I just feel like they renamed 4G into 5G, 3G into 4G and Edge into 3G.
Jokes aside, I know the overall amount of data to load today per website/video/images is way heavier than before, but still. A simple Google search doesn’t require much more to load than 12 years ago.
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Websites now have immense spyware and tracking in their web code, there are a ton of different things running when you visit google and most other web sites. Pixel tracking, advertising, etc etc. Also, dont forget, 3G is being shut down, many companies have already shut down and Verizon is stopping theirs 1/2023
A simple google search? They aren’t making money giving you search results. The search results are a footnote compared to what you send/receive when using google.
Couple of factors.
Less 3G towers
Bandwidth has increased exponentially
The IoT is very different in terms of what loads when you click a weblibk
There’s definitely something going on. I recently returned from Korea. The 3G there was *absolutely* faster than the “5G” in NC. And I mean anywhere in Korea compared to not-small-city.
I’m convinced US telecom is just rent-seeking garbage.
Loading speed has nothing to do with 3G or 5G.
Downloading a HUGE file does. So maybe it takes you an hour to download a movie on 3G, it will only take ten mins on 5G.
Being ‘faster’ a marketing scam.
Well they kinda did rename 4G to 5G. There’s no standard and a lot of 5G networks are just upgraded 4G. Mildly infuriating when you know what 5G was actually supposed to be
Most websites haven’t changed that much, especially Google. There’s just not that much 3G infrastructure available. In the US, 3G is mostly gone, so what you might be getting is the 2G fallback that’s there for legacy devices, and probably will be for a long time.
Can you run a speed test? 3G (HSDPA) shouldn’t be slow. Something like 3MBit/s should be normal.
If I see the Edge icon it means I have no coverage. No internet (not even messaging), no phone calls.
Could be many reasons but the most likely is telecoms companys are slowing down the network slowly to force installation of an update so they can make money.
Think apple making i-phones run slower until you update to the next model.
Kinda shitty behaviour you expect more often now.
Just choose not to use a mobile phone lets be honest ive not charged mine for months,
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