Everything You Need to Know About T-Mobile 5G Home Internet - Pricing, Speeds, & More
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I canceled spectrum for tmobile. Especially for the $30 deal. I'm extremely happy!
I have had T-Mobile Internet in rural PA and it works fine for me. Now I am just doing basic Internet things. Streaming, steam games etc. I liked have MLB for free since I am a big baseball fan.
Works great for my needs and the price is right compared to Comcast.
I've got it. At first, we weren't happy, but the new unit works great.
I had T-Mobile 5G here in Brooklyn, NY, and found the service extremely inconsistent. Throughput varied throughout the day - and even from hour to hour. The price was good but I didn't consider the service at all comparable to the fiber cable service that I was used to. Luckily, here in NY, the competition among providers is becoming fierce - and I will be able to pit one competitor against another based on price in perpetuity. So I can't ever see myself going back to T-Mobile unless their service were to become as consistent as a fiber connection.
I have T-Mobile fwa Internet for a year the speed has increased from 100-200 down to 400-500 now with no down time its more stable than spectrum and even on peakload time my speed do go down to 200-300 which has been very rare. I dont restart my gateway like i had to with spectrum modem once a week. We work from home kids play on ps4 and 4k streaming on tv. I use my own mesh router Netgear
I just got it a week ago. My speed is anywhere from 550 MBPS to 80 MBPS. depends on where in the house I'm in and if it's night time. Very happy with it.
Thank you so much I just switch both of my parents to T mobile home internet and so far they both love the speed of the service and cheaper price from within.
I think one thing to consider is whether or not you want to rely on one single company for your mobile Internet and your home Internet. I remember when I did the free trial like a year ago T-Mobile was doing some maintenance or something in my area which caused both my cell service and Internet to go out for a couple of days. My spectrum Internet was fine until the network was up again but that experience showed to me it’s better to have services from different companies because you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket.
but that's so rare it shouldn't be a consideration. I think coalescing your services in one is the future especially from an economic perspective....it just makes sense.
I had Comcast internet and ATT cell service. When I retired I switched to T Mobile since they had great plans for overseas travel. In Denver, I have great internet and cell service with them. Of course, I love the oversea data and texting. I pay a total for Sr. Magenta Max and internet of 95/month. My ATT bill was more than that with less services and my internet was almost as much. And, customer service online and phone is great.
I got my yesterday and works great i save $100 ..👍
In markets where Fiber is available and affordable, hands down I suggest fiber over 5G for a list of reasons that are geeked out more than this needs 😂. Overall though, all markets need this option available to keep cost and competition in check. Honestly, if FTTH wasn't available at the price I have in my area I would have gone with Verizon's Internet plan and ditched Spectrum anyways. Anyone who games and streams will see the heavy bandwidth hit from 5G when they start to have more than a handful of users streaming content.
IP addressing with the Live TV services can be tricky and something HULU should address. It is nothing the customers are doing wrong, but if HULU is going to use the public registered IP address for locations, then they are pulling the location of the service provider (if IP addressing is being used over manual address entries). In less populated areas this may put an individual in a different logical city, or in some cases even a different state depending on which cell tower the subscriber is pulling their IP address from.
I have T-Mobile Internet, it uses the same bands as do their cell phones which have priority over the modems so your speed can vary quite a bit depending on the time of day. I've seen my D/L speed go down by 2/3s during peak phone usage hours versus non-peak. At least I don't have to deal with Comcast anymore so I'm okay with that.
I have it and am very happy with it.
Thank you Luke
Thank you for your support!
I love it 30 dollars I average 300-450mbps I game stream no issues I was paying 89.95 with spectrum capped at 300 so it’s a win but true it’s based on your location
Have this in addition to Starlink, because they're literally the only 2 options available. I still think wired service is a much better option, with better speeds on consistency. But I'm keeping it because I'll take what I can get.
