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Anyone replace their wired internet service for 5G home internet? Any issues?
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet customers see typical download speeds between 33-182 Mbps, which is great speed for streaming video, surfing the web, working from home and most types of online gaming. Speeds can vary depending on location, signal strength and availability, time of day, and other factors. Our speed projections are based on our analysis of internal and third-party data. See T-Mobile.com/OpenInternet for more information.
Spectrum now for $80 a month. Not real happy as they've been here many times for slow speeds. No competition in the area.
Just ran a speed test and it's down to 15mps. Well short of what I'm paying for.
One problem with Spectrum (in our area at least) is that it is old fashioned cable, not fiber optic. The more people that are connected to a single circuit and using it at any one time, the slower the speeds will be for everyone. It's a limitation of their technology. We experienced widely varying speeds when we had Spectrum here.
This limitation does not exist with fiber optic service, in my understanding.
Ultimately any ISP can run out of bandwidth, independent of that last leg of technology.
Just make sure you check speeds and availability, what I have seen is pretty low bandwidth for the price. T-Mobile's "33-182 mbps" for $50 is no bargain, you can get a solid 200-300 mbps for $50 anywhere internet providers have competition. I'm paying $55/mo for 300 mbps fiber.
I wrote about my [-]experience[/-] nightmare in this thread... post #20: https://www.early-retirement.org/fo...ile-for-internet-and-tv-streaming-109876.html
I wouldn't recommend T-Mobile 5G after my experience -I'd try again if it was just that the tech wasn't there but the customer service was absolutely horrible and soured me on them for a long, long time.
One problem with Spectrum (in our area at least) is that it is old fashioned cable, not fiber optic. The more people that are connected to a single circuit and using it at any one time, the slower the speeds will be for everyone. It's a limitation of their technology. We experienced widely varying speeds when we had Spectrum here.
This limitation does not exist with fiber optic service, in my understanding.
Anyone replace their wired internet service for 5G home internet? Any issues?
Yip got the T-Mobile 5G modem for daughters apartment, she’s on 3rd floor and it works great. $50/month including tax and fees and we also got $50 gift card in the deal.