XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Joerg Lorenz  wrote   
   > Am 06.10.21 um 18:55 schrieb Alan Browne:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Sure and it reinforces my arguments. Lousy base-station-planning bad   
   > phone or both.   
      
   > All this is a marketing stunt.   
      
   Nope, its competing with wired broadband.   
      
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