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minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoBut why? Mobile networks are very fast nowadays. And how many homes still have routers?
minus-squareAppleMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agofast ≠ widespread or consistent. mobile date tends to have excruciatingly low upload speeds (at least in my region)
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoAh, then it makes sense.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours 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.
But why? Mobile networks are very fast nowadays. And how many homes still have routers?
fast ≠ widespread or consistent. mobile date tends to have excruciatingly low upload speeds (at least in my region)
Ah, then it makes sense.
…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.