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T-Mobile home internet. The product that people with no other options need. So far i've had it in my possession for 3 hours as of this review, and it has been absolutely fantastic. I get speeds of 30/10 with 2 to 3 bars of signal. I do believe there is a 24 hour "stabilize" time so in a few days I will update. This service is LITERALLY just basic Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity. Nothing more. It gets you online. Setup is super simple. Download the app and follow the steps. It's easy. It does have an RJ11 phone port on the back, suspecting it is for having home phone service later on. ========================= I want to post an update for this even though it's been close to two years. I moved back to North Carolina in MARCH of 2021. It wasn't until MAY of 2021 that T-Mobile FINALLY turned my gateway off and sent me a shipping label to have it shipped back after SEVERAL phone calls, three of them talking to a "supervisor" two of which refused to deactivate my service and send me a shipping label back. I have been fighting with them for a year now to get them to take their ding off of my credit report because I wasn't using the service and was calling them to have it turned off. Overall the service was great. Unfortunately I won't be dealing with T-Mobile ever again, at least for a long time. Maybe my experience was a one off thing but it left a really bad taste in my mouth over it. member for 4.8 years, 2265 visits, last login: 2 days ago updated 1.3 years ago
I just signed up for a Mobile Phone and Home Network. The phone worked in seconds of swapping the SIM. I also got a 5G Hotspot but I was not able to get it to work in the Home Network. T-Mobile swapped to for a 5G Network hotspot that works fantastically. I am getting 30+Mhz per second download and upload speeds. I live in a small city, Ukiah, that does not have the latest in most technologies BUT they do with their T-Mobile 5G service. member for 23.8 years, 6792 visits, last login: 1 year ago lodged 1.5 years ago
Update 8/6/22: My local towers have been upgraded and after two trashcan replacements (the latest to the 'B' hardware) the trashcan is finally stable. I am around 5000 feet from two towers. Download speeds are excellent , usually 3-400 Mb/sec down, and upload speeds are 6-10. Much cheaper than cable in my area, comparable cable service is $100+ after the promo period expires member for 21.9 years, 3625 visits, last login: 292 days ago updated 1.6 years ago
I've had T-Mobile Home Internet quite a while, and I can't complain about any aspect of the service short of not being able to configure the Nokia router for pass-through. It took two hours on chat/phone to order it, but the unit, a Nokia 5G router/access point, arrived the next day and installed in just minutes. The "trash can" (as it's called) works best near a window facing a T-Mobile cell tower. Bennie: being a post-paid Home Internet customer makes you a full-fledged T-Mobile customer, so you get access to perks like T-Mobile Tuesday rewards. The router seamlessly integrated with my wired home network as well as all our WiFi devices. Information about signal bands/strength and network settings are available thru the web interface as well as via a phone app, which gives more device-level detail. There's also a handy but small touch screen on top of the can you can use to check signal status, number of devices connected, and to read texts sent to your included SIM card. But you can't set up a DMZ with it, and there's no firewall on board that I can find, so make sure your devices are protecting themselves. Speeds are consistently higher than I was led to expect. Eight month averages: latency 42.99, downloads 660.47, uploads 76.30. Bear in mind I'm only 1400 feet from the nearest tower so your mileage will vary. Recently, pings have dropped into the low 30's. So far, I have yet to identify any congestion impacts on the signal quality or throughput. Running a VPN client for a popular low-cost service (Malwarebytes Privacy) degrades speeds to about 25% of what I normally see, but that's still faster than AT&T was providing even without a VPN. Heat management is an issue others have reported with the "trash can" and I installed a USB-C powered fan to preempt any impact on performance. Without the fan, the can was warm. With the fan, the can feels the same as ambient room temperature. I'll come back and update this review if service degrades or I experience any other detrimental issues, but you'd have to color me a happy camper with T-Mobile Home Internet. member for 12.2 years, 1713 visits, last login: 13 days ago updated 1.6 years ago
My back history: I used to have Bell Atlantic with their first ADSL. Later one Verizon took it over and the highest ADSL we can get was like 7.1Mbmps download. Boy, those days were painful. We didn't change to Earthlink or other cable company. Later on when a storm hit. I lost copper. Verizon wont fix the copper they want to put in Fios. My landlord doesn't want fios. SMH. Yes, I file the complain to get fios with the NYC. Nothing much happen. My brother got us all (5 people in the house hold.) T-Mobile Unlimited talk, text, data, we were on 4G. speed was spotty. Some times 100Mbps down, some times 70, or 50Mbps. and upload was 50-70Mbps, and worst days is 9Mbps. Last week my bro got 4 of us new phones(June 20th). He got him self S22($699), and me and my parents S22+($799 on amazon.). Boy, this 5G is crazy fast. I am getting mostly 700 - 750Mbps, hardly goes under. Upload is 70Mbps - 100Mbps at home, and outside the apartment I get 120Mbps upload. The 5G tower is facing us. I am super lucky. I do not have visual line of sight on it. The tower I notice that is facing us is less than a block away from us. I believe we are on 5G NSA, one of the app said I was on N41, with other LTE connections. Cool thing is at home I have 0 visual line of slight of any 5G or 4G tower and I am still getting high speed. I also did a test by going to my bathroom and closed the door. It is further away from the windows. Basically, it is middle of the apartment building. It also have 0 visual line of sight of the 5G/4G tower. I am still getting the same speed 700-750Mpbs download and upload is like 50-70Mbps. Oh, as for ms. I am getting 15 to 20 most of the day. Like today it rain. My ms went up to 35 ms. But the download and upload speed were the same high speed. I love 5G. PS: We are on Magenta® MAX plan. All 5 lines. We changed to this plan on the 3rd day when it came out. My bro made a call to T-Mobile. Tho, at the time we only have 4G phones. S10+/S10/Note 9, etc., Oh, it is now $230 for 5 lanes because the promotion is over my brother said. member for 15.6 years, 249 visits, last login: 333 days ago lodged 1.7 years ago
