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I noticed my internet has been buffering more consistently lately, so I jumped to your channel to see any updates and boom new plans. I guess they are slowing me down.
I recently signed up for the T-Mobile 5G Home Internet...and considering I live in a rural area, I couldn't be happier. I'm getting up to ~500 Mbps down.
Same.. I was with Verizon for 15years and bought a new house in the country. Could barely watch a TH-cam video.. without buffering.. January of this year we switched to T-Mobile for phone and got 5g home internet and we can stream HD basketball games, movies everything very happy with our move.
I’m also getting 100-350 with amplified box it was pulling 650 during the 15 day free trial, I also live in a rural area. We either don’t have a choice for internet or have a coop that’s charging 120 a month just for the 30 MEG internet service. Tmobike became available in my area November 2024 I was on the list for 5 or so years when they contacted me about the service being available.. so T-Mobile for the price is way better. But it’s not as steady as the traditional landline, and it doesn’t allow the kids to play certain games on PlayStation due to NAT
@sonjaearnest6934 no, if the cellular reception/signal isnt great you should try different locations for the gateway to see where it gets better signal.
Good to see you again Nater. I still have the trash can and a phone for $105 unlimited for years now. works 99% of the time 50 to 350 speeds. Have a good Holiday.
I have had T-Mobile 5G Home internet for over a year now. The stock gateway was not working for me very well with spotty signal / speed. I bought the Chester Cheetah Router with the SDX65 modem. I have had no outages with the Cheetah and get consistent 150mb to 300 mb speeds with no external antenna. I only get 7 to 10 mb upload but it works fine for us. Every bill from T-Mobile has been $50 with all taxes for unlimited data, so we are very happy with the service. Thanks for all the reviews, you inspired me to try this on my own.
Thanks to you, I got $50 and the local reseller ended up swapping me to the white gateway since they couldn't get the black one to connect. I also got the Waveform antenna with your affiliate code. So happy to drop Spectrum at $90/mo with zero loyalty after 20 years! 😊
I have Verizon 5G Home Internet. $45 a month. 300-350 mbs Download. Upload is about 10-15 mbs. A little slow at that end, but Im satisfied. I have it almost a year. No problems.
Decided fully to switch tmobile after watching your videos while doing reserch for faster internet figured worst case id return it withing 15 days if service wasnt much better but your videos helped me get ridiculous speeds in comparison i know 300mbps isnt nothing to crazy for some people but coming from 2-3mbps its night and day especialy out in rural texas
Thanks Nate. I have the new gateway connected to an external attic waveform mimo antenna and the unlimited home Internet plan. Works for me at a lifetime $50/mo lock.
@jcd8400 for some people they do but if your Nokia "trashcan" is working well then leave it be. You can even add external antennas to it if you really want. th-cam.com/video/eiO-xqFbVho/w-d-xo.html
If you already have Google Fiber into your apartment, I'd recommend getting a paid plan instead of the free one. Your speeds are low because you aren't paying for anything yet
I got mine a few years ago ai $25/mo. Added the external antenna with your videos. 1.5 miles from the tower. I get 140 or better down and 5 to 10 up. Fast enough for me and better than what I was getting from Comcast @$75.
I live real close to tower and rural I get 1GIG down consistent on my 5g phone. Can the cheap one handle multiple devices like 10 wyze cameras 2 laptops ETC... They keep raising the price of wired internet over $130.00 a month now for 2 GIG down. Thinking about switch to save $.
I’m a T-Mobile customer with cellular service ,but when I went on the app it said I’m only eligible for 5g lite I guess I’m out of range of a tower but there’s a store 5 to 6 minutes away from me.
Just got new tower. Downloads are great. They don’t use black tower anymore for amplified plan. Trying out for two weeks. Hulu included if you end up with plan.
I've had the T-Mobile 5G (100 Gig) plan for $50/mo (with autopay) in East Las Vegas for over a year now. So far, so good. Just be careful of your local advertising. I was it offered as "unlimited", but once I gave the local office my address, they said I would be limited to 100Gig/mo. No contract, just pay month to month. I do not have a T-Mobile cellphone place
Marketing update: I just signed up today and part to the assessment process was to ask you the square footage of your home. If it's over 1200 then they have the "professional opinion" that you need the Amplified vs the Rely. Being that I am already Tmobile with paperless billing the $45 worked better than the near $80 that ATT had crept up to. I'll keep it as is and drop down to Rely when prices go up....they won't do that will they?
I was for a short time with this 5G offering. The good - the process of getting the hardware was easy. Support at every level (for me) was excellent. When all hooked up, I was very happy to find the sweet spot in a room and get great speed. The bad - the speed fluctuates and on certain days and times, it would drop to truly unusable speeds. The bottom line is, it appears that 5G internet users are last to be serve from the local tower(s) as phone users get first access. I could be wrong about the latter but doubt it. Sadly, I had to return the equipment and go back to traditional cable for now. I'll say it again - the biggest challenge for me was when there was traffic congestion with the tower, my internet speed just didn't suffer it became unusable at times.
