The T-Mobile device was delivered late Monday and initially configured as standalone yesterday morning. I live about 1/2 mile line of sight from the cell tower. My 5G phone normally gets 1.2gb to sometimes 1.4gb
The T-Mobile internet standalone ran at the mid to high 800s without testing too hard. All sites in the house that would be good as a location for the device tracked about the same. My Comcast internet now is 500mb. So, not too bad so far. T-Mobile is said to put home internet on the 2nd lowest priority. After you hit the data cap you go down to the bottom until the next month.
Thanks to the wire tester, finding the cat6 wire took more time to set up than to select the proper wire. T-Mobile as a pfSense WAN source fired up by the time I cleaned up after myself.
Wired internet speeds dropped to the mid 400s. Pretty big but I was considered downgrading to 300 mb on Comcast if I stay with them. 2025 prices go up a lot. Still pretty good.
Now it's a reliability test. I left the old wire from the cable modem just dangling there so it should take a few seconds to switch back.
OK, as I write this, my T-Mobile wired internet just dropped. It was up for maybe 5 minutes. I wrote the above immediately after hooking it up. I finished using T-Mobile wireless - this pc is normally wired in the area serviced by the controversial MOCA. Far away from the device. T-Mobile delivered a very weak signal. Entirely unacceptable for any form of home network. The AX-21 Access Point always delivers a very strong wireless signal to this room.
Correction - the wireless just dropped too. Back to the basement. Comcast fired back up almost immediately as WAN.
Guess what's going back to T-Mobile later this week. OK Comcast, you win this time. The free 15 day trial came in handy. Back to negotiating a new contract later.
Edit a few hours later: The T-Mobile device has been returned.
I remembered fiber was installed in my neighborhood last year. The company confirmed by chat it is available at my house. One week lead time should work. Symmetrical gigabit for $50 a month for first year and $65 a month thereafter. No data caps. Lower price than Comcast for similar download speed. Free ONT. No install charge. No bad reviews anywhere.
