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Is download speed affected by cellular activity?
I'm trialing T-Mobile home internet. Got the new white 5G gateway. I get 3 bars pretty consistently from a tower about 3 miles away in an industrial area. I've noticed considerably slower download...
This can be from a couple of items.
- As mentioned - deprioritization this hits some areas worse than others. I've been lucky enough to not really have this in my area (suburbia)
- Overall signal quality/congestion. At times, your device may switch from 5G n41 + LTE to 5G n71 + LTE to … LTE only. When this occurs for me, +400/20Mbps → 170/70Mbps, and it is typically due to SINR/RSRP values. If your SINR is low, its either congestion (spectrum) or interference (objects). When I go below 8 on SINR for n41, it often drops to n71. SINR of 15 or better, and I'm rocking. I'm only ~1200' away from T-Mobile tower, but there's a building in between blocking
Off hand what you’ve described is a result of de-prioritization.
T-Mobile Home Internet customers receive the same network prioritization as Heavy Data Users (specifically the lowest priority versus other traffic). As I result, you'll likely experience lower speeds during peak utilization periods (congestion).
See the Open Internet link appearing at the bottom of this page.