@@NaterTater Mint Mobile, now owned by T-Mobile (sadly) uses the same towers and is right at the bottom rung of the service ladder with 5G home users. Still a decent service compared to my former FIOS in price and provides much needed competition.
@MitchC357 potentially but you might be able to find a spot in your house that has good signal to keep the gateway. You can also add external antennas and place it outdoors.
Hi Nate, curious if you are going to test out the T-Mobile 5G small business Internet router package as that is supposed to be guaranteed priority service?
I have the T-Mobile 5g home internet gateway G4AR @ $70 a month unlimited plan, what I can't find is why T-Mobile is charging $160 for the away unlimited plan. I assume the gateway is the same so why charge double ?.
Question, I have the $50 a month plan, I have the white modem. I have noticed ever sense I received the white modem (They swapped it out from the older black one I had that died) That every couple of days I have to unplug it and reboot it. My internet will just stop working so I have to do the unplug and reboot. I didn't have this issue with the old black one prior to it just dying. Have you heard of a issue like this with these newer white modems?
I have the white Gateway and asked T-Mobile what I would need to do to move to the middle tier for speed & cyber security. I’m on an older plan when there was just 2 Internet options, w/o mesh or with. They said I’d need to swap my Gateway for the same one. Implying something is different inside?
I am gonna go out on a limb here and say the G4 has the Potential to be Faster than the older Black Gateways. Correct me if I am wrong but when they ever turn it on the G4s can do SA, can the Older models do SA, I am thinking no but I have no evidence to that effect. With my G4AR on a WaveForm antenna I was getting 800 Down and 120 Up, somedays close to 850. I never came close to that with the Older units, even my Invisagig was not getting that on the same Antenna.
Is there an easy way to add your own mesh network without getting the double NAT? Last I checked, I couldn’t find it easy way to disable the T-Mobile Wi-Fi network to add my own mesh SSID network.
You can always add your own wifi if desired. The double NAT always exists due to T-mobile's CGNAT, adding your own router/mesh with NAT enabled is actually triple NAT. You can now only disable some of the tmobile wifi th-cam.com/video/Qy-f8xfPk4s/w-d-xo.html but again that doesn't stop you from adding your own wifi. Business plans with paid static IP can help get rid of the CGNAT.
@MikeInIN hi, thanks for watching. I have done chapters manually on some videos in the past and I do allow YT to automatically add chapters but it doesn't always do it. On shorter videos (for me) like this 9min one I haven't focused on that. I will take this feedback though and see if I should be more consistent with adding chapters.
I have the Google 3 point mesh and happy with the result. I have a giant home and WiFi outdoors on my pool pump controllers, and cams on perimeter fences. Once I got "great connections" on the 3 points of the mesh, I could not be happier. Each camera gets a strong signal and no TV buffers (I typically run 250 in and 20 out measured at the gateway)
Hi Nate, great video as always! This didn't apply to me since I've had the service for years, but my daughter might start it up, so it was a great video for her to watch. Also, I love the long pause at the end, I know it's likely a mistake to not cut it, but it made me laugh anyway. 🙂
howdy! good to hear. The long pause at the end is intentionally actually! Just keeps the video going slight longer for the "end screen" video recommendations to show. Plus nobody typically watches the very very end (other than you!). ha
Are existing TMHI customers (with the $30/mo rate) gonna get put into these plans? I pay for 2 gateways because it's required if you want to do any gaming AND streaming at the same time. Don't really want my bill to double
Love your channel, Nate. I've had them so long, I had the 4G white one. Then I got the Nokia silver trashcan. It finally died. Fortunately, a local store had one, and you are right about the Gateways, I got the newer white with external antenna connections. My biggest complaint with them is that they are always upgrading, and I have to keep unplugging the gateway. My speeds go from 50 to over 400mbs. I have 2 towers,1 is 1 mile and the other is 2 miles. I would think being that close, I would get Excellent reception.
@NaterTater I agree and their tech support has been better, but it depends on the tech. I know they are upgrading but I just wish I could talk to an engineer as they call them. Last night I had 415mbs on my phone and 315 on my laptop. Today around 200 cell and 52 on laptop. I'll call them tomorrow and maybe get someone that knows what they are doing. I've had a few that know what they are doing. We'll see. And thank you for all your help, you are one of the few really cares. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family.
What are your thoughts on the FCC broadband label differences? Over a 100mbit difference between rely and amplified plans. Several users on reddit have been reporting some massive speed drops on the old plans since the introduction of the new amplified plans. Even users with G4AR and G4SE gateways. Thoughtsm Did TMO change prioritization for their plans to push people to use the amplified plan? Would love to see some tests run showing differences between plans during "peak" times on a moderately congested tower.
