I have used T-Mobile for year and half now. Couldn’t be happier, it works great!! I generally used 1.5 terabytes a month. I had Cox before that and it was terrible. Would go out for a few hours every other day or so. Cox charged about 6 times more as well.
I really like my 5g, I live in a very rural area, and any company that did come out my way only offered around 10-15mbps and wanted to charge around $60. First day I powered on my 5g I was getting immediate 120mbps with only 3/5 bars. On late nights I can see speeds up to 300mbps while also still on 3/5 bars. I totally recommend
Your channel was the first I followed before signing up for the T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. In fact, I was grateful for your review and use of this product because a few days before seeing your channel, Xfinity sent me some literature regarding future rate increases coming in Jan. 2022. I called to see if we could delay them for a year but to no avail. After watching an episode of your channel, I went right online to see if it was available in our area and it was. I then called a number noted on the website and that was in Nov. 19, 2021 and signed up for it that very day. I have the trash can and I'm the only one that uses it as my sister and her family have their own like the black one you have. I love it. I have the 12th gen corei3 processor on my Asus 16" laptop and my cellphone. I'm really not a power user. I've added an anti-virus and safety software and a VPN as I feel safer with some additional safeguards. At my apartment I had a 4K TV with Roku hooked up to it too. No problems whatsoever. Streaming seamlessly on my 4K and on my laptop. My set is not near any windows but next to a wall. I keep it plugged in 24/7. It does get hot but I don't check it and it's going strong. It doesn't stay hot 24/7 but at times. Just to let you know. Getting a MacBook Air in a few to be my forever laptop while my Asus will be good till June 2030. Hope you are having a good session on your gateway. Thanks again!
Peter, our service has consistently gotten better; rural, always get B12, was getting n71 50% of the time with up to 100 Mbs speeds, but recently it's become 75% of the time and up to 165 Mbs, all with only 2 bars at most and -100 to -110dbm signals, consistent 30ms Pings, so still happy out here!
Great news! Yes, n71 is a blessing for those further afield. I think T-Mobile made the right decision to use existing infasture and aggregate mid-band frequencies to get the performance at a distance. Still not a bad investiment. TMUS (ticker) is going place. AT&T and Verizon are screwing up big time. Verizon spent $54Billion buying high bandwidth frequencies that need to be repeated every 2 blocks - I kid you not.
@@PeterC408 I was seriously dumbfounded at they spent $54B and well ATT idk what there doing trying to still lower debt while making us customers suffer they only offer hbo max
After 4 months, I've rarely been affected by throttling. I get 5 bars. I've seen it dip to 100+ on rare occasions, but it's been solid aroung 350-650 down, 90 up. My gateway doesn't get hot and I rarely reboot since I forget I'm suing 5G. T-Mo CRUSHES my previous Comcucks 120Mbps/10 forthe same price! I use my own AX router but the gteway AX router will be gud enough for 90% homes! T-Mo 5G is always working, unlike Comcucks where the network goes down for 4-8 hours. I hate to say such gud things in fear that T-Mo might raise the rates or throttle more! Pssst...I use about 2.5 to 3.5TB a month...but don't tell anyone.
Do you game on it by any chance? I want it for gaming and worried it will kill my gaming experience and I won't be able to compete like I can now with cable net. We just got it in our area this week and I'm tired of paying 1o5 bucks a months for net
Hey Travolta, "Give Me More, Give Me More". I just got this service yesterday. Clearwater Florida area. I have been banging on this for a solid day. Moved the modem all over the house. Best signal was when it was outside on a table in my driveway. That's not going to work. Florida, rain........ This service was good when I connected it at 6:00pm, but then it went south. Firesticks loose connection all the time. Never had that issue with cable modem technology. Not a good experience so far at all.
I’m new to T Mobile and had no clue as to what your doing. Amazing!. Question, how do I use my router when traveling around the country?. I’m guessing you have a video on that
@@Bdub1952 Ummm the hilarious claim that 80 million people voted for a ****ing mummy. Ok, I'm supposed to believe that more people voted for a weekend at Bernie's than Obama??
My father lives in a rual area, and sits right in the best location based on the T-mobile maps for 5g Ulta Capacity, I mean he is right in the perfect shot of the tower, line of site and no obstructions. But according to the website, Home internet is not available at his location. Can I sign up for internet at my house, about 80 miles away but place the router at his location. From my research it seems like this would be a valid option, at least for now.
Thanks . A bit too technical and superfluous for my needs … I’ve had the latest version for a couple of weeks . I’ve moved it around my house to various locations to get the best results at a window location as recommended. I’ve had issues connecting wireless printers in the basement and watching RU-vid TV in every room. I tried a NETGEAR WiFi Extender , and even with tech support from NETGEAR it wouldn’t connect to the T Mobile . My next step , per T Mobile is to try two Google Mesh units that they recommend and offer a discount with the purchase . I like the reduced cost of the T Mobile , but so far connection and strength have been an issue. I seriously doubt that I will get a signal at the pool this summer , but I’ll try .
This is my Mesh Unit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gA3HXG3ko8Y.html I like it because I can change the MTU (packet size) to match TMobile. Packet sizes are different for mobile (1420 vs 1500 bytes) and changing you WAN MTU size makes the whole network much more stable.
That’s not so much a T/mobile issue. That’s Wi-Fi in general. If you want great Wi-Fi it costs some money. You really need a home network that has more than one wireless access points. I use UniFi personally. I have three access points. Two i the house and one in the backyard. Full speeds everywhere.
I live in a fringe area for my T Mobil phone and have to use a cell spot from T-Mobile. The cell spot feeds the phone signal, via a cable, into my AT&T router which connects to my phone via Blue Tooth otherwise my phone won’t work in my house. Turns out the T Mobil device is not capable of processing my cell spot. Do you know if their newer equipment is compatible with the cell spot? I sure hope so, I’d like to get rid of AT&T. When T Mobil first came out with their gateway I rushed out to get one. @$40 at the time. My internet improved greatly over AT&T.
