Why is 3G terrible on a 4G phone?

Before 4G I had zero problems browsing the internet and playing videos from YouTube on a 3G signal. Now that I have a 4G phone, whenever I drop out of 4G service the phone is basically unusable. This makes zero sense to me and I would love an explanation.

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