JHZR2
Staff member
I grabbed a Black Friday special for t-mobile 5G internet. I live close to a major city, though the cell service on all carriers isn’t great.
The deal is permanent $35 (tax included) 5G home internet.
I’m not yet a believer, but it is half the cost of our Fios with landline that we can’t even keep plugged in because of endless spam calls.
The T-Mobile service is very location specific even in the home. Somewhat height dependent IME, but certainly side of house dependent.
The first time I set it up on my kitchen counter:
Moved it around:
For reference, this is our Fios connection:
And this is my ATT cellular internet on my phone:
I’ve been consistently disappointed with ATT on all my properties.
This AM I checked T-Mobile again.
Not a bad speed but upload is still pretty slow compared to fios. Ping and whatnot also not great.
I also don’t yet have the T-Mobile unit connected to my home router, which is like to keep. I assume that will add latencies/slow things too.
What do I need to know/be concerned about relative to the t-mobile internet? Will the slow upload affect online video games that my oldest has started to play? Is the upload speed going to be an issue for anything else?
The cost is compelling, but I’m not sure I fully understand the downsides. Any thoughts?
The deal is permanent $35 (tax included) 5G home internet.
I’m not yet a believer, but it is half the cost of our Fios with landline that we can’t even keep plugged in because of endless spam calls.
The T-Mobile service is very location specific even in the home. Somewhat height dependent IME, but certainly side of house dependent.
The first time I set it up on my kitchen counter:
Moved it around:
For reference, this is our Fios connection:
And this is my ATT cellular internet on my phone:
I’ve been consistently disappointed with ATT on all my properties.
This AM I checked T-Mobile again.
Not a bad speed but upload is still pretty slow compared to fios. Ping and whatnot also not great.
I also don’t yet have the T-Mobile unit connected to my home router, which is like to keep. I assume that will add latencies/slow things too.
What do I need to know/be concerned about relative to the t-mobile internet? Will the slow upload affect online video games that my oldest has started to play? Is the upload speed going to be an issue for anything else?
The cost is compelling, but I’m not sure I fully understand the downsides. Any thoughts?