My guess is that your phone is using WiFi calling. It is a good feature for fringe areas and you can get calls to your phone with any Internet. I don't think you need that "Cell Spot", just sent the phone to work with the WiFi configured by your T-Mobile gateway/router and your phone should be working. The AT&T router should not be necessary it is just that your phone is setup to work with that WiFi name (SSID). Good luck. If you can ditch AT&T bill, it is a good win.
I have tmobile internet and loved it. At&t brought fiber optic to my neighborhood and I couldn't resist getting it. 1gb for 79.00 a month. I love it! I'll keep my tmobile till after hurricane season. Thanks for your video, I love the info
I have att fiber too and debating ditching it for T-Mobile home internet. I have it and trying it out for 15 days. I’d like to think that T-Mobile 5G might still run during and after a hurricane whereas my att fiber line got smacked down during Ida. Has anyone had it during a hurricane?!
True, I was most concerned about reliability but it has been less trouble than XFinity. We have squirrel problems and they would chew the Comcast wires but no wires, no problem.
@@PeterC408 we pay Comcast for $50 a month. Never had a problem with Comcast except for the occasional outage. We are an unlimited internet with Comcast in Philadelphia. We tried TMobile internet for a month and didn’t work at all for a family of 4, streaming RU-vid TV on a couple TV’s at once, PS4.
@@MarcP5267 interesting that a person happy with Comcast would try T-Mobile, switch back and then watch RU-vid videos regarding said T-Mobile solution to jump to Comcast's defense. LOL. I just don't believe you, that's all.
just switched over to TMobile and so far so good. I have a LOT of devices, and I actually have it connected to the Google Home gateway. Love this information - following.
Thanks Will. I am a huge fan of this as well. I pulled mine apart and added some external antennas see here : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXSpbP8NuWw.html.. now I am getting 400+Mbps @ 23ms Ping. Pretty happy with it considering I am now pulling 2.3TB/mo
I’m getting a windows 10 laptop so when that arrives I will attempt to get into my router settings. I spent an hour or more on the phone with T-Mobile with no resolution. When I put in the router address it had a triangle showing not secure website. And the router page was very limited…definitely didn’t show the settings you had. Once I get the pc if it works that’ll be great but if not I will take a picture and show you what I am having difficulty with. Thanks for replying to my message.
It is strange that you would get that error typing in a 192.168.x.x address because that domain is reserved for LAN addresses and is never on the public internet (so always safe). You should be able to click on this link -> 192.168.12.1 and it should bring you there. If you see the "triangle" there is usually an option to proceed anyway. Give that a shot.
I just got it and I am very surprised by how fast it is. I mainly got it because Frontier my old internet provider had a monopoly in my area and I had no choice but to stick with them if I wanted any internet. I had a 9Mbps with 1Mbps upload speed with Frontier and I paid a whopping $73 a month. Well, that was till they upped it by $5 making it $78 a month without saying anything about the increase in price. I do feel like they increased it after I set the account to Autopay thinking I would not notice. Luckily after being stuck with the worst internet provider in frontier, I was finally able to get normal people internet. I now feel like I am living in the present when it comes to the internet. So far after having it for 1 week, it's great, I have had no issues other than some speed drops for a few seconds but that does not happen often at all. I tend to get around 150 to 200Mbps between 12pm to 8pm, and from 8 to 12am it's 250 to 300Mbps and I have had it go past 400Mbps at around 4am. The upload speed tends to stick around 30 to 40 at all times. So compared to my old internet from Frontier, T-mobile so far is 22 times faster during the day and 33 times faster at night while being $28 cheaper. So so far I am extremely happy and I hope I don't have any issues like I have seen others have with it. For those of you guys that may be stuck in a similar situation that I have been in, give it a try. I will say if the site says that it is not available in your area, that may not be true. Since it also said that the Tmobile home internet was not available for me, but I know it was since I helped my neighbor set it up. After calling they did confirm that I can get it. So just talk to someone that works there they will confirm it since the site does not always work. Even the Rep I was talking to said that It changes weekly, one week it will way say that you can get it and the next it will say that it's unavailable.
@WBsteve great to hear. I am sorry that you had Frontier for so long... that sounds like hell. Now that you have T-Mobile, your other neighbor may want to get it too and may not be able to.. It all has to do with the slow downs you are seeing. T-Mobile wants to sell of "excess bandwidth" in markets where excess exists. Once they take on enough home networking folks, they may cut it off to preserve your experience. So even if it is available in your area, you may not be able to get it.
@@PeterC408 so Pete which antena should I used for T-Mobile 5g internet the mimo 2 or 4... And do I also need to get the dynalink router to set mtu setting different
@@K1LLADELPH1A-_- It's great for me, But I would not recommend it if you live anywhere near a high-traffic area such as a stadium where thousands of people converge. Becuase you can imagine 10 thousand plus phones trying to all use the same internet it will pretty much make your internet non existent. I live near a place that has a lot of raves that happen. So usually like once a month on a Friday and Saturday. my internet does not work till those events are over. The weather will affect it a bit like rain, and wind. The internet will still work but it will have slower speeds than usual. This is not a suitable internet for streaming. By streaming I mean, streaming yourself playing games to an audience like on twitch. I don't mean streaming like watching Netflix. The line is just not stable enough, at least for me it's not. But for the most part, it's really fast internet. I don't have kids but I do play games and 95% of the time for me it's great. I have no issues at all. You can easily have 10 kids playing while using the same internet and it will be fine. Of course that totally depends on the speeds you get. You also may get better speeds if you're closer to a 5g line. And if you don't live any were near a crowded place or a place that becomes crowded then this may be good internet for you. For me, even with all those issues. I still love the internet. Mainly because I know I am not getting screwed by My internet provider when it comes to price and speed. I was paying $70+ for 13Mb DL speed. This was the fastest speed I could get for my area(BTW the normal speed for most Americans is 45Mb DLspeed for about $55). Now that I was able to switch I get around 160Mb DL speed on a normal day to 200+ Mb dl speed on a really good day. So my internet is 12 to 16 times faster than my old internet for more than $20 cheaper. So if you have no other better options than what you currently have. Then, in my opinion, it's a good alternative. You also may get better speeds than I do since some have got an average of over 400+ with it. Hope this helps.
