How do cell phones maintain data connectivity even when traveling very fast?

Question

I’m currently on a high speed train between France and Switzerland and wondering how my cell phone is able to keep up with my very rapidly changing position and generally keep data connectivity?

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Answer 1

> my very rapidly changing position

The radio signal moves at ~300,000 kilometers per second, the radio can go from phone to cell tower and back while you are in almost the same place.