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
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
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 : th-cam.com/video/wXSpbP8NuWw/w-d-xo.html.. now I am getting 400+Mbps @ 23ms Ping. Pretty happy with it considering I am now pulling 2.3TB/mo
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
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?!
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!
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 TH-cam 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 TH-cam videos regarding said T-Mobile solution to jump to Comcast's defense. LOL. I just don't believe you, that's all.
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 TH-cam 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. th-cam.com/video/gA3HXG3ko8Y/w-d-xo.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.
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.
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.
@@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??
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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 $30 price but also going to enjoy consistent latency. T-Mobile served me well!
i got t mobile cause spectrum was bugging in and out im on my first week and so far its been great, im doing the 50$ 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 th-cam.com/video/MZ4k1D_GxyA/w-d-xo.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 th-cam.com/video/jb00dEqguYM/w-d-xo.html I also have a video for doing this on T-Mobile
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
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’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.
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 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.
Thank you! I just got it cause i work to much and dont want a company to have to come install internet so i was happy to find something easy without instalation but was def worried it would be too bad for any gaming and looked up reviews
It works fine for the majority of gaming. I have heard of some people having issues with some games that want to turn your PC and internet connection into a server, but it does not support that. I am okay with that as a limitation.
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!!
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 th-cam.com/video/MZ4k1D_GxyA/w-d-xo.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.
That's okay. Thanks for your input. I know what you mean. I am screwed when I watch cooking shows or home repair and its okay. It is a fine balance. If I go longer people freak out saying that I need to get to the point.
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 th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html
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’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
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.
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.
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 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'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
@@PeterC408 I've never really noticed anything other than sometimes it'll be 300mb/s and others it'll be half that. And I'm using Google WiFi so it's cutting that in half. Natertater has a video about eliminating slowdown going to Google WiFi, which I need to implement at some point. But other than one day where they were "upgrading our tower" and it just didn't work at all, I've had no real complaints. I feel like there are minor blips where it'll cut out for a second. But I can deal with that a couple times a week for $30/month.
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
Adding a Fan is just masking the symptoms. If you have more than 10 wireless devices, this unit gets hot. If you get one of the access points that I have tested, it not only will go a little faster but runs much more reliably. My family is not really tolerant of network outages (I guess I have done that too many times), so a reliable network is a must. This makes it super reliable!
Been following your channel for some time and you have never led me astray. Would love to get T-Mobile and drop Spectrum except in the great state of NY, in my area, just 35 miles from 2 very populated cities, at best my T-Mobile phones get one bar and absolutely will not work via WiFi {only one person can hear the other}. Obviously, T-Mobile is not offering Internet service in my area. We live in what I would call an Electromagnetic Black Hole where even the fire department has great difficulty in communicating via their radios. You'd think in the very high tax state of NY we would have premium service. Not even close.
Thanks. Check out this video. It shows you how to see what equipment each carrier has and where they are located. It even has the frequency Bands each tower is putting out so you can tell which carrier is for you and where you should be pointing your radio. Electromagnetic Black Hole sounds intriguing. Do you know the source? It would be interesting to monitor your SNR (signal to noise) and see if noise could be filtered out. th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html
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.
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) th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html For me, getting an antenna outside was the key ... now I am getting over 900Mbps!!
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.
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 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.
Personally, had my Fios for well over 10 years. Sure I pay more than what T-mobile offers, but I have never had any issuses with Fios. Runs perfectly all the time.👍🏾💪🏾
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.
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.
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. TH-cam 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. th-cam.com/video/OE1pUIbcneA/w-d-xo.html
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 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.
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.
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. th-cam.com/video/BMgU5nzO4F4/w-d-xo.html
Hopefully nothing changes for the worst maybe just gets better. I'm going on 3 months now with the Nokia gateway. Getting 3 -400 Mbps download. With decent uploads sometimes over 20.
Sounds like you are picking up n41 sometimes and other times n71. An external antenna might help that out... but you would have to look at your RSRP, RSRQ numbers to see if they need improvement. I never get below 300Mbps even when I am getting "Throttled" .
