T-Mobile Home Internet

[JHZR2]

If you have fiber don't mess with anything else, just pay for the fiber and don't worry about pleeb wireless or HFC services, if I could get Fiber I wouldn't even mess with any of these services, I switched because I just got tired of Comcast, they are so infuriating to deal with that I just wanted to stop giving them as much money as I could, and Verizon was a good compromise, I now only have Comcast at another house that I cancel every year and go back for the cheapest promotion because all it does is monitor the smart thermostat.

I don’t care to pay the thieves for fiber though. There’s no reason they couldnt sell it to me for $35/mo…

 

[skyactiv]

2030 is not exactly around the corner

I know and I would take advantage of the $35 as long as I could.

I tried it out a year ago, I found that the equipment just sucks, I don't expect consumer gear to run 24/7/365, but not being able to go more than 48 hours without a restart was very very annoying, Went with Verizon 5G Home Internet, most of the hiccups I have with it are in the middle of the night (1-4AM), maybe they're doing software updates to the tower radios or something, or it's when updates are forced out to phones but other than that it usually works pretty good and you can actually have external ports whereas T-Mobile is more of a glorified hotspot service and you're stuck behind CG-NAT.

I'm curious if you had the 7.5" tall gateway which is much better than the previous device from what I've read. Not everyone will have a good experience despite the device. The service isin't perfect. I have had to unplug the gateway device a few times but not at the rate of blufeb95 experienced.

Anyone w/Tmobile Home please visit fast dot com & post the speed here. Trying to see if they throttle video.

Tested using fast.com, got 140 mbps and tested again later and got 89 mbps. I do share the connection with the couple living in my walkout basement apartment.

 

[Rogueman2016s]

not too bad we’re paying for 300/300 around $60 month with taxes. Equipment is spectrum modem and my 3 yrs old tp link router model archer c7 test was done on my iPhone XR.

 

[97K15004WD]

I don’t care to pay the thieves for fiber though. There’s no reason they couldnt sell it to me for $35/mo…

Stockholders gotta get paid though.

But a real question -I wonder how much their overhead really is and as an oligopoly do they really even care?

 

[blufeb95]

Stockholders gotta get paid though.

But a real question -I wonder how much their overhead really is and as an oligopoly do they really even care?

Some of it's making back for capex, fiber usually costs about $25,000 per aerial mile to install, even more when you have to bore under roads, that doesn't include the costs of the end point terminals or the termination cabinet, I'd prefer to pay close to $50, but $70 a month isn't bad at all, all things considered. Wireless probably has less overhead since they're just selling off excess capacity at a very low priority.

 

[JHZR2]

Some of it's making back for capex, fiber usually costs about $25,000 per aerial mile to install, even more when you have to bore under roads, that doesn't include the costs of the end point terminals or the termination cabinet, I'd prefer to pay close to $50, but $70 a month isn't bad at all, all things considered. Wireless probably has less overhead since they're just selling off excess capacity at a very low priority.

I appreciate that to a point. Here it comes from a pole, and the big “bell telephone” building is maybe half a mile down the Main Street.

 

[OVERKILL]

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It did shoot over 1 gig a few times during the test.

Same here, which is pretty good, considering I only have a Gig-E NIC and the computer is 13 years old, lol.

 

[blufeb95]

Same here, which is pretty good, considering I only have a Gig-E NIC and the computer is 13 years old, lol.
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I assume you're on fiber, he's talking about T-Mobile 5G Home Internet.

 

[OVERKILL]

I assume you're on fiber, he's talking about T-Mobile 5G Home Internet.

Yes, though I know the OP had FIOS, which, unless he's getting completely boned on, is probably best to stick with.

 

[fantastic]

Tested using fast.com, got 140 mbps and tested again later and got 89 mbps. I do share the connection with the couple living in my walkout basement apartment.

wow, that would appear as if they're not throttling streaming services. I have the $15 non profit plan & it's 2.5 mbps down on fast. com. so they're throttling streaming on that plan. Thanks!

 

[Triple_Se7en]

I purchased a magicjack and use if for my home phone. I know nobody uses a home phone. But it is very cheap. The call quality and clarity are great. I have no spam calls. The cost is very reasonable.

