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Signal strength is maxed out, 5G UC...but terrible connection
As a trucker, I am pretty much streaming all day off my phone connection (iheart or music) and occasionally it cuts out. I look down, full 5g UC signal…..but can’t maintain the bit rate of a radio s...
Dizzle47 wrote:formercanuck wrote:Might be an issue (SoCal ?) in your area. I suspect that being near the interstates may not help - esp in urban areas.
- was actually told the opposite, the interstates are covered nationwide.
Interstates are ‘covered’, and typically have good service, IMHO. I have had some apps (TuneIn) with live streaming often end up in ‘buffering’ even when I’m ~300’ from a site, getting speed tests of +1200Mbps. Some apps are bad, others are not. For issues, I was more referring to the Tmobile home internet device, as it comes with ‘deprioritization’. This can affect your device itself, depending on what plan you’re on. Since its affecting your speedtest.net performance, I’d check at a local store (assuming you can find one in your travels that isn’t far off the interstate) and test at a store.
I haven’t personally hit this issue myself, outside of some streaming apps that don’t have any buffer (30 seconds) built in.