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
Ordered t-mobil unit after Astound (Wave) Broadband jacked my internet rate from $55/mo to $92/mo with terrible customer service. Can't wait to cancel them after nearly 20 years.
Yea the speed shows weird on tests but in real world use haven't seen really any issues other than not being able to create the tmobile ID which is about impossible unless you have phones with them. The speed and reliability is light years better even than when I had cable years ago. There always room to grow but I was stuck with bad dsl that cost more so I could be happier now just hope the price stays same for along time. Was gonna try Verizon but theirs doesn't seem to be as widely available. Just wish they had a refer program cuz we have converted several people since that were paying to much for bad internet speeds.
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.
For over 15 years I had Comcast. No problems with the internet, but, a bit expensive. I had family move in temporarily and one was a "gamer", so, I upped the speed, about a hundred dollars a month. When they moved out, I went to my account online, trying to LOWER my speed and of course my monthly bill. Every time I got to the page that displays all the plans they had, it was blank, except it said "Comcast" on top. So, I gave up for a few days and went back to work trying to lower my bill. Again, it went to a blank page. I updated the browser, I switched from Chrome to Edge, nothing. I called, got the endless dumb automated responses. So, I DROVE to the store. I told them, let's lower the speed, and the bill. They told me, I had the SLOWEST SPEED THEY SOLD. Well, that was a lie, I have seen their ads. I had a slower speed prior. So, I said, "O.K." and walked out. Went home and got their equipment and came back, gave it to them. I signed up for T-Mobile, 25 dollars a month (goes to 50 later, but does not go up from there), I can watch 4k on my TV, once in a while it slows, but I don't care. It's usually just for a few minutes and it's going to be MORE than 600 dollars a year cheaper and guess what? My speeds are usually just as fast as Comcast.
I pay only $30 a month since I'm a Magenta Max customer for my cellphone. Although I miss the speeds I used to get with cox cable 1GB speed I hated the data limits and in order to get unlimited data i used to pay $150 a month for only internet. I only get around 200mb download speeds with tmobile but I have a really good router so it seems to be enough most of the time. I wished the gateway got faster download speeds. My cellphone will get 700 plus MB download speeds and I'm standing right next to the gateway. Then I connect to tmobile wifi I speed test will show like 175mb download
Check out this video. th-cam.com/video/MWqcj_P-JG0/w-d-xo.html It is all about getting the signal as well as you can. With two professional antennas, I can get 800Mbps+
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.
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?
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/
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 th-cam.com/video/ynzW1DIArr0/w-d-xo.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
I already have one proxicast hooked im getting RSRQ OF -13 RSRP nothing SINR of 6.6 on B2 my 5g is RSRQ of -12 RSRP of nothing to around -107 SINR of 6.1 on n71. Supposedly the tower is 3 miles away, should i hook up another proxicast or get the modem to set my MPU and take wifi load off trashcan. Many thanks for the advice
NO! RSRP is ZERO!!! We need to start there. Are you pointing the right direction? Take a look at this video and lets figure out what is available and where. th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html Just like fishing, it is good to know what we are fishing for before we bait the hook and set the line.
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.
just fyi: the nokia unit cannot score better than -11 for RSRQ for 5G. i've never seen anyones below -11, i've even driven to the tower with an inverter to test this theory and it didn't get better. also about the RSRP thing, at -69 it gets 5 bars
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 th-cam.com/video/SqJ5e8w8iio/w-d-xo.html Here is a video on the 4x4 MIMO from WaveForm th-cam.com/video/a72fwKACD9E/w-d-xo.html
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.
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
In the case of these access points, we have a gigabit port on the back of the unit. We need to be running at least Cat-5e to get full gigabit speed, but a more shielded cable isn't going to yield more speed. I am running Cat-6e cables and gigabit hubs and am getting as much as 960Mbps (gigabit speeds).
