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Mobile data - Netflix / YouTube

FirebirdUK3 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:43:53 GMT

My Xiaomi 12 Pro phone connects to the local 4G mast (5G not in my area), and while I don't get a great signal strength, I'm able to watch Netflix perfectly - no buffering, just great playback.

If I try to browse on my phone, or stream from something else (like YouTube) - you're lucky to get about 30 seconds of playback without it buffering. Web browsing is frustrating - long response times or timeouts.

If it was a bad signal, then I'd have expected Netflix not to work... Just can't understand why that works so well but everything isn't that great. When I use my phone in another location, where I get a slightly better signal strength, everything works and streams ok.

Anyone else experience anything like this? Any suggestions?

Re: Mobile data - Netflix / YouTube

sc1999 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:06:37 GMT

It may be because of the quality you are trying to stream.

Re: Mobile data - Netflix / YouTube

FirebirdUK3 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:16:21 GMT

I've put to low in Youtube, doesn't seem to change anything. That wouldn't explain why normal surfing is slow - even sites like the Google home page or BBC News are painfully slow. Lol, I'd have thought they'd have been ok and I'd have trouble with Netflix if anything