Why My 4G LTE Router is Slow While its Unlimited Data?
23 minutes ago, JeanMikhael10 said:Otherwise i'll take 5g little expensive 300 dirhams (70 bucks approximately)
The thing is, unlimited speed and data simply means they do not artificially limit you when bandwidth is available. It cannot make bandwidth appear out of thin air if there are too many customers using it at the same time.
All broadband is a best-effort network, as in it can suffer congestion somewhere between you and where you are trying to talk to. Mobile broadband just happens to have the most potential for this happening at the local tower, or from the tower to the ISP core network.
DSL you have your own pipe of bandwidth to the cabinet or exchange (but you're sharing a bigger pipe at the other end), cable and usually fibre too will be shared amongst a certain number of other customers, its just the bandwidth available is potentially so much higher on fibre you're not likely to slow down as much. Mobile broadband you're sharing the airwaves with everyone trying to talk to that tower and that can be hundreds of other people. The same way if you have several devices all downloading over WiFi at the same time, the speed will be split between them.
Potentially 5G can be a bit more clever about it by having more antennas that can use a narrower beam so you aren't sharing with as many people across the radio waves, but ultimately its still a similar problem.
Another way of thinking of it is if you turn on every cold tap in the house at the same time, the pressure at each tap is reduced as turn more on as the same amount of water is being spread across multiple outlets. Would you call the water company a rip off for not being able to maintain the same pressure?
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