Either   
   that or T-Mobile has expanded their cellular network around here.   
      
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