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jrs1871
Explorer
Feb 21, 2018

Verizon slowing down wifi?

Does anyone have an idea if Verizon is slowing down wifi reception on your cell phone? I have a Moto 5G and for the past few months my wifi reception is slower than molasses even though I have a very strong wifi signal. And I am not talking for downloading videos; I am talking about opening news articles that I want to read. If I try to open one my phone times out but if I turn wifi off, it opens right away. As a consequence of this my data usage has gone way up. So far I haven't gone over my 4Gb limit but it has been very close. I do have the data saver option turned on. I have cleaned my cache and make sure I keep open apps to a minimum. Suggestions?
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Feb 21, 2018
    jrs1871

    please clarify what you are saying
    laptop using phone for wifi, is faster than doing internet on the phone directly ?
    while reading news articles ?

    phone data does NOT go up because internet slows down

    internet does seem to go slower when using more data

    if data use has gone up ? then something is using that data !

    i suggest saving/backing up all pictures, apps, text msg. etc..
    and doing a factory reset, something is slowing down the phones operating system and your browser app

    also change the wifi access password on your phone hotspot feature
  • MoRambler's avatar
    MoRambler
    Explorer
    Feb 21, 2018
    Chuck_thehammer wrote:
    south Texas.. everything IS SLOW... old towers...

    and near the right coast.. no coverage...

    All Companies.


    Thanks Chuck. We're also in south Texas and have noticed the slowness the last few months. Seems like it was better when we first got here in November, but the last month has really sucked. Maybe all us Winter Texans have had an adverse impact.

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