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re: Get Unlimited T-Mobile Home Internet
Posted on 6/8/23 at 9:05 am to weadjust
Posted on 6/8/23 at 9:05 am to weadjust
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You can try out Tmobile 5G on most any phone for free
With the caveat that not many phones support all the spectrum that T-Mobile uses. For example, many phones dont support the 650Mhz spectrum and there are a a lot of areas where that is all T-mobile has. If your phone doesn't have that spectrum capability, it will not see any T-mobile signal available.
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Posted on 6/8/23 at 7:09 pm to Will Cover
I have the 5g Tmobile as a back up, I stream my kids stuff on it and it seems to handle streaming 2 screens or 1 screen and a console just fine. Cox goes down sometimes and having the back up allows me not to eat into the Cox data limit all the way... it is only $25 a month for me for the life of the service. I get better speeds off peak times but it can still stream 2 screens easily even at it's slowest.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 8:05 pm to armsdealer
Looks like it's not available for me in BR, dang. I've been contemplating starlink as my fail over network, but this 5G would be perfect
Posted on 6/8/23 at 11:26 pm to bluebarracuda
I have it at my camp and at home. It's great if you can stick it in a window with good sight of a tower. Otherwise the signal is not great and you won't get the advertised 300Mbps. I get 180Mbps which is twice as fast as my old ATT for 1/2 the price.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 2:16 pm to bluebarracuda
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Looks like it's not available for me in BR, dang.
Mine said the same when I tried online. Go to a TMobile store and they will make it work. At worst, they will preprogram the box for you and let you take it for 30 days and let you decide.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 3:38 pm to Will Cover
So I gave TMobile a test run because of this thread. They said I could cancel everything within 15 days and get money back.
Equipment came in today. I'm getting 300 up and 100 down speeds all around the house on wifi. When in the same room as the equipment, I get 500 up and 100 down on wifi. I'm considered in their low band area too.
Extremely impressed!
Equipment came in today. I'm getting 300 up and 100 down speeds all around the house on wifi. When in the same room as the equipment, I get 500 up and 100 down on wifi. I'm considered in their low band area too.
Extremely impressed!
Posted on 6/9/23 at 3:43 pm to weadjust
One can also use Open Signal to view data on each network (you have to use the mobile app for the actual tool itself.) You need to take care when selecting the network type and understand the types of speed each option represents when you're looking at the output.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 11:52 am to Will Cover
I tried out T-mobile home internet post-Ida after AT&T were fricking around with me, and I must say I loved the concept of it, but the technology isn't quite there yet. I did cancel the service after about 3 months once Vexus was available in my area, but my father still uses T-mobile at his place a few miles away.
It's home internet using cell phone technology and connection. While at times it can be very fast and reliable for your basic browsing and streaming, during peak hours it can get quite bogged down depending on how many other TMobile customers are in the area.
This is where the drawbacks are noticeable. I'm also a gamer, and while you may be able to pull in 500+ MB/s download and upload, the Latency is what will hurt you. I did a bunch of speed tests when I first got the service. At 2/5 bars of connection that I could get at my place, I routinely pulled 300 MB/s down and upload, but Latency was around 40 to 50 ms. At my dad's place where he has 3 or 4/5 connection strength, I got 650 down and 500 up, but still the 40-50 ms Latency. To compare that to Vexus which I have now, I'm pulling 450 down/up with 4 to 5 ms Latency.
Overall, I'd recommend the service for anyone who uses their home internet for work, browsing, and streaming services, but not for gaming. It is a lifesaver especially if you live in the south in a hurricane prone area though. If there is another storm that causes prolonged periods of power outages, the T-mobile service will work as long as you have some form of power, whether a generator or battery backup system to plug the device into. You don't have to wait for any of the internet or electric companies to fix downed lines to have access to Wi-Fi, etc.
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What are the drawbacks to this type of service?
It's home internet using cell phone technology and connection. While at times it can be very fast and reliable for your basic browsing and streaming, during peak hours it can get quite bogged down depending on how many other TMobile customers are in the area.