I dropped Spectrum to go with T mobile and I love the download and upload speeds. Unfortunately the t mobile router will not work with my Chamberlain My Q ( and a few other devices) because of locked ports. I will need to add another gateway to make a work around.
The Hulu Live issue spoken of, is a common problem with the 5G and satellite based services. It gets worse when the various sports packages are involved, who use IP location to determine blackouts. There's complaints all over the various forums about this, and as of now, there's no solution. I'll stick to the old coaxial cable.
Is there a discount for seniors?
Do you have to go through a provider can I buy it through best buy ??
Is 5G reception I have on my iPhone 13 inside or outside my home representative of what I would get from T-Mobile 5G Home Internet? It isn’t good.
Thx
I have it as a back up to spectrum. The only issue I've had is a periodic error message that pops up om the lcd screen on the modem telling me to reboot it. Oddly when this error message pops up it does not impact the connection until I reboot it. I really don't have a spot where I can put it by a window, but I put it on my desk yesterday in my room/office and had no problems until that same reboot message popped up this morning. Outside of that, its been flawless, but should I just leave it when that message pops up because there's also been times when it's popped up but gone off on its own. Any advice would be appreciated thanks.
Am I right in thinking that if you are traveling/on a road trip, you can just take the box, plug it in in your hotel room (even in your vehicle) and get high-speed internet access ... ASSUMING you are located in a service area, with a strong enough signal?
There is no fiber or even cable in my neighborhood. I've been very happy with my Verizon 5G internet which is similar. So it seems like 5G may be the way to go in the future.
Speeds aren’t everything - Fixed wireless access services like this are not good if you work from home and in meetings all day, latency & jitter are not consistent enough for reliable video conferencing.
Also not good for gaming.
I've had T-Mobile 5G Home Internet since Feb 2023 in a rural part of S. Carolina, my average speeds have been 400 Mbps - 600 Mbps + (some rare burst over 800 Mbps) down by 50 Mbps - 150 Mbps + up with sub 24 ms idle ping times, i've had a few sick days where I could not be at my office, but still had to make some Zoom meetings for training, and had zero issues during those Zoom calls.
@@poluticon I've also not had any issues gaming on my PC with STEAM on Manjaro Linux playing things like TF2, it's like any cell signal it all depends on where you are at, so blanket statement like that is not a fair assessment of the service.
@@CommodoreFan64 if this is the only service available in your area then it’s better than nothing I suppose. Still, not everyone will have such a positive experience as you.
@@poluticon I never said everyone will, I'm just saying calling the service bad just because you don't get good signal at your location is not a fair assessment of the service, and what it can do when you have good signal coverage, and the gateway is properly setup, even if that means having to run an external antenna with 4 SMB connectors on the side of your house, which so far I've not had to do thankfully, but will if ever needed to not go back to paying a kidney each month to Breezeline cable, after their lying promo rates end, and they refuse to lower your bill even after being their very first internet customer in your town(my town is so small being only about 2,500 people I can confirm that as 100% fact) for almost 2 decades before giving them a big steel toe boot!!
Speed was lackluster for me. Sticking with fios eventhough it cost more.
I just move away from t-mobile because of a policy change. T-Mobile now will fine you if you text something they don't like.
Well well
I live in Ft. Lauderdale and I switched from AT&T Fiber over to T-Mobile. I work from home but have had no issues with Teams meetings while my family is streaming Netflix or Disney + and ADT Cameras connecting to their cloud. My speeds have been as much as 440 down. Which has worked well for me. I just spent a lot of time finding which window in the house had the best signal.
why they hell would you go from fiber to 5g for? Especially since you work from home. A fiber connection is rock solid the gold standard. 5g internet the speeds would very and you will lose signals on some days your working. Going from fiber is like replacing a car with a bike for a 50 mile work commute.
also a lot of people try 5g for home internet end up going back to a wired connection after a few months anyways.