$50 to buy? How much is it a month afterwards to use?

 

[Kansas_Ron]

$50 to buy? How much is it a month afterwards to use?

You should look at their site. I believe the original $50 includes 12 months of service. If you want 911 service I have paid about $12 a year for this. They offer opportunities to purchase service. I purchased 36 months for less than $128. So $128/36=$3.55 per month plus a buck for 911 = $4.55 per month. That does not begin to cover the monthly taxes on a land line.

 

[andrew_j]

Slow ping in terms of ms response.

Interestingly many remote jobs don’t allow cellular based internet I believe due to latency issues on video.

Glad you got a deal !

 

[JHZR2]

I just switched our cellphones from ATT to T-Mobile. Too many spots I spend time in, ATT was barely usable.

Here’s wifi from the T-mobile home internet:

Not sure why the discrepancy.

Here’s my new iPhone 15 Pro on T-mobile direct with the Go5Gplus plan:

For reference, here’s Fios right now:

And that’s slow - it’s usually 250-300 and parity up and down.

Sure fiber is great, but will I miss the few seconds downloading?

I kind of did downloading all the apps on my new phone today. I did it on T-Mobile wifi, and when I swapped over to fios it was way faster…

Then again, this 5G T-Mobile can be fast, especially direct to the phone:

I’m not 100% sold on the T-mobile internet, but it is half the price.

 

[JHZR2]

Yes, though I know the OP had FIOS, which, unless he's getting completely boned on, is probably best to stick with.

It’s about $65/mo versus $35/mo. I’m happy to save $30/mo if I don’t really need fios.

I assume you're on fiber, he's talking about T-Mobile 5G Home Internet.

I’m on Fios, considering changing to T-Mobile 5G. Not sold but $30/mo is a decent savings.

Be aware though that 5G base stations can also be located on utility poles, and other smaller more densely located structures. Also be aware that both 4G and 5G can be highly load balanced (read signal throttling) during times of high use.

If anything based upon my test, home internet is prioritized over cellphone, fwiw.

 

[Rand]

IF I had fios available I'd save the 30$ elsewhere.

This is great option for borderline areas where your options are "dialup", satellite, or crusty dsl at 5-10mbits.

Or at a cabin where there is nothing run. (500ft from road or whatever)

For a normal house its sorta Meh. for most people.. mainly due to the latency.

 

[blufeb95]

On T-Mobile home internet you will be giving up proven reliability and capacity over Fiber, T-Mobile Home Internet will always have lower priority over cell phone subs, and T-Mobile seems to do nothing to mitigate overselling Home Internet, they will take the money from whoever will give it to them and they don't care if it starts over saturating the service on any given tower, where Verizon Home Internet they won't allow you to order it if they've already reached the subscriber limit in your area. Also CG-NAT on T-Mobile can be a pain to deal with if you need to forward any external ports.

 

[brianl703]

I cant help wonder if the day will come where landline internet becomes as outdated as the landline telephone. Only makes sense

Big bandwidth difference between "landline internet" and "landline telephone". One can fit in a 64 kbps (or less) channel, one can be as much as 2gbps.. There isn't enough room in the radio spectrum for all the internet bandwidth the users want.

 

[Cropduster172]

On T-Mobile home internet you will be giving up proven reliability and capacity over Fiber, T-Mobile Home Internet will always have lower priority over cell phone subs, and T-Mobile seems to do nothing to mitigate overselling Home Internet, they will take the money from whoever will give it to them and they don't care if it starts over saturating the service on any given tower, where Verizon Home Internet they won't allow you to order it if they've already reached the subscriber limit in your area. Also CG-NAT on T-Mobile can be a pain to deal with if you need to forward any external ports.

This is spot on. T-Mobile is not who they were 5 years ago.
I tried th T-Mobile Home Internet at our beach house. It was weak at best but I could get decent reception if I moved it. That was in winter when the population is I stuck with Comcast at $80/ month and it's blazing fast and rock solid.

 

[wag123]

I have three friends that switched to T-Mobile Home Internet about a year ago. Two of them have already given-up on the service complaining that it was too unreliable. The third still has it and complains about it but still uses it because he doesn't have any other alternatives.