@@WBsteve nahh I moved upstate in the mountains. They just built a 5g tower up here 3 years ago and finally just got our t mobile net here in the last week. Biggest event we have here is 2oo people tops at the local highschool football field
I trialed T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet, and the speeds I am getting are AMAZING. Typical download speeds are minimum 300Mbps and upload speeds are 30Mbps (these are during peak), and when it's off-peak, my download speeds reach up to 750Mbps and upload speeds up to 100Mbps. I'm surprised that the video actually talks about double NAT, and the actual resolution for that is to have the Static IP service for an extra $3 a month. To have the Static IP service, you need to have a business entity (not a sole proprietor account). If you have an Individual or Sole Proprietor account, you're out of luck.
That is good news but I don't think that adding a phone or VPN was the fix. Perhaps they just fixed your local tower. Glad that you are happy with it though.
Peter, how did you obtain access to the webpage that shows all of the parameters on your gateway? When I go to the address you mention in the video I only see very basic info about my connection. Nothing about band type, gateway settings etc. Great video and thanks for your help in advance
That is what shows up when i go to 192.168.12.1 but if you have different model (the black cube) then I think they have different firmware but the Phone App should be able to show you the bands and other gateway settings.
On a home network the bars are your connection strength to your modem device. 1 bar would mean you're either too far away from the device or there is a bad signal to the device. Full bars mean are you are either close to it, or have a really great signal. Example: You could have no internet connection coming through on the actual device itself, but still have 4 bars because your connection strength to the device is great, just no internet going through it at the moment. As this T-Mobile device appears to get a signal directly to cell tower, I imagine the bars on your screen are referencing how good your connection is to your nearest tower.
Ah, here is where you learn something new. There is a difference between signal strength and good signal. The difference is quality. For a home network, this is not usually an issue but in the world of 5G where your up stream and down stream may be on different frequencies, bars do not tell the full story. I have tested products that give you 5 bars of signal but actually lower your performance!!
I've been super satisfied with Tmobile home internet. I've had it for 3 months now. The Comcast in my neighborhood is literally broken - they throttle the upload to half a megabit per second during the day, then it magically fixed itself in the morning and at night. No matter how much tech support -- even some of which I *paid* for, they could never fix it. Best thing about cellular companies is that they actually have competition - especially with 5G just burgeoning in the market. Really lucked out with tmobile.
I agree that it is the best "last-mile" solution that I have seen. We have a super squirrel problem and they chew on wires constantly. A little rain and "poof" no internet. So far, the squirrels have not found out to block 5G. Cellular has always been great but too expensive... now it has changed. Here is a good article that will make you happy that you got in early. Your neighbors may not be able to add 5G as easily as you did. www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/09/t-mobile-is-already-a-leader-in-home-internet-serv/
I live in Philadelphia, so big city = plenty of 5G coverage. I have also had T-Mobile 5G for about a year. I love it, best internet connection I've ever had. No down times, super fast, I use it for online gaming and 4K video streaming. For just $50 a month, yes please!!! I haven't tried any of the other offers that they offer to pair up with it, because I don't need those other services, so I can't speak for any of their combination deals.
Hello, great video. You mention having hulu with live tv with the t-mobile. I heard that it doesnt really work with it because the ip address changes with the tmobile service. Have you encountered this?
I just signed up for T-Mobile Home Internet. I cannot get a Brother MFC L6800 to connect wirelessly (it's an older printer but still works great). The machine shows that it is connect but will not print. Most often an error message Off Line shows up. No problem connecting to Comcast's 2.4 band. T-Mobile's combined 5 & 2.4 bands seem to be the problem I see others have trouble connecting 2.4 devices. Do you have any solutions for this?? Thank you for your videos and help!!
I have a very similar printer and have no issues.... that said, I am using my own wifi as that one got hot with the number of devices that I have. I would try reloading the printer driver and letting it discover the printer again. It should be working.
I just added a 2nd Proxicast 5G mimo to complete my 4x4 setup. I went from 70 mps down/1 mps up (stock) to speeds up to 250 mps down/30 mps up on N41. T-Mobile currently has a promo for Magenta Max customers that will drop the price to 30/month. Overall, I am very satisfied with the service. Streaming services seem to perform better than Xfinity's 1gb service. The only issue we have is the online gaming for my wife's Nintendo Switch. The double NAT is preventing it from working right. A solution would be for online gaming services to go to ip6 as all of the ip4 addresses were sold out as of 2015. This is why all cell providers use CG Nat. Overall, good service and 70/month cheaper. I also had issues with Xfinity's service too. None of these ISPs are perfect. At 30/month, I'm more willing to put up with some headaches than 70. The 4x4 mimo has substantially lowered my ping and jitter. Thank you for your help with the setup. I'd love to get the speeds you are getting, but I'm still getting reasonable speeds.
I did find a work around for these issues by installing a VPN that supports port forwarding. I took a chance on PureVPN. It was 54.00 for 24 months with the port forwarding add on and I was able to set it up with the Dynalink Router you recommended. My wife was able to connect and play her online games and get around the double Nat issue, albeit at a significant download penalty. I went from 220mbs to around 100mbs. I only lost about 5mbs up. Wife is happy. That is the main thing.
I signed up for the service and added the poet forwarding upgrade. My wife was able to get her old Wii-U to work, but not her Switch. It also only worked for a short time before you had to switch VPN servers, but it did work. VPN will also slow your speeds and increase your latency since you are adding a layer + encryption. It is far from a perfect solution, but until these service providers switch to ip6, this will be an issue. It is relatively inexpensive for software companies to support ip6 vs hardware companies. A hardware switch costs around 100k each for each server. This is why most gaming services (and traditional ISPs) are not in too big of a hurry to migrate over. This also illustrates the problem of supporting legacy equipment/standards. While nobody wants to spend money replacing obsolete electronics when they still work, failing to do so negatively impacts everyone. As more customers adopt non-traditional ISPs, perhaps these service providers will be enticed to upgrade their servers.
