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I have the same problem (in the UK too). As soon as my phone displays 5G, there's a pretty good chance it just won't transfer any data whatsoever. I'm curious

I have the same problem (in the UK too). As soon as my phone displays 5G, there's a pretty good chance it just won't transfer any data whatsoever. I'm curious about the exact technical reason why full 5G is unable to deliver any data but 4G is fine. Unfortunately the article doesn't seem to provide much information. Is it just buggy first generation tower software?

phendrenad2 4y ago
More likely the 5G microtowers are connected to some central "real" tower using microwave dishes, which probably get overloaded or out of alignment and just drop your packets into the ozone layer.
helsinkiandrew 4y ago
Is this just congested or poor reception to the limited number of base stations/towers? - there's 3200 5G base stations in the UK compared with 50K plus 4G stations. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/07/three-uks-ultrafast-5g-mobile-goes-live-in-86-new-locations.html https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/07/three-uks-ultr...
- youngtaff 4y ago
  I think there are backhaul / core network problems on some providers… I rely on a 5G router for my day-to-day internet connection and on the day of the royal funeral 5G throughput was atrocious (< 10kbps) yet a 4G connection with the same provider still had 100Mbps throughput
- Sakos 4y ago
  Feels like a regional and/or technical issue to me. Never had issues with 5G in Germany and I'm not aware of widespread problems here (correct me if I'm wrong). It's been fantastic with significantly better bandwidth wherever I have coverage (primarily big cities). Brief google search tells me that T-Online had 64k 5G base stations here in 2020. From the above article: > And there is another issue. > "We are using something called non-standalone 5G, which is the very first version of 5G," Mr Wood said. > "It only delivers the 5G signal from the handset to the tower. Everything behind that is still 4G. That can't be the issue. We're doing the same thing here.
worldmerge 4y ago
I have the same problem. I just turned off 5g on my phone.

phendrenad2 4y ago

More likely the 5G microtowers are connected to some central "real" tower using microwave dishes, which probably get overloaded or out of alignment and just drop your packets into the ozone layer.

helsinkiandrew 4y ago

Is this just congested or poor reception to the limited number of base stations/towers? - there's 3200 5G base stations in the UK compared with 50K plus 4G stations. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/07/three-uks-ultrafast-5g-mobile-goes-live-in-86-new-locations.html https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/07/three-uks-ultr...

youngtaff 4y ago
I think there are backhaul / core network problems on some providers… I rely on a 5G router for my day-to-day internet connection and on the day of the royal funeral 5G throughput was atrocious (< 10kbps) yet a 4G connection with the same provider still had 100Mbps throughput
Sakos 4y ago
Feels like a regional and/or technical issue to me. Never had issues with 5G in Germany and I'm not aware of widespread problems here (correct me if I'm wrong). It's been fantastic with significantly better bandwidth wherever I have coverage (primarily big cities). Brief google search tells me that T-Online had 64k 5G base stations here in 2020. From the above article: > And there is another issue. > "We are using something called non-standalone 5G, which is the very first version of 5G," Mr Wood said. > "It only delivers the 5G signal from the handset to the tower. Everything behind that is still 4G. That can't be the issue. We're doing the same thing here.

worldmerge 4y ago

I have the same problem. I just turned off 5g on my phone.