Hey folks, getting lots of complaints these days that "Bro, we have recharged for 5G but the speed is just not there."
Hey folks, getting lots of complaints these days that "Bro, we have recharged for 5G but the speed is just not there." So what's the reason? Let's talk about it.
The Monopoly Problem
First things first, there are only a couple of companies giving 5G in India. Sadly, we don't have many options because only a few players are there. No big new companies are coming, and even government options are limited. BSNL's 5G is slowly rolling out but who knows when it will reach everywhere? At least there's some hope there.
But here's the thing—out of all the 5G services running, only one company is giving true 5G. The rest? It's fake, friends. Yes, they mostly don't give proper coverage. In the 5G race, only one company moved ahead. The other companies got no leverage, so they launched "non-standalone 5G" which is 5G on paper only. Technically speaking, it's actually 4.5G, not proper 5G. So that's the speed you are getting.
Too Many People, Not Enough Towers
Now see what happened. So many customers joined Jio, which is the biggest 5G company in India. The customer base increased so much on the same towers. People keep getting added but towers are not increasing. Because of this, congestion is happening too much.
And who is loading these towers? Normal 5G customers, 4G customers, and Air Fiber customers—all using the same towers. When so much load falls on one tower, the speed will automatically get distributed. If you increase the user base too much and don't put up towers—either for profit maximization or due to land limitations—then your speed will down-grade, brother. You won't get good service. That's the problem. Too much public, too few towers.
The Technology Limitation
Next thing—this technology itself has some limitations. See, 5G doesn't actually work well indoors. This technology gives good speed but it cannot penetrate walls, buildings, glass, iron stuff properly. So if you are using it normally inside your house and not getting good speed, then there's nothing much that can be done because 5G has this limitation. This technology is good but it fails inside concrete jungles.
That's why maybe you are not getting proper 5G speed. Go check on your terrace. I am sure you will get good speed there compared to inside your room. So it's not your fault, neither the network provider's fault—it's just how the technology is.
The Early 5G Phone Problem
Another mistake is by those people who bought 5G phones first. Yes buddy, that's the truth. See what happened in India—5G hadn't even arrived but 5G smartphones started selling. So people bought in a hurry. It wasn't even clear which bands will come to India, which won't, which company is coming.
So here's what happens. Smartphone companies modify their devices according to network operators before selling in any country. Their network modem is set up accordingly. Here in India, 5G hadn't come but companies were selling 5G phones because they also had a race going on. Smartphone race is always there. They don't care. They just want to sell phones.
Actually those were 5G phones but they weren't optimized for Indian networks. And many such phones came where you can't even change the 5G mode manually. Vivo has many such phones, Realme also has many such phones that came much before 5G arrived in India.
So those phones—5G doesn't work properly in them. And many times when 5G network comes, their modem heats up so much or they throttle so much that they keep switching between 4G and 5G constantly. Here, it's not the operator's fault or network's fault. It's the phone maker's fault.
You know right, 5G speed mainly depends on your phone also—which phone you are using—because their modems are different. Different speeds, different power, different ways of working. So maybe this is also a culprit. If you check in another phone, you might get good speed. And most people who bought budget phones early are facing this problem too much.
The Speed Test Confusion
Another thing is that speed tests have raised people's expectations too much. Many people do speed tests and it shows 100 Mbps. "Oh wow, 100 Mbps!" Then they download something and say "Hey, it showed 100 there, why is it showing 10 here? What is happening?"
Brother, there is a big difference between megabits and megabytes. That is megabits, and what you are seeing is megabytes. You have to divide by eight. Then the number that comes is your original download speed.
And speed tests are fake. I have already made a video on this because speed tests show you speed for first 5-6 seconds, 10 seconds. They don't show stable usage. So when you are getting happy seeing speed tests, that's not reality. And that's why maybe you are not getting the speed you think you should get. There's no fault in that, it's just a matter of understanding.
So here I have explained why 5G is working like 4G. And maybe when 6G comes, it will work like 5G. Meaning numbers will increase but experience will always remain two steps behind. That's what I feel.
There are many things you can fix, so do fix them. Otherwise just enjoy because there are very few countries in the world giving data as cheap as India, and you are very lucky, friend. Enjoy, don't complain too much. If you want more speed, get broadband installed.
See you in the next video. Thank you so much and goodbye.