T-Mobile definitely has a lot of issues that they need to resolve when it comes to their 5G Network and their home internet service if they really want customers to drop their internet company for them for instance strict NAT types on both Xbox PlayStation and PC. We need to have the option for both you and p.m. or whatever that one's called and being able to port forward and having a public IP address like you would on a normal ISP these are the standard things for sure to have. Also not throttling speeds having great prices and discounts for auto pay which I do believe they do offer. But they definitely have to improve on their 5G Network because when you try to game on this for instance the pain time or latency as it's called is way too high and online games and I don't know if this has something to do with how many hops it has to make to the different Tower locations or how that works in general but either way the pink time is way too high and even though you can still game on this other players see you jumping all over the screen and even sometimes you'll see yourself like which is not cool. If you guys do have the T-Mobile home internet and you guys are having slow speeds high ping latency if you're trying to game on it or anything like that please do reach out to T-Mobile with your home address and then what problems that you're having with the service and sometimes it's just an easy adjustment of adjustment antennas or adding an extra antenna onto the site for coverage but I have seen many people that are 3 miles or better from the site and if I have any experience with phone service on Verizon AT&t in the old Sprint now T-Mobile the one thing I have noticed is antenna placements bad coverage and anything that seems to be more than one mile are farther the service on all carriers really is degrades so this is all stuff that cell phone companies really need to figure out what they need to do I mean they do have MicroCell signs but most of T-Mobile services are out in the country and 5G is very limited to distance but microcellcites would fix this problem but the only issue with this is they're probably not ever going to put it out in the country now if they can manage the price and be able to place these every 500 ft or every quarter mile or whatever the distance is we would be good because they're all fed by fiber if I understand it correctly but this is something T-Mobile really should look into for sure and customers really need to start complaining so that way they can start to improve and if they don't report it to the better Business bureau that usually get stuff moving or if not at least it gives a bad review for the company but for my understanding T-Mobile they're advertisements don't always show on different sites as not all sites are treated the same as far as having fiber back call in any upgrades on the sites themselves. Also almost forgot but if somebody can start giving feedback that uses the service and has a TH-cam channel they need to come out with a new device also that has antennas on the outside and I would assume this would be to catch the outside signal and bring it into the inside of your home I think that would be a really cool option. Because a lot of buildings nowadays and even homes sometimes that's outside signal is very good compared to what it is on the inside so imagine being able to order or bundle with the device a basic antenna that you could put on the outside of your home and then run it through a window or something down that line. This should definitely be included now that I actually think about it but then on the device itself have like one or two antennas for inside Wi-Fi use because those built-in Wi-Fi antennas or whatever you want to call them even on a normal ISP don't go very far at all especially through walls in your home it's terrible
Most people (98%) use the internet to surf the web, email, stay connected, work from and stream video. For the small subset of people who want to run servers, need a static IP, etc. they would be better served by a traditional ISP. I don't think T-Mobile is trying to woo that crowd right now.
@@PeterC408 Well it's a basic hotspot is all they went with. TMO is not setup for home internet and won't be for year's. But they basically accuse cable Companies of so much but the fact TMO talks so much trash about other's and can't provide equal or better service is funny. Now they do offer better price and unlimited data but the fact still stands they your want people to switch but Fiber internet for 50 a month can get you 500/500 for 50 a month and is unlimited so.
@@jasonmarshall4436 Exactly. They are trying to take advantage of peoples emotional dislike for their current ISP to try and get them to switch and hopefully not know the difference. T-Mobile Home Internet would be great if you were allowed to travel with it. I could see people using it on the go like a hotspot with unlimited data. However, for home internet it is really inferior to anything other than a very bad DSL line or a legacy satellite internet connection from HughesNet or ViaSat.
i wrapped tin foil around my cylidrical silver gateway and havent had issues since..before that it was disconnecting constanlty. Trying to connecto to whatever tower had the best signal
Tinfoil around the cylinder is only going to block signal. I would stick to using tinfoil for hats only. 😏 Nothing beats better signal and the signal is outside. Getting outside and up high with a real antenna, engineered for the 800MHz - 2.5GHz signals you are going for this the best way to go. At my house, it needs to work flawlessly all the time, especially when it not there. I got it there and no tinfoil was used.
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.
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 TH-cam pretty much, I work a lot
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!
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).
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.
I've had mine for a year and, as of 2 months ago, has been acting just as bad as dial up. 3 devices online gaming and 3 others watching tv and or movies was working great for the 1st few months and now it's thumbs down.
