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minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days ago Possibly, but how often do you use WiFi on a phone? Basically whenever I’m at home or a relative’s house?
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down4·5 days agoBut why? Mobile networks are very fast nowadays. And how many homes still have routers?
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI would have used WiFi on my phone perhaps two or three times in the last year. My home does have a router, because we’re dinos, but most new houses don’t since everyone has a smartphone anyway.
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agofast ≠ widespread or consistent. mobile data tends to have excruciatingly low upload speeds (at least in my region)
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAh, then it makes sense.
Basically whenever I’m at home or a relative’s house?
But why? Mobile networks are very fast nowadays. And how many homes still have routers?
…are you joking?
I would have used WiFi on my phone perhaps two or three times in the last year. My home does have a router, because we’re dinos, but most new houses don’t since everyone has a smartphone anyway.
fast ≠ widespread or consistent. mobile data tends to have excruciatingly low upload speeds (at least in my region)
Ah, then it makes sense.