Anyone Else?

[idkwhatusernametoputherelolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Like this can't be just me, right? Phone constantly disconnecting, being at 80°C, and battery draining is fucking annoying. Also the option to disable 5G is gone, wtf, big tech?!?

[eabod25@lemm.ee]

Drove through Pennsylvania the other day and I got 0g for like 3 hours. What's worse is no radio stations either.

People in Pennsylvania, is everything ok?

[lime@feddit.nu]

5g has very short range. like, half a km tops for mid-high speed. so when you move it makes sense than it would disconnect. it's also built on top of the 4g stack, so switching should be completely seamless. when did you last reboot?

[idkwhatusernametoputherelolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I reboot almost every day. Doesnt matter.

I'm probably in the edge of the 5G zone, so it very annoying.

on top of the 4g stack

Those are Non-Standalone towers, I think there is a Standalone 5G-only tower that my phone keeps connecting to occasionally.

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

5G [...] built on top of 4G

So that's how the 9G technology works!

(GTA5 reference)

[rebekahwsd@lemmy.world]

As sometime from NJ, no. No one is PA is ok.

[lime@feddit.nu]

yeah the antennas for higher frequencies are different. the signal is the same but the antennas need to be a different size.

most likely there's one 4g tower and multiple 5g base stations around you. if you're on the edge of a city that's most likely it.

[goldendelorean@lemmy.world]

How do you know someone is from Jersey? Don't worry, they'll tell ya 5 times in 10 minutes.

[perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.world]

I worked in telecom for years. I have disabled 5G on my phone. It saves a little bit of battery. 4G (in Norway) is good enough for everything I do on my phone.