I am trying it out since I have T-Mobile plus they will charge me only 40 a month and with Xfinity I am paying 100 to 130 for only 200mb while I only have three bars I get 300 to 400 in the morning and get 240 in the afternoon. I am cutting the cord soon.
You have not been watching... I got poor signal too and I found the Gateway woefully lacking but I loved the idea of getting unlimited internet for $50/mo, so I have spent the last year perfecting it: changing antenna, packet sizes, routers... now I get 900Mbps down!
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.
Cable had a monopoly for the longest time. T-Mobile ended that and I couldn't be happier.
How you got terabyte
@@wilsoncortes1562 that’s how much data I use from T-Mobile. It’s unlimited data but that how much my system uses is 1 half terabytes
Excited to try this next week! I check cellmapper for 5 g and there’s one less than 1 mile away! Moving from spectrum from 65 - 50!
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
Wow! That is a much better deal. Thanks for sharing.
I wish I got a weak 2 bars
@@jaccourt9531 watch this guy's videos and he will show you how you can. He's a genius
@PeterC408 Have you seen the InvisaGig that can be used (unofficially) with tmhi?
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
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 : th-cam.com/video/wXSpbP8NuWw/w-d-xo.html.. now I am getting 400+Mbps @ 23ms Ping. Pretty happy with it considering I am now pulling 2.3TB/mo
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.
Your secret is safe here on the internet, but man... that's a lot of data!
@@PeterC408 Ca we use in in our RV?
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
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?!
@@rstr0up that's why I'm waiting. Hope we don't have another hurricane though.
@@MrMAXIMUS7117 Have either of you had experience with 5G during a good rain? Still waiting for some rain. I blinked and missed it last time
@@PeterC408 no issues with the weather. I'm about 1/3 of a mile from the tower
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!
I've had it about a year too and am quite happy with it. Surprisingly, it's been more reliable than both Comcast and AT&T for me!
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 They love Spectrum wires also.
@@mikewurlitzer5217 😆
@@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 TH-cam 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 TH-cam videos regarding said T-Mobile solution to jump to Comcast's defense. LOL. I just don't believe you, that's all.
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 TH-cam 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. th-cam.com/video/gA3HXG3ko8Y/w-d-xo.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.
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.
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.
"We can't watch 4K all day, we're not Trumps"..."Now I can even take a nap in 4K" DEAD 🤣🤣🤣
I wish it can be like trump everything else is liars
@@wilsoncortes1562 Who do you suppose cooked up the "fake elector" angle of the coup attempt?
@@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??
I had all the disconnect and signal issues....I added a phone line to my plan and a VPN...solid as a rock and I watch 4k all day
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.
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 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.
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.
Thanks Rich. I agree, I am not missing Comcast at all. They treated us poorly for 20 years, now I will watch them go the way of Kodak. 😆
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
You don't. It's called HOME internet for a reason. It is not mobile and is tied to your billing address.
I switched to T-Mobile home internet love it I’m paying 30 bucks a month no data cap omg and no price hike love it I’m getting up to 300 mbps or over
Nice!
Some times I get a slow down sunday mornings when the traffic is heavy but for the most part its great.
Do you have a church nearby? I could be that the congregation and reserves bandwidth for them
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 $30 price but also going to enjoy consistent latency. T-Mobile served me well!
i got t mobile cause spectrum was bugging in and out im on my first week and so far its been great, im doing the 50$ 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 th-cam.com/video/MZ4k1D_GxyA/w-d-xo.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 th-cam.com/video/jb00dEqguYM/w-d-xo.html I also have a video for doing this on T-Mobile
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
So after a few months of having it how's it been? Do you have kids that play battle royal games on it. Such as call of duty or Fortnite?
@@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
If it's 50 bucks a month with no hidden fees, why does it say in fine print below the $50.00/mo "Plus Taxes and Fees"?
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’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.
Great content. Can you limit video as ticktock length? It is a trend to get more views.
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 just ordered it, home I like it.
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.