@@tquindt1 I think the problem has to do with T-Mobile's network right now. It is by default a double Nat. The real question is why is Nintendo wanting to take control of our networks making servers out of us all. Why? This isn't a P2P play. I am surprised that they would want to tie gameplay to P2P. There is too much at risk.
@Peter Carcione Think of CG Nat as "Compatibility Mode." My T-Mobile Gateway has an ip6 address. Back in 2015, North America ran out of its share of ip4 addresses. CG Nat essentially shares that ip4 address with all the mobile users so that they can neect to ip4 servers. From that point forward, folks could only purchase existing addresses from someone else or get an ip6 address. While Verizon (Fios) and AT&T (DSL) were traditional home ISPs (and as a result owned some ip addresses), T-mobile did not. Most streaming services and some website do natively support ip6, but the gaming industry and legacy ISPs have been reluctant to fork out millions of dollars that it would cost to migrate their hosting servers to ip6. CG Nat will always be an issue for gaming because it exists as a Compatibility mode to allow for mobile users to still access those parts of the internet that do not yet support ip6. Different companies have different IT budgets. Some supported the new standard right away and others took a, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." (This kinds of harkens back to the 640k RAM limit when engineers didn't think that computers would ever need more than 640k of ram. PC's were hampered by this for decades, and creativity worked around it. Ip4 was the same way. The engineers never thought we would run out of addresses, but we did. Replacing the gaming servers will be expensive. I would not be surprised if these companies are lobbying for a government subsidy to upgrade their servers.
My family had the T-Mobile home Internet setup for about six months, with similar data usage to you. Unfortunately we had to reboot the router very frequently.... and eventually it just stopped providing Internet to us. We swapped out routers and sim cards, but nothing worked to fix our problem. Eventually I had to just drop T-Mobile because no Internet just doesn't work in this day and age. I got the Verizon home internet which is MUCH slower, but more reliable. It works. I loved T-Mobile while it lasted.
Reboots can happen for two reasons: 1) system is getting too hot. This router as an Access Point gets warm when supporting several WiFi devices - use gateway as modem only by plugging in a router 2) packet size issues - when using a 2nd router the packet sizes used by your home network do not fit well on the T-Mobile network. Change the MTU value (packet size from 1500bytes to 1420bytes). Then it became ROCK Solid. If you are using an external router with Verizon, set your MTU size to 1428 bytes and it will work faster and more reliably too.
Take a look at the video I just posted. Viper Broadband not only allows you to travel with their solution but it has higher priority. I cover that one first. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BMgU5nzO4F4.html
I have been trying for Months and months to even get the T-Mobile Home internet and still says not available in my area. What needs to happen is T-Mobile to drop another antenna closer to my house in order to get better signal by my home. Shame my area only supports Dual Banded DSL with a maxed out speed for my house is 21mbps. Any way I can get T-Mobile to drop another antenna closer to my house to be able to get the Home internet?
I wish I was that powerful. The best thing you can do is sign up with your address so that they see the need. Encourage others in your area. Perhaps if TMobile sees the need they will do it.... kind of like "Field of Dreams" but in reverse.
We tried T Mobile. I designed WiFi and cell phones before retirement. The T Mobile was limited in the evening. We were losing our link multiple times between 5 and 9 pm. I had to go back to cable.
Are you an engineer? Do you like to understand things quantitatively? Did you do any background analysis? I determined that the T-Mobile service was awesome but the gateway (though awesome in its ability to aggregate frequencies) had other issues, so I fixed them. Here is a list of the thing I did ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MZ4k1D_GxyA.html MY GUESS is that either you did not have a very good signal (What were your SNR, RSRP, RSRQ? What bands were you picking up?) or that you were using an external router (which I did too) and it was dropping because the packet size was off. T-Mobile uses 1420bytes instead of 1500bytes. That simple change on your router will make it ROCK SOLID STABLE and a little faster too.
After watching the video I am quite interested in TMob Home Internet. However, some of tech talk was beyond me. Is this just for the tech savvy or, can a single user in a small home who isn't a techie up to doing modifications &tc benefit from this service? Also, can you use a VPN on this for "allegedly" working around MLB blackouts like with regular internet?
Yes, you can use it just a single user with no extra equipment... I was just getting fancy and got it to cover my whole home. VPNs work fine with this. I use IPVanish and have used it extensively.
It is intended for the less tech savvy users. Those who are tech savvy would generally want a proper cable or fiber based internet connection assuming it was available to them. You can get cable or fiber for around the same price as T-Mobile Home Internet if you just call and ask for a current promotion.
Paul, I am a T-Mobile customer I looking for an inexpensive cellular wifi router for my RV, can you recommend something? I only camps a few days every month or two so don't want to buy high dollar router.
5G has a myriad of frequencies and requires several different antenna pairs, so those can be costly. If you want a great 4G LTE modem... you are going to love this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--pdscPhxsG0.html It is amazing!
Sounds good. If you are having network stability problems where it drops out and then fixes itself a few times a day, you might want to change your packet size to 1420bytes on your router (mesh). Otherwise, it would good. I bet that if you got an external antenna, you would get more speed but 49Mpbs is good enough for most of what we do.
Hello Sir, I had it for 6 months and I've noticed it's been getting slow in peak hours ....6pm etc.. it usednto give me 700 megas 600 etc but in congested times it got really slow.....I decided to return it last week. I hope it gets better soon. Back to Spectrum now.
Okay but it is better to ride out the rough spots... T-Mobile is only offering this in areas with "excess bandwidth" meaning that if your neighbors all start getting TMHI they may not add any others to keep the quality of service us for their existing customers. In other words, if you can get it, grab it.
I am very happy with my speeds etc, even though not as fast as yours, it is sufficient for my needs. My problem is that it drops the signal several times a day and takes a few minutes to reconnect. Sometimes it will not reconnect unless I restart the gateway. Any advice? I have heard it could be overheating but I keep a fan on it to keep it cool.
