Final Update - Friday, Feb 12th, 2021
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I will try to keep this short, anyone interested can read the whole thread.
1. I canceled T Mobile Home Internet and went back to Spectrum (for now) I tried like heck to make TMobile work but there is a current issue with our local tower and 5g at the present time, speeds slowed down to 40 Mbps as a high to as low as 10 Mbps at times.
I expect its just a matter of a couple weeks before its corrected but I dont have to wait, so I canceled since I get exactly the same speed from Spectrum (100 Mbps) for 1 year for $49. a month as a promotion for becoming a customer again. In one years time Spectrum which I hate with all my heart will then bump the price back up to the $80 range, at that time, I know TMobile will have my tower and its entire system perfected, then I can once again switch back @49 for the same speed that Spectrum will charge me $80 for.
It took me literally MAYBE 15 minutes to switch back to Spectrum, all I had to do was enter my payment info online, then call Spectrum and give the Mac Id of my modem.
2. I would without hesitation recommend T-Mobile home internet to anyone stuck with a slow connection or retarded expensive internet service.
Keep in mind in record time TMobile Home Internet has blanketed the USA with 5G service. Verizon and ATT are literally in the dust.
They are still tidying things up and perfecting their system. It cost you nothing to try out except the monthly $50 fee, if you are lucky, you will have a local cell tower that has and it properly working, even if it isnt, some of the speeds that I have got still surpass some of what people in here get with DSL. Anyway, nothing to lose, no taxes, no fees, no equipment charges, no shipping costs even to return the unit is paid for by T Mobile.
3. T-Mobile Home internet is for the plug and play family. Its not for the intermediate internet hobbyist who wants to go into router settings and port, passthrough, ya da ya da. Its for the plug and play family that wants to take something out of the box, plug it in and be done. I suspect that covers about 90% of American families.
The only settings you can choose is to change your network name and passwords if you wish.
The modem/router combination is most likely the best in the industry as far as the WiFi power and range of the unit. I am quite amazed how powerful it is in broadcasting your wifi signal.
The software is buggy but kind of funny, after using it extensively for litterally hours on end day after day, in some retarded way it was making sense to me and actually had no problems over time but again, plug and play family is key.
4. Ooma, cant blame TMobile if Ooma is a pain to set up with TMobile that is Ooma issue, after all they make the equipment but it can be done, it just takes time and effort.
Ooma connects much more easy with my Spectrum service but as I commented in the past, a handful of times over 5 years I did have to restart the system for Ooma. Ooma is a device I HIGHLY recommend if you want a home landline, cost $6 a month for taxes ect, that is it. Quality meets and beats the best of any landline service at 8 times the price.
FInal =
Thank you T-Mobile for your efforts. I kind of look forward to coming back next year and subscribing to your service. I am impressed.
Furthermore, thank you for letting me put Spectrum/Charter communications in their place. No longer do I and countless other Americans have to put up with their OUTRAGEOUS price increases. 70% (or 80%) increase over a 5 year period is disgusting.
We now have choices that do not require a wire to the home to connect to the internet. Very cool.
So Mr Spectrum/Charter when you raise my rate again next Feb by 80% after my 1 year $49 a month deal, or heck, because I hate you so much, I could cancel in 6 months if I want but either way, I will sign up with TMobile again unless I am promised the 100 Mbps speed without price increases.
Yay! Very cool! This is REALLY going to shake up the home internet industry. Just like T Mobile shook up the cell industry.