I'm not convinced that t-mobile is treating the SIM any different from Rely to Amplified plans. Maybe they have data the G4AR/G4SE is a little faster, hence the data label differences. I would believe that tmobile is now being more selective on who gets what gateway. I think the folks complaining their speed is all of a sudden slowing down is just regular variation that happens to align with the new plan announcements. I could be wrong, it'll take some time to confirm.
I'm also one of the ones affected. I'm getting less than half of my normal download speeds down to what aligns with the old FCC label max speeds ever since the announcement. Before the announcement, I was getting over 600. This is even before hitting the 1.2 TB limit.
Great information, Nate, is there any advantage to having two (2) Home Internet Devices (Plans), will it help improve coverage and connectivity for greater than average space (home)?
@showtime4956 not typically, i would recommend investing in a wifi mesh system to expand coverage. That said I do have 7 ISP's at my house...lol and use a mutli-wan setup to load balance them.
@NaterTater Do you have that many so you can review all of them? Do you have fiber,cable and 5g? What do you perfer. I just started listening to your channel.Also Do you know anything about a service called IPTV? I'm trying to find LEGAL ones that don't cost a small fortune.
We currently have the original home internet plan with the Nokia gateway and its been having issues like signal issues and wifi issues so we might upgrade to the amplified plan and get the new gateway and they have it here at my local store
What will happen to those still on the original $30 a month plan, will it be slowed down? It's been acting up the last few days like it's being throttled or something like that.
@Brightspirit10 yes, their 5G Home Internet is on the lower tiers of priority which mean if the network/tower is congested you are the first to slow down. The higher plans might benefit from slightly higher priority for the first 1.2TB of data/mo but that is just my speculation.
I love your videos ! So I’m having an issue with Verizon home Internet . I get great uploads and downloads. But my latency is horrible. Is there anything I can do or buy to improve my latency
Thanks for watching! Cellular is known to have worse latency than hardline ISP's. But one option you can look into is testing for bufferbloat and getting a personal wifi router to correct it. th-cam.com/video/RAb1AWVFu3A/w-d-xo.html
So the new plans aren’t any faster? I’m not very interested in the mesh system I’ve got the $50 deal from early 2023 I would assume I have the best plan for me right now, right?
Hello, been watching your videos that last view days, I'm not a big Tech guy and I no you have some nice up grades to your Internet. I live in a rural area , closest cell tower is about 4.9 miles from my farm, and are house is tucked back into woods. Currently have DSL service which is slow. Which one of these would you recommend for us for home Internet? And what would you recommend for a cell phone booster usually only have 1 bar, lots of dropped calls Thanks for all your help appreciate that. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching! Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T all offer good 5G service now but it highly depends on your location so check all to see which ones are available at your address. Cell boosters can certainly help but not as good for data/internet as an external antenna. See my booster and antenna playlists. th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNS1HuMabIm8hspYa7nlXpPP.html th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNRCIt_sX2HPvsrMnl7iD1R3.html
After so much capped speeds and yes I say this because I proved this to be true, I got T-mobile to push the speed back up and I also got them to give me two free phones... because, get this my older Android 10 could not run their latest app to set up the new white router that I ended up sending back because it was not any faster. I have now had FOUR gateways, I told them if I am going to be a beta tester for them I should be compensated ... Such a crazy way to have to deal with home internet, I have wasted far to many hours dealing with them
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Hmm, my plan is $60 a month. But I dont have any lines with them. I left & went to AT&T. AT&T 5G internet is terrible in my apartment, so I'm sticking with Tmobile for now. Phones are great, 5G internet, not so much.
@yourworldconnection it's unclear to me if that is still an option or not. It's not outwardly listed on the site currently so perhaps they didn't have enough uptake.
T-Mobile turned off my LTE on my gateway and just left the 5G on! Or it might be because I hooked my own router to it! I pay 30.00 for the internet and I have a tri band WiFi 6e router connected!
They need to stop locking you to a specific tower. I had a situation where they had a connection issue at the tower, but the tower was still talking to my modem. The result is that no internet and it wouldn't go look for another tower because the primary tower connection was working. After messing around long enough, I managed to get into my Cheetah and switch it to LTE which uses a different tower. Had to stay like that for a couple weeks while they fixed the issue with the 5g tower. I only know there was an issue with the 5g tower because I finally called them, once I knew what was happening, that's when I switched back to LTE. Without a BYO modem, the customer would not be able to do this and why the tower lock is a problem.
It is not worth it. I have the "All-In Home Internet," and if you have more than five devices connected at the same time, you’ll notice that TH-cam and Netflix take several seconds to load. If you want to stream your PS5 games from a PlayStation Portal while outside your home, good luck with that. It won’t be able to stream properly, and if it does, the quality is so poor that it lags a lot.
