5G, 4G, sometimes I’ll be able to browse on 3G, but once I get to H or H+ nothing loads no matter how long I wait. What does H even mean? And surely it implies data is still moving, so why do browsers just give up instead of loading something slowly?
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5G, 4G, 3G, H, H+, etc are all different technologies. While they ultimately do the same thing (carrying data) they do it in different ways. If you want a comparison, they’re different fuel sources. One is your everyday fuel, another is diesel, another is rocket fuel and the final one is the fuel you use to heat your house. They all do the same thing, but you can’t use the same engine to run them. You need to make sure the engine is properly calibrated to handle the fuel.
Well here is the same. You need a properly calibrated device to handle the technology. Furthermore, your assumption is wrong to begin with: It’s not the browser that handle which technology is in use. It’s the device. So, when the browser ask for something, if that thing isn’t delivered, it can’t just change engine. It has to wait for the device to change.
Furthermore, since they’re different technologies, they are not distributed from the same source. You can have an antenna for H+ close by, but not 5G. Even if it wanted to change, your phone couldn’t.
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