This was an awesome video! Funny and informative. Subscribing now!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you! I just got it cause i work to much and dont want a company to have to come install internet so i was happy to find something easy without instalation but was def worried it would be too bad for any gaming and looked up reviews
It works fine for the majority of gaming. I have heard of some people having issues with some games that want to turn your PC and internet connection into a server, but it does not support that. I am okay with that as a limitation.
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!!
very informative thank you, this cellmapper thing helped me a lot.
Glad it helped!
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 th-cam.com/video/MZ4k1D_GxyA/w-d-xo.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.
For just the non technical, everyday person, like me, much of this video was over my head.
That's okay. Thanks for your input. I know what you mean. I am screwed when I watch cooking shows or home repair and its okay. It is a fine balance. If I go longer people freak out saying that I need to get to the point.
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 th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html
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 know what you mean. I live in Petersburg VA and the server they give me comes out of Beltsville Maryland. It's crazy lol
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
Thanks good to know.
What are the gaming issues that people are complaining about and how did using a Wi-Fi 6 router fix this?
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 latency is not fiber level. I get 20-30ms Pings but it is good enough for me.
Thank you Peter. Your videos are extremely helpful as are the folloups to comments and questions.
Thanks LarryInMD. I learn a lot form the comments for everyone as well.
I just got the newer one to get internet in an apartment I'm in and so far I've had no problems.
Fantastic!
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.
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 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.
ya the normal lte gateway was awy better than these 5g trash cans. I wish i didnt switch to it.
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'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
Heck even 40 MB is still fast even if you're streaming a 4K video 😂.
It all depends on the current network load. I am getting over 900Mbps again but have seen it go as low as 320Mbps.... not that I am complaining.😀
@@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 got it for $30/month... Freaking crazy. They'll give you about anything if you have a Magenta Max family plan
Do you notice any gaming limitations?
@@PeterC408 I've never really noticed anything other than sometimes it'll be 300mb/s and others it'll be half that. And I'm using Google WiFi so it's cutting that in half. Natertater has a video about eliminating slowdown going to Google WiFi, which I need to implement at some point. But other than one day where they were "upgrading our tower" and it just didn't work at all, I've had no real complaints. I feel like there are minor blips where it'll cut out for a second. But I can deal with that a couple times a week for $30/month.
@@brucesi give us a 10 in customer care when you call in ok? Working in t-mobile customer care❤
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!
@@JG24Ever the best way to see if you need antennas is to get a cheap inverter and take the gateway near the tower to see if there's any difference.
@@JG24Ever your SNR is the most important thing. That's a horrible SNR. You need at least 12 to get anything decent. 20 plus is better.
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
My T-Mobile trash can has been OUTSTANDING for the year that I have it. 5G is great 350mbps/18mbps added just the fan unit at the base.
Adding a Fan is just masking the symptoms. If you have more than 10 wireless devices, this unit gets hot. If you get one of the access points that I have tested, it not only will go a little faster but runs much more reliably. My family is not really tolerant of network outages (I guess I have done that too many times), so a reliable network is a must. This makes it super reliable!
Been following your channel for some time and you have never led me astray. Would love to get T-Mobile and drop Spectrum except in the great state of NY, in my area, just 35 miles from 2 very populated cities, at best my T-Mobile phones get one bar and absolutely will not work via WiFi {only one person can hear the other}. Obviously, T-Mobile is not offering Internet service in my area. We live in what I would call an Electromagnetic Black Hole where even the fire department has great difficulty in communicating via their radios. You'd think in the very high tax state of NY we would have premium service. Not even close.
Thanks. Check out this video. It shows you how to see what equipment each carrier has and where they are located. It even has the frequency Bands each tower is putting out so you can tell which carrier is for you and where you should be pointing your radio. Electromagnetic Black Hole sounds intriguing. Do you know the source? It would be interesting to monitor your SNR (signal to noise) and see if noise could be filtered out. th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html
As of now...b66/n71 speed numbers 49/6.5 ping is 20....am using google nest mesh system as wifi router, gateway as modem. Suggestions..
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.
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) th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html For me, getting an antenna outside was the key ... now I am getting over 900Mbps!!
I'm curious about putting a waveform griddy in my attic due to the HOA and only dish antenna.
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.
