Do you know what the signal bar on a phone actually represents? My commute has quite a few areas with good (full or almost full) ‘signal’ but with the no internet exclamation mark.

That’s why I have assumed it’s a bandwidth to the mast problem.

Ultimately, phone networks are not built to cope with commuter trains ☹️

That’s a cool resource. Ty

I think they were trying to make the point that we HAD faster speeds, but it was discovered that most people didn’t really need it and were happy paying less to go slower. They are comparing this to 6G, sure, some will use it, but for most it will be a needless expense.

On the actual supersonic air travel point - eh, is it really needed considering the massive extra energy required?

Wasn’t there a spate of phone camera stabilisers being broken/worn out because they were strapped to bikes?

You want them all in one place so that they can be uploaded in one go to your fitness tracking site. That lets you see what your HR, power and cadence all where on that specific hill for example.

I used to have a Fitbit that used my phone for GPS and it was awful and drained the batteries on both devices. I guess the idea of having 5G is that you don’t actually take your phone with you, one less thing to have to force into your pockets.

I have more issues with the fact that I have no usable signal on 1/3 of my commute (closer to 2/3 unusable tuesday-wednesday!) than issues with peak speed.

The R&D money would be better spent laying fibre to phone masts. I suspect it will be spent on dividends instead though ☹️

Edit: unless more research is required to increase users/mast? It’s fine in cities, so I’m assuming it more a bandwidth to the mast issue?

Who is ‘lemmy’ though. Without someone making money there is no motivation to do that.