@@travilpowell4086my thoughts exactly!!!! No reason to switch from Fiber to 5g……. That’s just stupid
Well you will be sorry because I live in palm beach county & fiber is HANDS DOWN better than 5g
It really comes down to cost. $100/month vs $45/month and testing it for 30 days I had no issues.@@travilpowell4086
I've been testing T-Mobile Home in Las Vegas for 4 days and it hasn't been good. I live dead center of 4 towers and get 5 bars all day. Speed in the morning is about 170mbps and less than 10 by 1pm. It wont even run Speedtest in the afternoon. This is with direct sight to the tower. T-Mobile said congestion in my area is very high. I guess this service only works well in less densely populated areas. I used ethernet tethering with my phone and got 3x the speed as the gateway. I'm returning the equipment tomorrow. I would have tried it longer if they had offered a free antenna but I don't want to pay $100.
Can it play videos of 1080P & 4K?
I think you glossed over that what you get is bandwidth that is left over from the cell users. For me my internet is around 50’s in the morning but around first bell for school and it could go to 1m or less…then up to 38m or 50’s …then back down to 2 or 3 Meg at 2:30 or so…
It’s all about data priority and T-mobile internet is in the basement. WOW is in my neighborhood running fiber so I will give them a shot….looks like I will pay $10 or so more but it’s consistent.
@QuestionForLuke: How much is metro by T-Mobile home internet? Have you checked that out?? Is that a good servirish?Does it have good connectivity?
It's the exact same thing as T-Mobile 5G Home Internet since T-Mobile owns Metro.
Can you buy not using a provider
Luke, I’m surprised that you didn’t inquire with Hulu & T-mobile about that issue to see what the explanation/s is.
Hulu just plain sucks, I have T-Mobile 5G, and RUclips TV all I have to do the rare times RUclips TV it gets my location wrong because T-Mobile dumps my IP out near Atlanta, GA about 3 1/2 hours west of me, is go on my phone with the RUclips TV app, and update my location that way, and it solves my issues. Again Hulu not having that option means they just suck IMHO!!
We did mention that the Hulu plus live TV does not work.
@@CordCuttersNews I switched to T-Mobile 5G in rural east Texas about 3 months ago. I initially had issues with Hulu+ Live. I did a support chat with Hulu, explained what internet service I had switched to, and they seemed familiar with the issue. Took about 5 minutes and they made a change on their end and it has worked fine since then.
@@CordCuttersNews I’m saying that it sounds like you didn’t talk to Hulu or T-mobile about it.
Question for Luke
I have TMobile 5g and get 5 bars, but I have problems buffering continually in the evening hours, but not during the daytime hours. Any suggestions.
Make sure to watch tomorrow's video. I will answer your question in it.
Luke, it would be nice if you could review Verizon's 5g internet.
I've reached out to them about this several times. We will keep trying.
I had a problem with MLB. I had to call them to get the location correct.
RV'ers like the T-mobile 5G.
My biggest problem with T-Mobile is the no port forwarding for gaming, Plex, jellyfin and emby. Do you know if the newer routers have that capability?
Hello, you can put a wi-fi router. so, you can get port forwarding.
@@everardoarredondo557 I tried it. There is no bridge mode a 2nd router creates double NAT issues.
@@everardoarredondo557 Yep, just don't use the WiFi on the Gateways(only leave a 5ghz band on for speed test from a phone/tablet), and use a WiFi mesh system like TP-Link Deco that supports port forwarding that's hard lined into wherever you setup the Gateway. That's exactly what I do, and it works fine. Besides using the T-Mobile Gateways WiFi all the time causes the Gateways to run hotter, reduces their performance, and they don't put out that good of a WiFi signal anyways at least on the Sagemcom F@st Gateway I have.