I think I might know how to fix this. The unit can get HOT due to it being a poor Access Point. I have turned off WiFi in this unit (or simply dont use it) and hooked up a better access point (both mentioned in this video). While that gets rid of the HEAT issue, it creates a different issue with packet sizes. For that I found that if I change the MTU (both routers support that) to 1420bytes... it becomes super stable and does not drop out at all !!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DqYYxdVrlX0.html or the MESH version ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gA3HXG3ko8Y.html
I can't seem to get my wifi garage door opener or my printer to work with T-Mobile internet. According to the printer and garage door opener company they say it won't hook up to 5g I need 2.4g. I've called T-Mobile for help and they can't seem to get them to connect. Any ideas what I can do? Would a router help them to connect? I'm completely lost and frustrated! Everything else in my house has no problem connecting to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I started having slow downs with t- Mobile home back in February and I've been with service 1 year. They've consistently gotten worse and I've repeatedly called. Got the same BS about tower, working on it, should be a month. Never happened. I originally had the trash can gateway. I never got above 3 bars. I even had external antennas, pointing right at the towers(2 panel spaced accordingly at 25 feet in the air), 3/4 of a mile away. Signal wouldn't improve and the slow downs stayed the same. I went from 400 down and 30 up to 30 down and 25 up. I was also now on b66 and N71. These bands where I am are terrible. I felt like I had att DSL line for internet. Turing off the gateway or restarting from the app wouldn't get me moved back to the old settings. I am stuck on b66 and N71. Finally sent me new Arcadian gateway. I got better signal, 4 bars, but still stuck on those bands. My last call got an American customer service person and tech. I thought I had called the wrong customer service. I was speechless. Finally got a truthful answer, which was I have been deprioritized. Problem will not be fixed until the tower is upgraded for more service period. No date on that for completion. They said there is no way I can be moved to another tower even if they tried because the gateway is going to move back to the closest best tower to you, which is the b66 and N71 tower. I have finally given up. I went to Xfinity(the devil) and got 600 down and no data caps. Got the price down from what they advertise by calling and getting a better deal. I didn't want to do this, but no choice. 30 to 35 down for 50 bucks made no sense anymore when I could get local broadband for the same price and the speeds are consistent. This channel is great for improvements for t-Mobile home and for everyone who actually gets great service. Good luck on it staying that way.... I'm willing to go back at some point, but I'll need proof that it's actually going to be consistent service in my area. Side note.. really do appreciate the amount of insight I have gained from watching posts from here.
Bands don't matter. It is marketing fluff to make something slightly compilated more understandable. As you pointed out there is no band locking. You don't care if you are getting 4bars of n71 when you would rather have 3bars of n41. n71 is an XR band, but when you recieve it well, as you saw in my video it isn't half bad. n41 is faster but doesn't travel as far...so, if you can get it you share it will less people. Look, these gateways suck (not sure if that is entirely fair but it illustrates my point). They do not have band locking and the antenna are packed so tightly in this thing and they are trying to catch a signal that is outside. Think of cellular signals as sound you can't hear... you need to get outside and point towards the sound... people that have done this have mimicked my results. Give it a go.
I did have 2 external proxicast panel antennas 25 ft up in the air pointing at the tower. I used cell mapper to help me place correctly. Even with those installed, I was still deprioritized on that tower. That's what the tech told me with support. So the antenna didn't matter, it was the quality I was actually getting from the tower. I was still getting the slow down speeds. I believe you and others who have the service have a tower with better infrastructure than mine does in Tennessee. I'm still glad TMobile offers this service it makes the large broadband companies have to be price competitive. Also I should have added I was getting great service from the 2 antennas before I was deprioritized.
i got t mobile cause spectrum was bugging in and out im on my first week and so far its been great, im doing the 50$ plan. the speed is definitely slower than spectrum but good enough and the connection is definitely better ill update this after my first few months
Here is a video that covers all the things I did for speed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MZ4k1D_GxyA.html I have found that the best way to improve speed is taking the antennas outside. Take a look at the performance increase I am getting on this 3rd party setup ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jb00dEqguYM.html I also have a video for doing this on T-Mobile
I'm in a small rural town and setting a cell booster a can get 4g LTE and some 5g. Would the cell booster help this signal out as well? I will be lowering my speed from cable and connect both gateways into a pf sense firewall supporting 2 wan ports.
A booster is just another set of problems. It only receives Bands that it is designed to, so no 5G and then I have never seen one that gets band 66, which is one of the best for 4GLTE.... so its a non-starter. Here's how I solved it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXSpbP8NuWw.html
@@PeterC408 yes I watched that video shortly after you posted. Thanks for the info. Have you done antenna update on the newer T-Mobile 5G internet router?
Hey Peter. I found someone selling one of these Nokia units super cheap. Can I buy it and swap the sim from the one T-mobile gave me? I want to add an external antenna but I don't want to worry about ruining the one I don't own.
Hi you seem to be the go to guy for t mobile home internet. I have a problem and was wondering if you can point me in the right direction. My Rheem econet thermostat requires a static IP. (it previously worked perfect with AT and T) It will not connect to TM. I have called Rheem tech and was told the stat needs a static IP do you know any work arounds? Every thing else in the house works perfect. But being not able to control the thermostats is a deal breaker. Thanks for your help
I would be really surprised if the Rheem econet thermostat required a static IP. That seems archaic. I have the Ring DoorBell and Ring Alarm and Ring Cameras and all of them work very well through the T-Mobile Home Internet gateway and I am using another router to boot. What makes you think that it requires a static IP? I did a search for "Rheem econet thermostat static IP" and it returned many results but with the word "static" crossed out.
