I really appreciate you explaining this stuff to me.
I just don't want to be paying $30/mth for something I'm not even really getting anymore.
I have never used any other wifi before, on this phone, so I had no idea my phone could run so much faster than ever before with decent wifi.
Wow.
Okay. To add, please, and this is really wild:
On my previous screen shot: after a while, speed test shows my up speed dropping to 5 something.
Coincidentally, or not, my phone's RAM is very busy. After I free up memory, kill whatever apps will die, and stop all the processes that I can, etc, then do a speed test again, my ups are back up in the 10's again.
Is my phone slowing down my wifi, to the point that my cable tv actually freezes up, as my cable tv goes through the router before getting to the cable box?
I'm getting very exhausted calling the cable company, waiting on a tech, having him tinker around for hours, fix the cable tv and wifi, telling me problem solved.
Actually I think it fixed itself after I turned off the demand on it from my phone.
Here is a screenshot of speedtest on 4g then GSM (or vis-a-versa), then wifi on high demand, low demand, high demand, etc.
There seems to be a direct correlation:
Is my phone too demanding (it's capable of 42mbps), or the wi/fi too weak (10mbps is the fastest CenturyLink offers)?
And does the ping mean miliseconds to connect?
And lastly, what does 3g and 4g mean?
3rd and 4th generation? Generation what?
Or does Apple refer to the generation of their iphone, while Android refers to what?
How do I know if I'm receiving 4g besides the indicator in the status bar being lit up off and on? Is there a minimum number in Speedtest or anywhere else that suggests "true 4G"?
And, what does LTE mean?
Is it better than what? 4g (WCDMA, I guess)?
Is GSM 3g?
What's the E instead of G stand for, next to the I guess up/download arrows, 2g?
Again, sorry for pummeling you with these questions. I've tried to understand this for some time now, and I know this is the best place in the world to seek these answers and all answers to anything Android from the infinite pool of wisdom and knowledge in this forum.
Thanx again.
Really appreciate it.