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by chrisco255 2107 days ago
Yeah, VR comes to mind. But also speed gets reduced even with a small deterioration in signal. If you're getting 10-20mbps at full strength, you might get 1-3 Mbps with a weak signal. I would presume that 5G would be faster in weaker signal scenarios.
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I just got 200Mbps down on 4G. Granted it’s late at night and I’m in an office building by the highway next to a grave yard and a school, but still.
Yeah, with 1 bar of signal strength though? I work remote as a nomad and I frequently have to depend on 4G for connectivity. I don't get anywhere near 200 mbps in most parts of the U.S. I'm lucky to get 20, and often limited to the low single digits.
The higher your max bandwidth, the quicker it collapses under signal deterioration.