I spoke with Rheem econet tech support . They moved the call up a couple of levels and the supervisor told me the require a static IP. I followed that call up to Tmobile to see if there are any options. The TM tech stated they are a dynamic IP and that they have numerous issues with thermostats and different streaming devices at random times and reboot times. they have to be reset up or thermostats that don't connect (devices that require location information)The only way he knows to repair the problem is to get a business account $5 dollars additional a month give you a static IP and that requires a business with a tax ID to activate. I was wondering if you have any other ideas
@@hadtopickaname it depends on how much you save. To get 2TB from another company would cost me at least $40 more a month. That would pay for a new thermostat in a matter of months. To get tied to things that bring you down.
A new thermostat is not a possibility,. These are linked and zoned communicating thermostats specifically for Rheem HVAC units. So Basically I find a workaround or get new internet (i don't want to do that) I have tm at 2 properties and love it besides the thermostat issue.
Hi Peter, love your videos and keep up the great work! Question for you... for most of the day I work from home, and my download speeds range from 150mbps to 300mbps. For some reason, and it appears others are having this same issue, when I hit peak hours, it will drop to as low as 2.5 mbps. Is getting an external antenna the best solution, or do you recommend something different? Thank you for your time!
That is indeed a heavy hit during peak. An external antenna will only help if your signal could use improving. That is if your RSRP, RSRP are less than "Good". Also, what bands are you getting n71?? If n41 is available in your area and you could possibly lock on with an external antenna they "absolutely!" it would help. I listed links to all the videos I mentioned in the comments. Make sure you get the Proxicast antenna I showed. It is better than any other antenna I can even imagine and it is cheaper than most too.
@@PeterC408 Yes I am always on the n41 band and the tower is only a half a mile away. My RSRQ always seems to be around -14, which I guess is good, but the RSRP goes from -105 to -110 and the SINR is from 0 to 2.5, even when my speeds are near 300mbps. Thanks again for the help and I'll definitely look into the Proxicast external antenna!
Same problem here. My tmobile 5G phone will have speeds of over 100mbs while my home internet has 2mbs at the same time. I've never had this happen up until a few months ago
I live in Newark,, NJ. I am stuck with a crappy Optimum monopoly. They charge whatever they want ( a recent $20 a month increase because the needed to do a little price gouging). I pay about $120 a month for internet only. I use T-Mobile for my phones as the service in Europe is great and inexpensive. I got a gateway kit two weeks ago, $50 a month). I was warned that it might not be quite ready for prime time. Frist; I found that canon wireless printers are to obsolete to use 5g. Next, I found that I experienced buffering and drop outs every 10 or so minutes. They warned me. I returned it. No hard feelings, just hope for the future of the infrastructure
It is just another way of getting the internet so the Canon printer should still work, you just have to turn on 2.4GHz WiFi because it is off by default (unknown reason). It all comes down to signal strength. I took my unit apart and added professional external antennas and ran them outside. Now I get zero drops and 700-960Mbps speeds. Not for everyone but as soon as a turn 55yrs old, it drops to $40/mo and it will be very hard to beat. Take a look at this video, it might help you find another service that might work ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rF_cWzPOjuM.html
I have 5GUC about 2 miles away from my house and I am willing to get an antenna because my house is in that spot where service is trash and T-Mobile does have availablity for my address. So my question is if I get an antenna and capture coverage can I get Home internet from T-Mobile if though there system says it is unavailable?
T-Mobile is rolling out 5G Home Internet in areas where they have "Extra Capacity". When enough people signup in your area, they cut it off because the capacity is reached. Some have said that they have had a unit sent to a qualifying address and used it elsewhere but otherwise you just have to wait. Check out this video, perhaps other providers will work for you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rF_cWzPOjuM.html
I’m about to get this and try the 14 day trial, I only get two 5G bars in my room when it comes to reception, will that play a role in my room when I connect the home internet??? I don’t game, I’m just one my iPhone doing light browsing and RU-vid pretty much, I work a lot
I just set up my gateway and found it did not have a option to what frequency I was connecting to. My Ring cameras only work on 2.4 ghz. Is there a way to dual broadcast 2.4 and 5 ghz natively with the gateway?
Yes, we did find there is an option to turn on 2.4GHz Use a browser to connect to 192.168.12.1 and the login information is on the bottom of your gateway (sticker).
I’m cancelling this week. My speeds were amazing such as yours but the CGNAT and ping spikes are not good. Fiber just got installed at my house, I’m going to miss the $30 price but also going to enjoy consistent latency. T-Mobile served me well!
Can you recommend an antenna? I stay in my 5th wheel and I thought I saw antennas that have magnets where the line connects through the magnet and I don't have to run a separate line outside. That would be much easier especially when I need to take it down when I travel. Thanks
Here are my favorite for cost/performance and mobility : (All are listed in the comments of this video review ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ynzW1DIArr0.html ) Proxicast Bullet Antenna amzn.to/2LHBZPI --- reviewed Proxicast Antenna Tested amzn.to/2LfALev --- 2 pole antenna, mentioned Proxicast amzn.to/30MBZm9 --- smaller mobile antenna
While I like this service, I am not a huge fan of the gateway. A gateway is union between two dissimilar networks, in this case Cellular and WiFi. My biggest gripe is that the best place to place it for WiFi is in the center of the house and the best place for Cellular is almost outside. I have split the two and use my own access point. I even found one that makes it more stable and a little faster. Take a look for it.
can you get a regular t-mobile plan and insert the sim into any of these gateways? the home internet package isn't available in my area for some reason, but i'm using their network already...
Yes, they are limiting the rollout to maintain quality of service. You should sign up and get on the waiting list. They will allow new users as bandwidth becomes available in your area. Here is an article that explains what T-Mobile is doing... they call it FWA www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/09/t-mobile-is-already-a-leader-in-home-internet-serv/
One month or so in, and it's working well. We aren't 'gamers' so I can't comment on the tower's sufficiency there, but for our two TVs, half-dozen devices, and my WFH environment, it works very well. We cut the cord and saved over 60% of our monthly costs.
Agreed. I have been very happy. No more data anxiety either. I love watching 4K TV now (4x the bandwidth of 1080P) and I can even take a nap while watching with ZERO guilt.