Do you have a simple video on how to setup my router to the Nokia 5g21 gateway? I am getting it sometime today or tomorrow.
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.
@@PeterC408 I would love it if my neighbors all got T-Mobile Home Internet. Less people competing for my AT&T fiber bandwidth.
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.
Personally, had my Fios for well over 10 years. Sure I pay more than what T-mobile offers, but I have never had any issuses with Fios. Runs perfectly all the time.👍🏾💪🏾
Fios is not available outside East coast, just fyi
I'd move to FIOS but they are not in my area... giving T-Mobile a try as Comcast treats me like crap.
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.
In town should always work. All my devices work in town, all the time
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.
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.
I got it and it's WAY BETTER than the towns internet
No catch I watch TV 25/7
Never went out once.
😂this shouldn't be legal but OMG it is
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. TH-cam 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. th-cam.com/video/OE1pUIbcneA/w-d-xo.html
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.
If you go into the router settings, 192.168.12.1 and go to WiFi settings and turn on the 2.4GHz WiFi, you should be able to find it.
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.
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.
Good signals seems to suffer less from throttling. I never drop below 300Mbps which is better than my best before I went outside.
Any advice on internet for our camper for traveling and for working remotely?
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. th-cam.com/video/BMgU5nzO4F4/w-d-xo.html
Hopefully nothing changes for the worst maybe just gets better. I'm going on 3 months now with the Nokia gateway. Getting 3 -400 Mbps download. With decent uploads sometimes over 20.
Sounds like you are picking up n41 sometimes and other times n71. An external antenna might help that out... but you would have to look at your RSRP, RSRQ numbers to see if they need improvement. I never get below 300Mbps even when I am getting "Throttled" .
@@PeterC408 I'll take a look thank you
Peter I like the home internet
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
For the gateway, you just type in 192.168.12.1
Ordered t-mobil unit after Astound (Wave) Broadband jacked my internet rate from $55/mo to $92/mo with terrible customer service. Can't wait to cancel them after nearly 20 years.
Yea the speed shows weird on tests but in real world use haven't seen really any issues other than not being able to create the tmobile ID which is about impossible unless you have phones with them. The speed and reliability is light years better even than when I had cable years ago. There always room to grow but I was stuck with bad dsl that cost more so I could be happier now just hope the price stays same for along time. Was gonna try Verizon but theirs doesn't seem to be as widely available. Just wish they had a refer program cuz we have converted several people since that were paying to much for bad internet speeds.
You and me both on that referral program. 😉
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.
Thank you Peter
For over 15 years I had Comcast. No problems with the internet, but, a bit expensive. I had family move in temporarily and one was a "gamer", so, I upped the speed, about a hundred dollars a month.
When they moved out, I went to my account online, trying to LOWER my speed and of course my monthly bill. Every time I got to the page that displays all the plans they had, it was blank, except it said "Comcast" on top. So, I gave up for a few days and went back to work trying to lower my bill. Again, it went to a blank page. I updated the browser, I switched from Chrome to Edge, nothing. I called, got the endless dumb automated responses. So, I DROVE to the store. I told them, let's lower the speed, and the bill.
They told me, I had the SLOWEST SPEED THEY SOLD. Well, that was a lie, I have seen their ads. I had a slower speed prior.
So, I said, "O.K." and walked out. Went home and got their equipment and came back, gave it to them.
I signed up for T-Mobile, 25 dollars a month (goes to 50 later, but does not go up from there), I can watch 4k on my TV, once in a while it slows, but I don't care. It's usually just for a few minutes and it's going to be MORE than 600 dollars a year cheaper and guess what? My speeds are usually just as fast as Comcast.
I pay only $30 a month since I'm a Magenta Max customer for my cellphone. Although I miss the speeds I used to get with cox cable 1GB speed I hated the data limits and in order to get unlimited data i used to pay $150 a month for only internet. I only get around 200mb download speeds with tmobile but I have a really good router so it seems to be enough most of the time. I wished the gateway got faster download speeds. My cellphone will get 700 plus MB download speeds and I'm standing right next to the gateway. Then I connect to tmobile wifi I speed test will show like 175mb download
Check out this video. th-cam.com/video/MWqcj_P-JG0/w-d-xo.html It is all about getting the signal as well as you can. With two professional antennas, I can get 800Mbps+
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.
