Do you know what the signal bar on a phone actually represents? My commute has quite a few areas with good (full or almost full) ‘signal’ but with the no internet exclamation mark.

That’s why I have assumed it’s a bandwidth to the mast problem.

Ultimately, phone networks are not built to cope with commuter trains ☹️

That’s a cool resource. Ty

I think they were trying to make the point that we HAD faster speeds, but it was discovered that most people didn’t really need it and were happy paying less to go slower. They are comparing this to 6G, sure, some will use it, but for most it will be a needless expense.

On the actual supersonic air travel point - eh, is it really needed considering the massive extra energy required?

I have more issues with the fact that I have no usable signal on 1/3 of my commute (closer to 2/3 unusable tuesday-wednesday!) than issues with peak speed.

The R&D money would be better spent laying fibre to phone masts. I suspect it will be spent on dividends instead though ☹️

Edit: unless more research is required to increase users/mast? It’s fine in cities, so I’m assuming it more a bandwidth to the mast issue?