I've used TMobile for wireless phone service and they're an excellent value. The home internet is disappointing in the south Orange County CA area. Not enough capacity. Finally switched to another vendor. I'd be curious to see what solutions others in my geographic area have done.
Here is a video that shows you what you can expect from T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T in your area (based on your address) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rF_cWzPOjuM.html For me, getting an antenna outside was the key ... now I am getting over 900Mbps!!
I don't understand all the technical jargon. Hopefully someone can answer my question (talk to me like I'm 5). We have a tiny house. Just the hubby and me. So 2 phones, 1 TV and a computer, no gaming. Can we just plug this in and hook up a router for wifi? And we have a barn 200 ft away, will it reach there?
Yes, just plug it in and you should be fine. This is a gateway, it gets Internet over 5G and then is also a WiFi Router and will deliver WiFi around your home. Outside, 200 ft away might work but it will be much slower. Set your devices for 2.4GHz WiFi if you want them to reach outside. 2.4GHz WiFi is slower but it travels much further.
Peoples comments are making me very warry of HOAs. No solar, not WiFi and for what? So my house can look like every other house on the block? HERE IS WHAT I WOULD TRY before putting an antenna in a expensive antenna in the attic amzn.to/30MBZm9 it has an adhesive and magnetic back. Try it inside a window or outside on a ledge. Paint it to match the house... getting outside the is best way to get signal. Height and direction are important but outside trumps them all.
Hi I just bought a home in a rural area that doesn't have wifi or cable. They do have a ATT cell tower across the street from me. Is there anyway I can get cellular wifi from them using a router? I called att and they said they could only provide 1.5mbps at $65.00 a month! I currently have Verizon cellular. Can you help me get wifi 😫
It looks like both T-Mobile and AT&T have 4G LTE equipment out there. T-Mobile is out by North Summit Drive inside the upper loop. And AT&T is near the I-5 freeway and in the Frazier County Park. T-Mobile bands of 2 and 6 both provide good coverage. This will give you internet and deliver it as WiFi in your home.
I hear there is no way to set a static IP address, The service dropouts constantly, Signal strength varies from day to day and you connect to a WAN port on a router it's double natted and there is no bridge function.
I've done plenty of testing with the speeds. It seems when throttling occurs it can go all the way down to about 40 megabits per second. But then it seems to jump right back up to the normal 300 or so seconds or minutes later
@@jasonmarshall4436 for real..i get 30mbps if im extremely lucky and all the conditions line up perfectly..99% of the time i have anywhere from 2mbps-5mbps
I was forced to migrate to T-Mobile when Sprint was bought and I will say and that I miss Sprint, since the migration I've had constant drops and my mobile hotspot constantly fails. Lemme add that I've upgraded my phone twice and others on my plan experience the same. It's not my device, it's the network.
Trying to save money from Xfinity and $50 sounds awesome. My concern is I have a lot of smart home devices. Will it work okay with this? I use to work for them back then and we would say no to customers lol So not sure if that’s changed.
Hello i have T mobile i live in a rural are spectrum and ATT is not available in this area but we do have cellular towers in site can you give me a part number for the antenna leads for the T-Mobile router modem
There is a complete kit that you can get with a very good antenna and all the hardware and cables you need. But there is an even better solution that we have discovered that give you a better 5G experience all together. amzn.to/3s9i9SY Here are the two pitted head to head against each other ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SqJ5e8w8iio.html Here is a video on the 4x4 MIMO from WaveForm ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a72fwKACD9E.html
I have the very first version that came (the white box) and have had it since October 2020 and love it though it was only powering my 2 tvs, laptop and computer when I was home. I never had an issue with it even when a group of friends came over and all connected.
still got the white box as they wont sell me the 5g ones as im in a low served area they called it. for a year been 1 to 3mpbs down or less finally getting some speeds after they changed equipment on tower 40mbps down to 60mbps down this month
I live two blocks away from the cell tower. When throttled, it drops down to about 50Mbps sometimes less. At good times, I've seen it over 500Mbps when downloading games. I've had it for over 6 months and only had 2 outages.
Been using it for two months. Haven't cancelled my at&t internet yet. The T-Mobile speeds have been decent, but gaming on PS4 has been pretty spotty. Lots of lag in call of duty especially the new game. Some days it won't connect to rockstar servers to play gta5. I have to switch back to at&t while playing those games.
Yes and no. T-Mobile is trying to sell excess bandwidth in areas that have excess. If you go moving it around it messes with things. That said, other people have reported that it can work remotely but that could change at any time.
I have this service and the gray gateway tower for about 4 months. My kid's switch, my phones and a very old dell laptop that works with no problem. I though the lap will not work with at all. But I have a 2 1/2 year old hp lap that not show the wifi address at all. So, I used the eternet that came from it didn't work. Bought a new eternet cable and nothing. So I' not sure why is not working. Its the lap top? Thanks.
It could be that the Laptop is older and using 2.4GHz Wifi. This box will support it, but you have to turn it on. Go to 192.168.12.1 and Network, Wifi Networks and then 2.4GHz.... It will ask you for a Password (see bottom of device). Don't forget to subscribe :)
PS- Is anyone else annoyed that they want a SSN, and credit check? In 30+ years no other utility has asked me for that, and I guaranty my gas & electric bills are a whole lot higher than $50/month.
Anyone that gives you credit needs to run a credit check. That's the way it has worked for the past 50 years. It would be nice if there was a Google Wallet or something that would say, "Ya, we ran their credit and it is good".
Adding a router helps make the gateway more stable but not until you change the packet size of the new router to match the telco network (1420 bytes) . This is the mesh unit that I use but if you have a smaller home, the other one listed is also very good at $99 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gA3HXG3ko8Y.html
@@PeterC408 signal stays the same. But the internet just freezes stops me right in my tracks out of nowhere. So I have two different plugs. And I switch back and forth every 2-4 days because it literally won’t work. However I added my tp link router to it just as u said to do And it’s been better ever since. Weirdly the download speeds aren’t as fast as it once was but that’s fine also. T-Mobile changed the website settings where you could turn the broadcast and other stuff off since I’m not using it for devices so I couldn’t shut that stuff off it’s not available unless you know a way around it but other than that it’s not bad anymore I would like to turn that stuff off and the router part of it off tho
Thanks for your reviews, I can't login to the unit on my desktop . It doesn't change from the home page like you have to overview and usage overview. Please help!
