Re: Fastest Mobile Networks 2021

Joerg Lorenz <[email protected]> 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.