The KVD21 gateway manufactured by Arcadyan is easy to place most anywhere and has and easy to read display. The setup process consisted on plugging in the gateway, logging in to the default WiFi, renaming the network, setting a password for the network, and setting a password for administration. The entire process took less than five minutes. member for 3.9 years, 31 visits, last login: 1.3 years ago lodged 1.9 years ago
There are 2 wireless gateways they offer the Nokia "Trash-can" and the Arcadiya "Darth Vader" ones. The Nokia is said to be better on the ability to turn off the wifi and use your own router which is said to be more faster overall, the Vader one is more complicated. But you can turn it off and you can use an external router. If you want to know more about TMHI and more in-depth reviews of the service, routers, and tips to make it work the best search for "Nater Tater" on youtube. You can hook up an external antenna if you want to get better service but that is a task that who knows how to do that. He has videos to show how but unless you know what you are doing, you are best to move the gateway around to find the sweet spot. You can put your address in at T-mobile's home internet page and see if you qualify, if you are in a rural area you may be surprised that you can get it. And if you do it is cheap. Cheaper than Cable, Fiber and more so than satellite service. I paid $124 a month for 100/100M service here with my local phone company, and get better speeds for less than 1/2 the costs. I recommend if you can get T-Mobile internet. it is best cost vs performance. Now you may see slowdowns on network congestion which if you live in a rural area like me, you very likely will never experience. member for 24 years, 2132 visits, last login: 5 days ago updated 1.9 years ago
Overall, I really wanted this to work, but unfortunately it just didn't hold up. My wireline DSL 100MB was not cutting it anymore, so the $50 dollar a month with autopay, no contract, no data caps and overall good reviews online, for the most part, I decided to check it out. Order process was straightforward, I chatted with a rep and the order was placed. Within a couple of days, I got the Nokia modem, the "trashcan" as it is called by folks online. Install was easy, just place it and plug it in. The display on top showed the bars, so I placed it around the house to try and find the best signal/speeds. A good tip is near windows placed somewhat high if possible. So I plugged it in my home network, it really is that easy. Speeds were pretty good for the most part, between 200 to 300 MBs down, but at any part of the day, it was just that, between 200 to 300 MBs . Uploads were more consistent, with 30 MBs up at any part of the day. Latency was higher than my wired service, between high 30s to lower 50s. Again, like the speed, it was just all over the place between these numbers. I would say between the mid 40s, but it wouldn't stay there. Service itself in my experience was mixed to not good. We have multiple devices/pcs with streams/downloads/video running as well as online gaming. T-Moblie does not give a public IP, they are on a private network, and give another private IP range to your home. There is no IPv6. For websites/email and watching a movie, the service does what it is intended. But when it comes to online gaming/real time video, then the service just doesn't hold up in my opinion. My zoom calls would always drop at least once which is tough for working remote. Online gaming was bearable at best, but just annoying. I would see the delay in not only the players online, but the delay in reaction. Example would be Team Fortress 2, an old game. With my wireline, latency was consistent to low 40 ms to Virginia servers. But with this service, I was getting 60 to 70 ms and it was constantly moving, the jitter was bad. Not the best experience. But this was when it was working for a few hours. Then the service would just stop...to the point where I had to power cycle the modem to get service restored. I tried to move the modem around, but still the same result. I called tech support, they were very helpful and tried to fix my issue, but after 3 calls and saying that they fixed something "on their end," a couple of hours later, it would stop. This was a dealbreaker for me. I wanted to like this, I have nothing but praise for their cellphone service, but the lockups, the latency/jitter issues and not to mention they don't give a public IP, just a private one, I had to cancel this after 2 weeks. I feel that this is still in the testing phase and not fully operational, but this is my experience. With wireless I feel your mileage may vary, for me, it just didn't hold up. member for 15.7 years, 26 visits, last login: 1.9 years ago lodged 2 years ago
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Moved rural, on top of a mountain with options being dsl, or satellite. Opted for DSL @ 12mbs, got it bonded resulting in 14mps. Signed up for multiple yet not available services. Even though we arenât (yet) 5G, T-Mobile opted us in, and the speed is better than what Comcast was selling me in Atlanta (50lbs). If it stays reasonable for a few weeks, cancelling the starlink pre-order and killing the DSL. member for 23.1 years, 6191 visits, last login: 1.1 years ago lodged 2.2 years ago
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