Right. TMo could be on the cusp of overpricing themselves. With fiber expansion around the country, and TMo having the geo-fencing of their product and price increases, the only benefit of not getting fiber is because it's not available. I, for one, will strongly consider fiber as soon as it is available, and according to AT&T, it will be sometime next year for my street.
It seems if you are a old customer and still had the base plan its still giving the high speed internet when i looked at it from the app. Where as the new 50 dollar plan doesnt say high speed.
my old tmobile 5g internet in Las Vegas has been drastically slower today, coincidence that they rolled out these new plans? I should be grandfathered in
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I noticed my internet has been buffering more consistently lately, so I jumped to your channel to see any updates and boom new plans. I guess they are slowing me down.
I recently signed up for the T-Mobile 5G Home Internet...and considering I live in a rural area, I couldn't be happier. I'm getting up to ~500 Mbps down.
@@MikeCris very nice!
Same.. I was with Verizon for 15years and bought a new house in the country. Could barely watch a TH-cam video.. without buffering.. January of this year we switched to T-Mobile for phone and got 5g home internet and we can stream HD basketball games, movies everything very happy with our move.
500mbps down in a rural area?!?!? I'm in a rural area gettting 20 to 30 mbps!!!! Lucky.
@@kb8978 Check their online coverage map. If I didn't have access to T-Mobile 5G, I wouldn't have hesitated to go with Starlink.
I’m also getting 100-350 with amplified box it was pulling 650 during the 15 day free trial, I also live in a rural area. We either don’t have a choice for internet or have a coop that’s charging 120 a month just for the 30 MEG internet service. Tmobike became available in my area November 2024 I was on the list for 5 or so years when they contacted me about the service being available.. so T-Mobile for the price is way better. But it’s not as steady as the traditional landline, and it doesn’t allow the kids to play certain games on PlayStation due to NAT
I have the 50$ black tower, my reception isn’t that great in my apartment. Would it help me if I went to the all in home set?
Thanks
@sonjaearnest6934 no, if the cellular reception/signal isnt great you should try different locations for the gateway to see where it gets better signal.
Good to see you again Nater. I still have the trash can and a phone for $105 unlimited for years now. works 99% of the time 50 to 350 speeds. Have a good Holiday.
@qqqqq11111qqqqq thank you! You as well.
I have had T-Mobile 5G Home internet for over a year now. The stock gateway was not working for me very well with spotty signal / speed. I bought the Chester Cheetah Router with the SDX65 modem. I have had no outages with the Cheetah and get consistent 150mb to 300 mb speeds with no external antenna. I only get 7 to 10 mb upload but it works fine for us. Every bill from T-Mobile has been $50 with all taxes for unlimited data, so we are very happy with the service. Thanks for all the reviews, you inspired me to try this on my own.
That's great to hear you found a solution that works for you!
Thanks to you, I got $50 and the local reseller ended up swapping me to the white gateway since they couldn't get the black one to connect. I also got the Waveform antenna with your affiliate code. So happy to drop Spectrum at $90/mo with zero loyalty after 20 years! 😊
Awesome to hear it's working out great for you!
Thank you for the review. I think we are going to switch from spectrum as well. Paying $120
Great. Thanks for the video and explanation.
Glad it helped!
I just switched to the all in plan and with my old plan I was getting 140-380 Down (highest I ever seen) now I’m getting 463 Down consistently.
nice
Were you able to just switch to the new plan and get the discount at $55 a month? I’ve been trying to figure out if that is for new customers only.
Did you swap to a new gateway with the new plan?
I have Verizon 5G Home Internet. $45 a month. 300-350 mbs Download. Upload is about 10-15 mbs. A little slow at that end, but Im satisfied. I have it almost a year. No problems.
@bills6946 good to hear. That is what verizon is throttled at basically. 300/20Mbps.
Decided fully to switch tmobile after watching your videos while doing reserch for faster internet figured worst case id return it withing 15 days if service wasnt much better but your videos helped me get ridiculous speeds in comparison i know 300mbps isnt nothing to crazy for some people but coming from 2-3mbps its night and day especialy out in rural texas
Great! That's a huge jump in speed and I'm sure you are very happy with it.
Wow, huge difference!😮
How good will this be if I am literally 200 feet from a T-Mobile cell tower?
@mrcontroversy222 hard to say but should be great if that tower has good 5G
Thanks Nate. I have the new gateway connected to an external attic waveform mimo antenna and the unlimited home Internet plan. Works for me at a lifetime $50/mo lock.
@@iglapsu88 awesome, keep that locked in!
Wow!
@@NaterTaterI rechecked and it's $50/mo. not $30 like I said and we do autopay. Still not bad for the service we get.