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Latency if playing online games?
This is where the drawbacks are noticeable. I'm also a gamer, and while you may be able to pull in 500+ MB/s download and upload, the Latency is what will hurt you. I did a bunch of speed tests when I first got the service. At 2/5 bars of connection that I could get at my place, I routinely pulled 300 MB/s down and upload, but Latency was around 40 to 50 ms. At my dad's place where he has 3 or 4/5 connection strength, I got 650 down and 500 up, but still the 40-50 ms Latency. To compare that to Vexus which I have now, I'm pulling 450 down/up with 4 to 5 ms Latency.
Overall, I'd recommend the service for anyone who uses their home internet for work, browsing, and streaming services, but not for gaming. It is a lifesaver especially if you live in the south in a hurricane prone area though. If there is another storm that causes prolonged periods of power outages, the T-mobile service will work as long as you have some form of power, whether a generator or battery backup system to plug the device into. You don't have to wait for any of the internet or electric companies to fix downed lines to have access to Wi-Fi, etc.
Posted on 6/12/23 at 12:13 pm to DandA
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If there is another storm that causes prolonged periods of power outages, the T-mobile service will work as long as you have some form of power, whether a generator or battery backup system to plug the device into. You don't have to wait for any of the internet or electric companies to fix downed lines to have access to Wi-Fi, etc.
Yea this and the 30$ price point may cause me to switch one day.
Questions though:
1) I've read that if you use ESPN+ or Hulu that occasionally see if you're "home" that it can cause issues cause it may show you as being in Michigan when I'm in NOLA. Ever see that issue?
2) I have tmobile cell service and get 600+ mb's down and about 50+ upload but that's on their "Ultra Capacity" or "UC" speeds. Doesn't the home internet run on their slower speed waves?
Posted on 6/12/23 at 1:40 pm to Will Cover
I got the T-Mobile Home Internet when they offered the $25/month deal back in January along with $100 gift card.
At my apartment in Houston, I get 150 Mbps consistently and sometimes see as high as 330 Mbps.
My apartment only has ATT wiring and the U-verse offering tops out at 100 Mbps since it doesn't have the fiber available.
For me, it's been fine for streaming video. On my work PC, I've had a few issues where certain things wouldn't conenct and I don't know if it was related to the CG-NAT. I've seen other posts online about issues with Microsoft SharePoint sites and Teams and T-Mobile ISP, but if I connect my VPN then all the sites connect as normal.
At my apartment in Houston, I get 150 Mbps consistently and sometimes see as high as 330 Mbps.
My apartment only has ATT wiring and the U-verse offering tops out at 100 Mbps since it doesn't have the fiber available.
For me, it's been fine for streaming video. On my work PC, I've had a few issues where certain things wouldn't conenct and I don't know if it was related to the CG-NAT. I've seen other posts online about issues with Microsoft SharePoint sites and Teams and T-Mobile ISP, but if I connect my VPN then all the sites connect as normal.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 7:53 pm to Will Cover
Don't get tmobile 5g home internet. We don't want you screwing up the good thing we have now.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 9:31 am to busbeepbeep
One thing I recently changed on my T-Mo that has improved my experience is I have a TP-Link mesh router wired to the Tmo Arcadyan Device. I disabled the Wifi Broadcasts from the Tmo device (using the Tmobile Home Internet Control app.
Then I changed the Primary DNS on the TP-Link DHCP server to 1.1.1.1 (CLoudflare DNS) and kept the secondary as the Tmo 192.168.12.1.
This has improved my connection for sharepoint/teams without needing VPN and seems to help general surfing as well.
Then I changed the Primary DNS on the TP-Link DHCP server to 1.1.1.1 (CLoudflare DNS) and kept the secondary as the Tmo 192.168.12.1.
This has improved my connection for sharepoint/teams without needing VPN and seems to help general surfing as well.
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 9:32 am
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