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?
It is one of the limitations... take a look at this th-cam.com/video/BvphQQ7sRFk/w-d-xo.html
I'm going to give this a try, att is awful where I live.
Give it a shot. If you can't get it right now get on the waiting list... it is first come first serve when they upgrade in your area.
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/
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 th-cam.com/video/ynzW1DIArr0/w-d-xo.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
@@PeterC408 Thanks
I already have one proxicast hooked im getting RSRQ OF -13 RSRP nothing SINR of 6.6 on B2 my 5g is RSRQ of -12 RSRP of nothing to around -107 SINR of 6.1 on n71. Supposedly the tower is 3 miles away, should i hook up another proxicast or get the modem to set my MPU and take wifi load off trashcan. Many thanks for the advice
NO! RSRP is ZERO!!! We need to start there. Are you pointing the right direction? Take a look at this video and lets figure out what is available and where. th-cam.com/video/rF_cWzPOjuM/w-d-xo.html Just like fishing, it is good to know what we are fishing for before we bait the hook and set the line.
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.
just fyi: the nokia unit cannot score better than -11 for RSRQ for 5G. i've never seen anyones below -11, i've even driven to the tower with an inverter to test this theory and it didn't get better. also about the RSRP thing, at -69 it gets 5 bars
Wow! That is a rather "high bar". Thanks for the data.
I got the new box and all I get is 3-10 mgbs per second I can’t fix it:/
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 th-cam.com/video/SqJ5e8w8iio/w-d-xo.html Here is a video on the 4x4 MIMO from WaveForm th-cam.com/video/a72fwKACD9E/w-d-xo.html
How is good is it for people that work remote.? My T-Mobile gateway is coming this week and I'm hoping it's good cable is getting way too expensive
I am a remote worker. I work for a company in Ohio.... where's Ohio?
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.
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
Can you try do LAN cable cat-8 speed test
In the case of these access points, we have a gigabit port on the back of the unit. We need to be running at least Cat-5e to get full gigabit speed, but a more shielded cable isn't going to yield more speed. I am running Cat-6e cables and gigabit hubs and am getting as much as 960Mbps (gigabit speeds).
T-Mobile definitely has a lot of issues that they need to resolve when it comes to their 5G Network and their home internet service if they really want customers to drop their internet company for them for instance strict NAT types on both Xbox PlayStation and PC. We need to have the option for both you and p.m. or whatever that one's called and being able to port forward and having a public IP address like you would on a normal ISP these are the standard things for sure to have. Also not throttling speeds having great prices and discounts for auto pay which I do believe they do offer. But they definitely have to improve on their 5G Network because when you try to game on this for instance the pain time or latency as it's called is way too high and online games and I don't know if this has something to do with how many hops it has to make to the different Tower locations or how that works in general but either way the pink time is way too high and even though you can still game on this other players see you jumping all over the screen and even sometimes you'll see yourself like which is not cool. If you guys do have the T-Mobile home internet and you guys are having slow speeds high ping latency if you're trying to game on it or anything like that please do reach out to T-Mobile with your home address and then what problems that you're having with the service and sometimes it's just an easy adjustment of adjustment antennas or adding an extra antenna onto the site for coverage but I have seen many people that are 3 miles or better from the site and if I have any experience with phone service on Verizon AT&t in the old Sprint now T-Mobile the one thing I have noticed is antenna placements bad coverage and anything that seems to be more than one mile are farther the service on all carriers really is degrades so this is all stuff that cell phone companies really need to figure out what they need to do I mean they do have MicroCell signs but most of T-Mobile services are out in the country and 5G is very limited to distance but microcellcites would fix this problem but the only issue with this is they're probably not ever going to put it out in the country now if they can manage the price and be able to place these every 500 ft or every quarter mile or whatever the distance is we would be good because they're all fed by fiber if I understand it correctly but this is something T-Mobile really should look into for sure and customers really need to start complaining so that way they can start to improve and if they don't report it to the better Business bureau that usually get stuff moving or if not at least it gives a bad review for the company but for my understanding T-Mobile they're advertisements don't always show on different sites as not all sites are treated the same as far as having fiber back call in any upgrades on the sites themselves. Also almost forgot but if somebody can start giving feedback that uses the service and has a TH-cam channel they need to come out with a new device also that has antennas on the outside and I would assume this would be to catch the outside signal and bring it into the inside of your home I think that would be a really cool option. Because a lot of buildings nowadays and even homes sometimes that's outside signal is very good compared to what it is on the inside so imagine being able to order or bundle with the device a basic antenna that you could put on the outside of your home and then run it through a window or something down that line. This should definitely be included now that I actually think about it but then on the device itself have like one or two antennas for inside Wi-Fi use because those built-in Wi-Fi antennas or whatever you want to call them even on a normal ISP don't go very far at all especially through walls in your home it's terrible
Most people (98%) use the internet to surf the web, email, stay connected, work from and stream video. For the small subset of people who want to run servers, need a static IP, etc. they would be better served by a traditional ISP. I don't think T-Mobile is trying to woo that crowd right now.