I have Google fiber free with my apartment I have T-Mobile I was thinking about getting the backup plan or should I get the $50 plan
@michaelmoore2078 backup plan
I have the old silver can one , not much reason to upgrade (performance-wise) unless I want to hook an antenna to it ?
@jcd8400 that is mostly true, yes.
@NaterTater And the folks at the corporate store claim the new ones offer much better speeds ....
@jcd8400 for some people they do but if your Nokia "trashcan" is working well then leave it be. You can even add external antennas to it if you really want. th-cam.com/video/eiO-xqFbVho/w-d-xo.html
@NaterTater I'm getting 400 or so down most days , so that was my thought to
I did sign up for the Elon Musk Satellite program, we shall see !
Hi i have Google fiber free with my apartment only 5meg upload speed 1meg what do you recommend
If you already have Google Fiber into your apartment, I'd recommend getting a paid plan instead of the free one. Your speeds are low because you aren't paying for anything yet
I got mine a few years ago ai $25/mo. Added the external antenna with your videos. 1.5 miles from the tower. I get 140 or better down and 5 to 10 up. Fast enough for me and better than what I was getting from Comcast @$75.
That’s a really good price for that setup!
I have the black one with price lock i have decent 100gb download but lags sometimes will the white one be better speeds ?
@@Will-vv7vr probably not. Unless you add an antenna
I live real close to tower and rural I get 1GIG down consistent on my 5g phone. Can the cheap one handle multiple devices like 10 wyze cameras 2 laptops ETC... They keep raising the price of wired internet over $130.00 a month now for 2 GIG down. Thinking about switch to save $.
Yes, easily
I’m a T-Mobile customer with cellular service ,but when I went on the app it said I’m only eligible for 5g lite I guess I’m out of range of a tower but there’s a store 5 to 6 minutes away from me.
@@romalicemccullough3592 not out of range, they limit the number of 5g home users based on network capacity.
Thank you for the feedback
Just got new tower. Downloads are great. They don’t use black tower anymore for amplified plan. Trying out for two weeks. Hulu included if you end up with plan.
@@johnleach740 let us know how it works for you
I've had the T-Mobile 5G (100 Gig) plan for $50/mo (with autopay) in East Las Vegas for over a year now. So far, so good. Just be careful of your local advertising. I was it offered as "unlimited", but once I gave the local office my address, they said I would be limited to 100Gig/mo. No contract, just pay month to month. I do not have a T-Mobile cellphone place
Where in East? I’m in west and im getting unlimited
Marketing update: I just signed up today and part to the assessment process was to ask you the square footage of your home. If it's over 1200 then they have the "professional opinion" that you need the Amplified vs the Rely.
Being that I am already Tmobile with paperless billing the $45 worked better than the near $80 that ATT had crept up to.
I'll keep it as is and drop down to Rely when prices go up....they won't do that will they?
Interesting tactic!
I was for a short time with this 5G offering. The good - the process of getting the hardware was easy. Support at every level (for me) was excellent. When all hooked up, I was very happy to find the sweet spot in a room and get great speed. The bad - the speed fluctuates and on certain days and times, it would drop to truly unusable speeds. The bottom line is, it appears that 5G internet users are last to be serve from the local tower(s) as phone users get first access. I could be wrong about the latter but doubt it. Sadly, I had to return the equipment and go back to traditional cable for now. I'll say it again - the biggest challenge for me was when there was traffic congestion with the tower, my internet speed just didn't suffer it became unusable at times.
@michaelmanus7765 yes 5g home users are typically the lowest priority so its correct phone users get higher priority.
@@NaterTater Mint Mobile, now owned by T-Mobile (sadly) uses the same towers and is right at the bottom rung of the service ladder with 5G home users. Still a decent service compared to my former FIOS in price and provides much needed competition.
I have mint mobile which uses t mobile. I get only one or two bars in my home. Is that what I will get with t mobile wifi at home?
@MitchC357 potentially but you might be able to find a spot in your house that has good signal to keep the gateway. You can also add external antennas and place it outdoors.
Hi Nate, curious if you are going to test out the T-Mobile 5G small business Internet router package as that is supposed to be guaranteed priority service?
I have the T-Mobile 5g home internet gateway G4AR @ $70 a month unlimited plan, what I can't find is why T-Mobile is charging $160 for the away unlimited plan. I assume the gateway is the same so why charge double ?.
@@RonCrowell it's hard for me to understand as well
Is there a huge difference on the black and white gateway model? Considering the plan has a higher speeds provided per T-Mobile one vs the other.
@lizettevergara5130 no the models are similar modems but the white ones have external antenna ports.
