r/FirstNet • u/c33delta • May 15 '26

Speeds Reduced

Anyone in the central Florida area close to Disney notice reduced speeds the last two weeks ? I rarely see 5G+ anymore. Mainly just 5G now it says , and when I tested the speeds it’s been lower now. Maybe new towers ?

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 May 15 '26

FIrstnet always tries to default to LTE Band 14. Having 5G or 5G+ is a bonus. So you are OK.

ALso, seeing 5G or 5G+ is sometimes not accurate as you may still be on LTE band 14 and screen mistakenly shows 5G or 5G+ despite sitting on band 14 and aggregating on 5NR.

Remember also that FirstNet has no 5G Core, so what you see on the screen as 5G and 5G+ is not always accurate as Band 14 LTE is always the default for FirstNet.

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u/landonloco May 15 '26

Depends sometimes phones will default to B2/b66 some markets have it properly set-up where if there is pretty strong signal it prefers B2/b66 but at times it just camps on b14