Does anyone know what frequency the T-Mobile unit operates on? (it might be on the unit's label, Ghz or Mhz). T-Mobile finished installing the 5G upgrades in my area this past summer so I'm thinking of trying it next year and might install a cell signal amplifier in my home to better the reception of both my cell phone and the T-Mobile 5G unit. They're frequency-specific (some work on multiple frequencies and/or have a 'range') so it would be good to know before buying one.
I have one unit they gave. I created two names with it, one for 2.4 and the other is 5. The original one is 2.4. I kept that one. I'm able to see all the devices connected to it as well
@@areleous1 I believe he's asking asking about the band frequencies from the towers to the gateway, not the standard Wifi bands, and that depends on what cell channels T-Mobile is using in a given area. I'll list them all below as given to me by the T-Mobile internet app on my Pixel 6a.
Band
The Frequency Range being use to connect to the T-Mobile Cellular Network
4G LTE
Extended range bands are either Band 12 (700 MHz), or Band 71 (600 MHz). Greater maximum speed bands are either Band 2 (1900 MHz), or Band 5 (850 MHz), Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz), or Band 66 (extension of Band 4).
5G
Extended range band is Band N71 (600 Mhz), while the greater maximum speed band is Band N41(2.5 GHz)
to note in my area I'm connected to LTE band B66 and 5G Band N41, and I'm also listed in T-Mobile's "Ultra Capacity Range" for my address on one of the highest spots in my town with the T-Mobile tower on the same side as me a few miles down the load with a heavy pine tree covered area, I have my Gateway pointed out a window facing the tower with the curtains parted sitting at an angle on a high table rest up against the window for best cell metrics.(wife hates it, but I told her to live with it, or pay Breezeline cable a kidney each month for better service).
I'm seeing speeds of 400 Mbps - 600 Mbps + down (rare burst well over 800 Mbps) / 50 Mbps - 150 Mbps + ups usually with sub 24 ms idle ping times, with very low jitter according to OOKLA Speed Test, Test My Speed, and Netflix's Fast being the most consistent testing methods I've tried both wired directly to the Gateway with my laptops, via my TP-Link Deco app, or directly connected to the 5GHz WiFi band of the Sagemcom F@st T-Mobile Gateway with my Google Pixel 6a phone in the same room as the gateway just a few feet away from it. The test Google does using M-Labs as their backend is ALWAYS much slower.
I hope this helps you out. 🙂
@@CommodoreFan64 Thanks! Oodles more info than I needed, but well worth knowing. Its a long way from a Commodore 64's specs!
@@areleous1 Thanks. I was also wondering if they have multiple bands, too, but CommodoreFan64 filled that in in his reply below.
@@crosslink1493 Anytime, & with all the modern upgrades you can do to a C64/C128 it's not that far off 😅
I would like to know how good the wifi range is within your home.
It's comparable to any other Wi-Fi system like it. You can always plug in a different Wi-Fi router if you want.
@@CordCuttersNews Better to not go with just a router, but to get a Mesh WiFi system with pods that covers your whole house, as I've found to get the best signal the Gateway ends up not always being in the most ideal sport for the best WiFi signal, and I've tried many different mesh systems, and found TP-Link Decos to easiest to setup, and get going.
I have T-Mobile Home Internet. Might dip as low as 60Mbs for download 20Mbs upload. Fastest is about 300Mbs down and 100 up. Depends on time of day. Like he said move it around your dwelling. See where it's best. Speed test with Ookla. I really have zero issues with it. Just my wife and I. Stream 4K no problem. Download files, play games, surf. $55 a month. I was paying Cable $100 for 500Mbs down, 40Mbs up. I see no difference in quality of life.
Luke your T Mobile Internet has been buffering for weeks I noticed in your videos it's no good worst signal their is
The T-Mobile home internet does not work with Hulu live. Is that going to change?
Only if Hulu adds the ability to change your location via their mobile app to get the correct location data instead of relying on T-Mobile's location which can be wrong due to how they route IP addresses as the towers are hard lined to route the data to their nearest data center to save money, for example I get routed to Atlanta even though I'm 3.5 hours east of it, but RUclips TV works just fine because they allow you to change your location via the mobile app with your phone that has better location due to GPS.. So again the blame is more on Hulu aka Disney.
