Mobile data - Netflix / YouTube

[FirebirdUK3]

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?

[FirebirdUK3]

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

[sc1999]

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