Question, I have the $50 a month plan, I have the white modem. I have noticed ever sense I received the white modem (They swapped it out from the older black one I had that died) That every couple of days I have to unplug it and reboot it. My internet will just stop working so I have to do the unplug and reboot. I didn't have this issue with the old black one prior to it just dying. Have you heard of a issue like this with these newer white modems?
@@barrymorgan7297 i have heard that from a few. You should reach out to tmo support.
What would be the best external outdoor antenna for the black gateway? I live about 2 miles from the T-Mobile tower
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I have the white Gateway and asked T-Mobile what I would need to do to move to the middle tier for speed & cyber security. I’m on an older plan when there was just 2 Internet options, w/o mesh or with. They said I’d need to swap my Gateway for the same one. Implying something is different inside?
They are just weird like that. They want you to cancel and open a new line which hardly makes sense to me. But thats how they operate.
Is it possible to forward ports or is that still not available with T-Mobile? No port forwarding is a deal breaker for me.
@PatrickTice not possible on native tmo 5g home. You can get around it with some advanced tactics or getting static ip on the business plan.
I am gonna go out on a limb here and say the G4 has the Potential to be Faster than the older Black Gateways. Correct me if I am wrong but when they ever turn it on the G4s can do SA, can the Older models do SA, I am thinking no but I have no evidence to that effect. With my G4AR on a WaveForm antenna I was getting 800 Down and 120 Up, somedays close to 850. I never came close to that with the Older units, even my Invisagig was not getting that on the same Antenna.
Is there an easy way to add your own mesh network without getting the double NAT? Last I checked, I couldn’t find it easy way to disable the T-Mobile Wi-Fi network to add my own mesh SSID network.
You can always add your own wifi if desired. The double NAT always exists due to T-mobile's CGNAT, adding your own router/mesh with NAT enabled is actually triple NAT. You can now only disable some of the tmobile wifi th-cam.com/video/Qy-f8xfPk4s/w-d-xo.html but again that doesn't stop you from adding your own wifi. Business plans with paid static IP can help get rid of the CGNAT.
Use Tailscale. Works for me
What is a better gateway to buy?
@@angle5070 5G Cellular Router Modem Gateways - Tested and Reviewed: th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNS2ihT56gySpU49V4kRHn_U.html
25 bucks a month grandfathered, can’t beat it, sit right on top of a T Mobile tower so awesome speeds!
@@Roosternurse awesome
I appreciate your videos. Always informative. Can you please start putting in chapters? Thanks
@MikeInIN hi, thanks for watching. I have done chapters manually on some videos in the past and I do allow YT to automatically add chapters but it doesn't always do it. On shorter videos (for me) like this 9min one I haven't focused on that. I will take this feedback though and see if I should be more consistent with adding chapters.
How many mesh devices can be added to arcadia box ?
@@davidgrasscutter6545 don't pay attention to their advertised #, it's the same as any other standard wifi router where you get 1-200 devices.
I have the Google 3 point mesh and happy with the result. I have a giant home and WiFi outdoors on my pool pump controllers, and cams on perimeter fences. Once I got "great connections" on the 3 points of the mesh, I could not be happier. Each camera gets a strong signal and no TV buffers (I typically run 250 in and 20 out measured at the gateway)
@@Juneisthebestmonth very good 👍
Hi Nate, great video as always! This didn't apply to me since I've had the service for years, but my daughter might start it up, so it was a great video for her to watch. Also, I love the long pause at the end, I know it's likely a mistake to not cut it, but it made me laugh anyway. 🙂
howdy! good to hear. The long pause at the end is intentionally actually! Just keeps the video going slight longer for the "end screen" video recommendations to show. Plus nobody typically watches the very very end (other than you!). ha
@@NaterTater I watch EVERYTHING you do, Nate..!! Sometimes I even use a microscope..!! 🤣😇
You can switch plans after receiving the gateway if you really like the white one
Are existing TMHI customers (with the $30/mo rate) gonna get put into these plans? I pay for 2 gateways because it's required if you want to do any gaming AND streaming at the same time. Don't really want my bill to double
How much if only internet with auto play will be if I get the 50$ do they offer home phone landline also?
@@CaptNemo_ $50, no landline
I have a business plan, do they have different business plans on speed?
@davidgrasscutter6545 yes, same as home plans
Thanks. I wa literally just wondering what all there changes entailed.
You're welcome, glad this video helped!
Love your channel, Nate. I've had them so long, I had the 4G white one. Then I got the Nokia silver trashcan. It finally died. Fortunately, a local store had one, and you are right about the Gateways, I got the newer white with external antenna connections. My biggest complaint with them is that they are always upgrading, and I have to keep unplugging the gateway. My speeds go from 50 to over 400mbs. I have 2 towers,1 is 1 mile and the other is 2 miles. I would think being that close, I would get Excellent reception.
you shouldn't have to keep unplugging the gateway. Might be worthwhile checking in with support to see if they can diagnose anything.