@@PeterC408 Well it's a basic hotspot is all they went with. TMO is not setup for home internet and won't be for year's. But they basically accuse cable Companies of so much but the fact TMO talks so much trash about other's and can't provide equal or better service is funny. Now they do offer better price and unlimited data but the fact still stands they your want people to switch but Fiber internet for 50 a month can get you 500/500 for 50 a month and is unlimited so.
@@jasonmarshall4436 You do you. Fiber is not the answer for last mile but its availabilityis very limited.
I mean i game on my xbox in my semitruck all across the united states and it works fine latency wise
@@jasonmarshall4436 Exactly. They are trying to take advantage of peoples emotional dislike for their current ISP to try and get them to switch and hopefully not know the difference. T-Mobile Home Internet would be great if you were allowed to travel with it. I could see people using it on the go like a hotspot with unlimited data. However, for home internet it is really inferior to anything other than a very bad DSL line or a legacy satellite internet connection from HughesNet or ViaSat.
If my security camera is 2.4g, it is not 5g. I can't connect to the internet
i wrapped tin foil around my cylidrical silver gateway and havent had issues since..before that it was disconnecting constanlty. Trying to connecto to whatever tower had the best signal
Tinfoil around the cylinder is only going to block signal. I would stick to using tinfoil for hats only. 😏 Nothing beats better signal and the signal is outside. Getting outside and up high with a real antenna, engineered for the 800MHz - 2.5GHz signals you are going for this the best way to go. At my house, it needs to work flawlessly all the time, especially when it not there. I got it there and no tinfoil was used.
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.
I had to take matters into my own hands and put the antenna outside. Sure it cost me $150 but no looking back now. I get killer speeds (800Mbps!)
@@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.
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 TH-cam pretty much, I work a lot
No, it will most likely work well for you.
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!
So, you have the device connected to your network and get get to the internet... right? When you type in 192.168.12.1 you get nothing?
@@PeterC408 just the home page
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).
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.
I've had mine for a year and, as of 2 months ago, has been acting just as bad as dial up. 3 devices online gaming and 3 others watching tv and or movies was working great for the 1st few months and now it's thumbs down.
Would you be done with it Not everyone's experience is the same good for you it's not the same for all you may make people feel bad
For some reason when I look up the tower I am connected to it says it’s on the other side of the US. Any idea what is the problem?
Wow! I have seen it report 200miles off but never that far. Check out my video on limitations of TMHI th-cam.com/video/BvphQQ7sRFk/w-d-xo.html
I am trying it out since I have T-Mobile plus they will charge me only 40 a month and with Xfinity I am paying 100 to 130 for only 200mb while I only have three bars I get 300 to 400 in the morning and get 240 in the afternoon. I am cutting the cord soon.
i got this and sent it back bolth time. geting max of 3 mps that was use in garage house and outside tests vary dependent on your area
You have not been watching... I got poor signal too and I found the Gateway woefully lacking but I loved the idea of getting unlimited internet for $50/mo, so I have spent the last year perfecting it: changing antenna, packet sizes, routers... now I get 900Mbps down!