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Mobile data - Netflix / YouTube

FirebirdUK3
Fledgling

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?

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sc1999
Local celebrity

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

FirebirdUK3
Fledgling

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