@NaterTater I agree and their tech support has been better, but it depends on the tech. I know they are upgrading but I just wish I could talk to an engineer as they call them. Last night I had 415mbs on my phone and 315 on my laptop. Today around 200 cell and 52 on laptop. I'll call them tomorrow and maybe get someone that knows what they are doing. I've had a few that know what they are doing. We'll see. And thank you for all your help, you are one of the few really cares. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family.
What are your thoughts on the FCC broadband label differences? Over a 100mbit difference between rely and amplified plans.
Several users on reddit have been reporting some massive speed drops on the old plans since the introduction of the new amplified plans. Even users with G4AR and G4SE gateways.
Thoughtsm Did TMO change prioritization for their plans to push people to use the amplified plan?
Would love to see some tests run showing differences between plans during "peak" times on a moderately congested tower.
I'm not convinced that t-mobile is treating the SIM any different from Rely to Amplified plans. Maybe they have data the G4AR/G4SE is a little faster, hence the data label differences. I would believe that tmobile is now being more selective on who gets what gateway. I think the folks complaining their speed is all of a sudden slowing down is just regular variation that happens to align with the new plan announcements. I could be wrong, it'll take some time to confirm.
I'm also one of the ones affected.
I'm getting less than half of my normal download speeds down to what aligns with the old FCC label max speeds ever since the announcement. Before the announcement, I was getting over 600. This is even before hitting the 1.2 TB limit.
Is there any better speeds if i have the business one at 60 a month compared to the 50.00 black one i got
@rhondafosburg1236 I dont understand the question, can you rephrase it?
@NaterTater if i get thebusiness internet instead of residential,will itbe faster
@rhondafosburg1236 no
Great information, Nate, is there any advantage to having two (2) Home Internet Devices (Plans), will it help improve coverage and connectivity for greater than average space (home)?
@showtime4956 not typically, i would recommend investing in a wifi mesh system to expand coverage. That said I do have 7 ISP's at my house...lol and use a mutli-wan setup to load balance them.
@NaterTater Do you have that many so you can review all of them? Do you have fiber,cable and 5g? What do you perfer. I just started listening to your channel.Also Do you know anything about a service called IPTV? I'm trying to find LEGAL ones that don't cost a small fortune.
We currently have the original home internet plan with the Nokia gateway and its been having issues like signal issues and wifi issues so we might upgrade to the amplified plan and get the new gateway and they have it here at my local store
@@ChrisTechnician sounds like a good plan
What will happen to those still on the original $30 a month plan, will it be slowed down? It's been acting up the last few days like it's being throttled or something like that.
@@infantryrecon101st no widespread change should happen on the old plans.
@@NaterTater Oh gotcha, thank you! Love the videos man!
Thanks for the video. Do you know if they still throttle during peak time and do any of the plans remove this?
@Brightspirit10 yes, their 5G Home Internet is on the lower tiers of priority which mean if the network/tower is congested you are the first to slow down. The higher plans might benefit from slightly higher priority for the first 1.2TB of data/mo but that is just my speculation.
You mentioned a review on the tmobile backup. I can't find it. 8)
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I love your videos ! So I’m having an issue with Verizon home Internet . I get great uploads and downloads. But my latency is horrible. Is there anything I can do or buy to improve my latency
Thanks for watching! Cellular is known to have worse latency than hardline ISP's. But one option you can look into is testing for bufferbloat and getting a personal wifi router to correct it. th-cam.com/video/RAb1AWVFu3A/w-d-xo.html
So the new plans aren’t any faster? I’m not very interested in the mesh system I’ve got the $50 deal from early 2023 I would assume I have the best plan for me right now, right?
Right, the only advantage is this would be a price lock "guarantee" vs your "promise" so a little better change of it staying at $50/mo
Another great video
Is this change the reason that I went from 160mbps/230mbps down to 25mbps on Oct. 7 2924?
No
Hello, been watching your videos that last view days, I'm not a big Tech guy and I no you have some nice up grades to your Internet. I live in a rural area , closest cell tower is about 4.9 miles from my farm, and are house is tucked back into woods. Currently have DSL service which is slow. Which one of these would you recommend for us for home Internet?
And what would you recommend for a cell phone booster usually only have 1 bar, lots of dropped calls
Thanks for all your help appreciate that. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching! Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T all offer good 5G service now but it highly depends on your location so check all to see which ones are available at your address. Cell boosters can certainly help but not as good for data/internet as an external antenna. See my booster and antenna playlists. th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNS1HuMabIm8hspYa7nlXpPP.html th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNRCIt_sX2HPvsrMnl7iD1R3.html
@NaterTater
Thank you! 👍🏻
After so much capped speeds and yes I say this because I proved this to be true, I got T-mobile to push the speed back up and I also got them to give me two free phones... because, get this my older Android 10 could not run their latest app to set up the new white router that I ended up sending back because it was not any faster. I have now had FOUR gateways, I told them if I am going to be a beta tester for them I should be compensated ...
