Compared with China Telecom and China Unicom, why is China Mobile's broadband so slow?

If you have been using China Telecom or China Unicom broadband before, and suddenly use China Mobile broadband, you will basically feel that the speed of China Mobile broadband is slower with the same bandwidth. Why is this?

This requires mentioning the difference in the broadband identities of China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile. "China Telecom in the south, China Netcom in the north" actually reveals the geographical distribution of my country's Internet access services. China Telecom enjoys a regional monopoly advantage in the southern market, while China Unicom (China Netcom) enjoys a regional monopoly advantage in the northern market. The identities of the two companies in broadband are my country's first-tier broadband operators, which can also be understood as the country's general wholesalers.

Although China Mobile also operates broadband services, and its prices seem to be more favorable than those of China Telecom and China Unicom, many people believe that China Mobile operates the same broadband services as China Telecom and China Unicom. In fact, as mentioned earlier, if China Telecom and China Unicom are the country's general wholesalers, then China Mobile can be said to be the largest distributor under the general wholesaler, and is a second-tier broadband operator in my country. The picture below clearly shows that the broadband we usually talk about actually contains multiple layers of relationships behind it.

As a second-tier or third-tier broadband operator, they actually rent the network of China Telecom or China Unicom, and then design new services to sell to users. A key point here is that their costs are actually higher than those of first-tier broadband operators, so they need more users to spread this cost in order to generate profits. Therefore, when a limited broadband continues to increase users, the average bandwidth provided to each user is pitifully small. Regarding this point, I believe that it is more obvious during peak Internet access hours and when BT downloads and Thunder downloads are turned on.

Another point is that, although both companies provide broadband Internet access services, in the face of competition, China Telecom and China Unicom will definitely give priority to their own users’ Internet access and communication needs. Even the largest distributors have to follow this “unspoken rule”.