Yeah don't down play because they gave it to you if it's so good why want you get rid of your home 1 gig Internet question for Luke
Data limits ?? Have heard about them.. but No mention here…🤔🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️
On their $50 unlimited plan there is no data cap.
T Mobile is not available here in central southern NH. There is only Comcast-
Xfinity available here, or if you are in
a place available with Fidium Fiber. 😮
Give it time. Both Verizon and T-Mobile have announced they plan to expand 5G home internet.
@@CordCuttersNews It should be noted that Verizon's speeds, pings, and Jitter are not as good as T-Mobile due to the band frequencies they use. Also AT&T is expanding their 5G Home Internet offerings, but the gateway is fugly looking like a giant pill/egg, and from the testing I've seen so far from other YT channels the quality of service is a laughable joke!!
During prime times of usage, mbps drop to useless for live TV. On apps like Netflix lag will occur and you will be kicked.
I want Tmobile but I need landline
A landline phone? Then get a magic jack VoIP line it works over T-Mobile 5G I had one till just a few weeks ago, I got rid of it because we were no longer using it as our cellphones do all we need.
Huh??????
Wouldn’t be worth it for me, if I can’t even stream, my Hulu live TV SMH and I am a T-Mobile customer, so I guess I’ll stay with my Xfinity Internet
How much
All I know is that I get exactly ZERO signal from T Mobile in my area. Useless.
The minute the tower you are connected to geta congested they will throttle you down first. So while the idiots down the street are posting live TikTok videos, you'll be struggling to hold a Zoom meeting. That's why I dropped them, and I live 80 yards from the tower. Stick with landline services.
you really should mention in heavy rain or snow the speed drops to zero. this is a flawed review
I've had T-Mobile since Feb 2023, and while my area of the country here in the rural southeast does not get a lot of snow, we can get a lot of rain, and I've not had any issues with speeds dropping because of rain, but more on very high wind days I've seen a bit of a drop but nothing that was not usable. I also have the Sagemcom F@st gateway with my gateway pointed out a clear window in the front of my house towards the tower in my area just a few miles down the road, so placement of the gateway, and which Gateway T-Mobile gives you can make a difference along with keeping them nice, and cool. Also my average speeds have been 400 Mbps - 600 Mbps + (some rare burst over 800 Mbps) down by 50 Mbps - 150 Mbps + up with sub 24 ms idle ping times
my speed drops to zero like i said. when i called them to cancel the supervisor said it would happen every time
Nice to know. I've got an OTA television antenna in my attic and have not had a problem with TV reception during rainy periods, nor with cell reception. For anyone that's concerned, sometimes the rainwater film that covers your house can 'ground-out' a radio frequency signal. Its somewhat area and transmission-dependent, but its not unusual.
@@crosslink1493 From that it sounds like he should be ground out his house to fix the interference issues, or using an external quad SMB Antenna for cell signal, and a roof antenna for OTA TV, and the rest the T-Mobile rep was telling him is because just up till recently they did not have a 5G Gateway with easy to access SMB connectors, nor offered antennas, and they don't want people taking the Gateways apart to access them. Simple as that, but it can be be done, and if you're lucky T-Mobile will get you the new gateway with external antenna connectors, but their external antenna is junk from all the testing I've seen of it, so you need a proper outdoor/attic SMB antenna. Also there are 3rd party Gateways you can get with powerful onboard antennas, along with external ports, which can do things like band locking, but they are expensive, and not very easy to set up for the average person. Just search Nater Tater on the tubes for more info on that.
Everything you need to know about T mobile is they lie, T Mobile shut down my account for phone being outside their coverage in January 2017 I’m a Truck Driver! RIP T mobile better off with out you folks