How much do you know about the legendary network speed limit?

1. Recently, many people have said that the unlimited packages of operators will limit the network standard. Usually the operators will write that it is limited to 3G network speed. These people mistakenly believe that after the operators limit the speed, they will not allow them to use 4G network and only allow them to use 3G network. This is a wrong understanding.

2. Operators will not restrict you from using 4G, nor will they restrict network standards. They will only limit network speed. The reason why operators limit the network speed to 3G is because many people do not understand how fast 3.1Mbps is. The theoretical speed of China Telecom's 3G network is 3.1Mbps. Many people only know that 4G network is very fast, 3G network is average, and 2G network is very slow. Operators limit the network speed to 3G to make it easier for users to understand.

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3. Don't trust the customer service. Many customer service representatives are half-baked and don't understand the technology. They can only read from the script and don't understand it themselves. The operator is eager for you to use 4G and will not restrict the network standard.

4. Even if we take a step back, restricting network standards is an extremely serious problem. 234G is a universal service, and users cannot be restricted to using only one standard. 4G service functions and VoLTE are bundled together. Once you are not allowed to use 4G, you will also be prohibited from using VoLTE. That is, if you have activated VoLTE, once the operator arbitrarily shuts down your 4G service function, it will also shut down VoLTE together. This will never happen.

5. The above is for ordinary speed-limited packages.

6. So will the operators restrict the network standards? The answer is yes, but it will only appear in some extremely special packages. For example, the famous China Mobile WAP20 unlimited package is artificially restricted to the use of 4G network. Another example is the time-based card launched by Guangdong Telecom in the 3G era, which costs 1 yuan for 5 hours and is also artificially restricted to the use of 4G network. For example, China Mobile’s 3G E-travel package launched in the 3G era includes 500M for 20 yuan, which is also artificially restricted to the use of 4G network. China Unicom also has similar special packages that are artificially restricted to the use of 4G network.

7. ***One thing to say is that the 4G network lower limit is the 3G network speed, and the limit is the 3G network (can only use 3G) are two different concepts. The 4G network has lower latency and higher uplink speed. Even if the speed is limited to the 3G network speed, you can still get a better user experience, while the experience of limiting to the 3G network is much worse.

8. Many people still think that Internet speed is limited to download speed. In fact, Internet speed has three major factors: downlink, uplink, and latency. Downlink is the most important, and ordinary users rely more on it. But uplink is also very important, and latency is also very important. If the uplink is poor, WeChat will not be able to send pictures, and if the latency is high, gamers will curse.

9. Experienced users may also consider public and private IP addresses, but newbies generally don’t understand this, so it doesn’t matter.

10. This article is just a brief introduction for beginners. It is very superficial. Experienced people please don’t laugh at me. Thank you.

11. I sigh that our country is developing at a high speed, changing with each passing day, with many new concepts and new knowledge. We are lucky to live in this era, enjoying the convenience brought by various technologies. But we are also unfortunate, because while enjoying the convenience we also need to put in a lot of energy.

12. If you don’t advance, you will regress. If you don’t learn, you will soon be eliminated by the times. The pressure of life comes from this. The people in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have a deep understanding of the hardships. Sometimes we hope that the times can slow down its pace of development and wait for us, but this is impossible. The development of the times is not subject to human will, and no one can stop the great rejuvenation of our country and our nation.