18:20 when using Cellmapper, if you click on those towers it shows the direction (s) of what I'm guessing are the cell signals. If every towers' signal beam is pointing away from your house, is that a deal breaker? I do have LTE cell signal at my house, but according to Cellmapper I'm in a dead zone? Any thoughts from anyone? Thanks
Awesome video brother. Thanks for sharing. Been thinking about using T MOBILE for home internet. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible night.
I’ve been using T-Mobile home internet for 3 years since it very first started and I love it . I had to get a better router because the T-Mobile router causes issues with gaming like steam will not like to cooperate with it and ps5 doesn’t like it too but a simple wifi 6 router fixed all those issues
I put all the links to product in the related comments but here are the ones from the Antenna Video: Antenna Connectors amzn.to/3xUsBuP Proxicast Antenna used amzn.to/2LfALev Full Proxicast Bundle with Cables and Silicon Tape amzn.to/3qr9gPn My Review of the Proxicast Antenna ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZgbsePzYZTs.html
best signal in my bedroom but ive got a gaming router wired to it in the living room. i cant find that page anywhere on that website cant get to the control panel
I ordered this and had it for 2 months but the download speed was never constantly above 30 MB/sec. Most of the time, during working hours, speeds would drop to less than 5 MB/sec. Couldn’t work from home with this so went back to Cox Cable who now have a 250 MB/sec for $49.99 for 24 months. Had to jump back to Cox. Maybe in 24 months T-Mobile will be better in my area.
@@PeterC408 The best reading I ever saw was 90mb/sec so it's just deployed different here in the OKC area. I think they have allowed it to be oversubscribed. I will say that the return process was flawless and since I use T-Mobile for cell serivce I'll try later. It can onlyr eally get better at this point.
Okay, my home runs two computers, 2 phones, 1 PlayStation 5, and two televisions using streaming services. Is T-Mobile really going to work for me? The good news is that T-Mobile is updating the cell tower in my apartment complex.
I run my whole house on this but some games appear to be P2P and they want to act as a server and they have troubles... solutions, throw those games away. :)
@@PeterC408 Very true. The vast majority of modern games use P2P so that game companies do not need the massive cost of running dedicated servers. Is a publicly routable IP address really too much to ask for with a home internet connection these days?
I bought one of these a week ago and it worked great with everything except my HP wireless photo smart scanner/printer . I went online and found that a lot of others had the same issues, I tried some of t mobile’s solutions and none of these worked,so I’ll be returning it.
I was initially happy with the internet service. However, I later found that I would not support my Hulu subscription do to the dynamic Ip addressing. Hulu wants a static address
It is not Hulu but the Hulu Local TV. One of them has to change. RU-vid TV works well for local. I have normal Hulu and it works fine, it is just the local TV. I get local TV OTA now. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OE1pUIbcneA.html
Why do you want your own internet? It is unlimited and you could always setup your own network. The device will support multiple SSIDs, so you could have your own slice with no cross over.
I hope you like it too but it seems location based. Some people plug it in and love it and other curse my name (just kidding). Location, location, location. If it works, great. If not, return it...... if in the middle, I have several suggestion to make it work better.
@peterc408 yeah it came today and only one bar then 2 the none or weak signal. Try 4 people they figure I am not in the right area. Too bad was hoping.
A friend of mine tried this a few months ago, unbeknown to me. He has DSL and lives in a fairly rural area just outside of town. When he switched to the T-Mobile, his speed got worse! Dropped down to Dial-up speed - painful indeed!! He tested on main pc as well as mobile devices - all were slow. He had no other equipment (second router, etc.) connected. The T-Mobile was completely stand alone. Phone tech support tried what they could but to no avail. (Don't think they sent a tech out) His son who lives a block away also has the T-Mobile - works great for him. But my friend ended up returning the equipment and had to stay with his DSL service. I wished he would have called me before he sent it all back. I suggested that perhaps somehow he had received a defective unit. I don't have the T-Mobile but I have another friend in town only two blocks away and he too has great service with it.
Just like a cellphone, sometimes a step to the left or right can make a difference, that is the edge. My neighbor 10 house up on the same street has Verizon home internet getting 500Mbps with no external antenna, yet they tell me 4G only. Location Location, Location.
Hey Peter idk if you’ll see this but I’m stuck with T-Mobile internet for like 8 months and would love for you to tell me how in order to make my ping to 22. I’m willing to buy the products you where talking about I’m just confused hopping from video to video on your channel. I currently get 90-400 ping playing any game and the upload and download numbers are horrible
Wow! I have seen it report 200miles off but never that far. Check out my video on limitations of TMHI ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BvphQQ7sRFk.html
I have a KuWFi router that you suggested way back when we were doing a hot spot. Is it possible to use this as a router with the arcadin gateway(modem, router)?
Let's see.... They are both gateway devices, so both are basically doing the same function. Now if you wanted to turn off wifi and use the KuWFi as an access point only, it might work but that is kind of a waste. Have you thought of selling the KuWFi? I sent mine to college with my kid as a failover for when their local internet goes down.
So with the 2x2 I had -60 RSRP -13 RSRQ and 0 SNR.. I decided to go with the 4X4 Mimo hopping it would approve. Now my RSRP is at -96 my RSRQ is at -17 and my SNR is still at 0. I’m so confused 😕 Those are my 5G signal
Hey Peter, consistently averaging a ping of around 40 on B2 or B66 and N71. Do you think an external antenna would make my ping better? N41 isn’t on the tower I’m picking up from yet.
Antennas don't lower ping, but the do give you a better signal and a better signal can give you a lower ping... so would an external antenna improve your RSRP and RSRQ values? My guess is quite possibly. It is worth investigating for sure.