Such a crazy way to have to deal with home internet, I have wasted far to many hours dealing with them
@@craignehring sorry for the troubles. Sounds like it is working for you now atleast.
Are you sure the provisioning is not different on the $60 plan? If it’s only the external antenna ports then I agree with you.
@@Eyball1972 I am not sure
Good information thanks
Glad to be of help!
I want to travel with it, can I?
the terms of service say its only for your service address on file. As far as I have seen they work where ever there is t-mobile signal.
Can u travel with it? He had it in are RV for 10 months and stopped it because we left the US . We came back and would like to travel with it again.
its the same terms of service as its always been. Not allowed to travel but it works.
Thanks for the info.
Download speed upload speed latency? How about any relevant actual info
@ap90033 hi, yes I have many many videos on the performance and how to get the best. See T-Mobile Home Internet 5G 4G LTE Wireless: th-cam.com/play/PL8d9FovK2dNQHp0KWk8gG8XXvaKzaoSB3.html
Is the price for using it on the road still 160???
@remingtonruger it's not clear to me, the 5G Away plan isnt listed there.
@@NaterTater ill check after Christmas and update here...
Testing new waveform dual plus antenna?
@@richardlewis7323 indeed
Hmm, my plan is $60 a month. But I dont have any lines with them. I left & went to AT&T. AT&T 5G internet is terrible in my apartment, so I'm sticking with Tmobile for now. Phones are great, 5G internet, not so much.
You might be able to call and switch to $50/mo plan.
What about the away plan?
@yourworldconnection it's unclear to me if that is still an option or not. It's not outwardly listed on the site currently so perhaps they didn't have enough uptake.
T-Mobile turned off my LTE on my gateway and just left the 5G on! Or it might be because I hooked my own router to it! I pay 30.00 for the internet and I have a tri band WiFi 6e router connected!
If you have only 5g listed then you might be in one of thr very few areas they fully deployed 5G SA (standalone) which doesn't need a 4G LTE anchor.
@@NaterTater it used to show both but now only 5G
@@NaterTater I also use the G4AR gateway
Wow, 3x the size of my Verizon unit.
$75.00?😮....I pay $50.00 monthly and seen it for $40.00...my cousin pays $25.00 for T-Mobile gateway 5G
@RubyLahna-f6h i go through the pricing structure in the video. Cheapest is $35, most is $75
They need to stop locking you to a specific tower. I had a situation where they had a connection issue at the tower, but the tower was still talking to my modem. The result is that no internet and it wouldn't go look for another tower because the primary tower connection was working. After messing around long enough, I managed to get into my Cheetah and switch it to LTE which uses a different tower. Had to stay like that for a couple weeks while they fixed the issue with the 5g tower.
I only know there was an issue with the 5g tower because I finally called them, once I knew what was happening, that's when I switched back to LTE. Without a BYO modem, the customer would not be able to do this and why the tower lock is a problem.
I hear ya, that tower lock can be frustrating!
It is not worth it. I have the "All-In Home Internet," and if you have more than five devices connected at the same time, you’ll notice that TH-cam and Netflix take several seconds to load. If you want to stream your PS5 games from a PlayStation Portal while outside your home, good luck with that. It won’t be able to stream properly, and if it does, the quality is so poor that it lags a lot.
I’ve had it since May 2022 and currently pay 30.00 per month. Works great.
I have had my black gateway since late 2022 a d I travel all over the southwest with it in my RV. Has never failed me.
ISP providers are too greedy. limited "unlimited" plans, restrictions in where you can use their 4g/5g service (geo fencing).
@neponel the good news is there is more competition today than the past. Now cable, fiber, 5g and satellite compete!
Right. TMo could be on the cusp of overpricing themselves. With fiber expansion around the country, and TMo having the geo-fencing of their product and price increases, the only benefit of not getting fiber is because it's not available. I, for one, will strongly consider fiber as soon as it is available, and according to AT&T, it will be sometime next year for my street.
It seems if you are a old customer and still had the base plan its still giving the high speed internet when i looked at it from the app. Where as the new 50 dollar plan doesnt say high speed.
my old tmobile 5g internet in Las Vegas has been drastically slower today, coincidence that they rolled out these new plans? I should be grandfathered in
I'd say it's just a coincidence your plan should remain unchanged.
AVOID...TMobile Service Is Rubbish And Shall NEVER Improve...
It’s not rubbish in my house.
Mine is 298mbps on my phone wifi 5 and my XboxSeries S gets around 400mbps wired i have Netgear ax1800 RAX10 router wifi 6 wired to Tmobile 5G gateway
Which tmobile home internet do you have the white one?