Re: Fastest Mobile Networks 2021

sms <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Oct 2021 09:18:28 -0700
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.cellular
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 10/5/2021 6:02 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> On 10/5/21 2:51 AM, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 05.10.21 um 08:38 schrieb NewsKrawler:
>>> Fastest Mobile Networks 2021
>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/fastest-mobile-networks-2021
>>>
>>> For our 12th annual test, we drove more than 10,000 miles, speed-testing
>>> AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon 4G and 5G in cities, towns, and rural 
>>> regions
>>> all over the US. We found a radically new landscapeāˆ’and a surprising 
>>> winner.
>>
>> That is utter bullshit and at best a tiny little bit of anecdotal 
>> evidence.
>>
> Yeah well it all doesn't matter anyway.
> 
> Everybody's network is plenty fast enough to easily handle any task you 
> do on a little screen. It's all marketing BS and "We're Number One-itis."
> 
> Like the Olympics- eight guys finish the race separated by only a couple 
> of hundredths of a second. They're all fast as hell. What difference 
> does it make...

Exactly.

What really matters is geographic coverage, not minor speed differences. 
T-Mobile makes a very big deal about its low-band 5G in order to divert 
scrutiny of its coverage issues.