[TriLUG] Wanted to share my experience with TMobile 5G Home Internet

[brian mullan via TriLUG]

I thought I'd share a bit about my switch from Spectrum Cable Internet
to TMobile 5G Internet for my Home Internet.

*Background*
I'd been paying for and using a Spectrum Cable Internet for perhaps 7 years.
My Spectrum Internet acct was paying Monthly for 200Mbps Down link and
20Mbps Up link.

Over those years I've usually had 3-5 Outages/Yr lasting from 1Hr to
perhaps 8Hrs

I finally got turned-off from Spectrum not just because of the outages each
year which
although irritating I usually just dealt with those.

My last straw came over the past couple months where using Ookla
Speedtest.net
my actual speeds had been reduced to around 170Mbps Down link and 15Mbps Up
link
which is not close to what I was paying for.   Their tech support tried to
tell me that  it
was common for that reduction to happen.   Unfortunately for the Tech
Support I let them
know that I had been Cisco System Broadband (cable/wireless) Manager for
Advanced
consulting services for 15 yrs and supported all of the US Cable MSO's,
Telstra in Australia
and a large MSO in Spain/Europe and that I knew what they were telling was
BS.

So I decided to try out TMobiles 5G Home Internet.   They offer a 15 Trial
so if its not
what you expected you just return their 5G Modem/Gateway.

I was blown away by how fast the 5G Home Internet has been.

My 5G Internet speeds (using Ookla Speedtest) over a 10 days of my 15 day
Trial period was consistently *350-430Mbps Down link and 65-85Mbps Up link*
!

And *the 5G Internet was 1/2 the cost* of the Monthly cost of Spectrum'*s
Cable 200Mbps Internet.*

*I cancelled my Spectrum account the next day* and have been using the
TMoblile
5G Home Internet ever since.

Couple pieces of info you should know:

Verizon also offers 5G Home Internet.  Its about $20 more per month than
TMobiles 5G
Home Internet but I read reports that Verizon provides a bit faster
transmissions Down/Up.

Both TMobile and Verizon's 5G Home Internet offerings include:

   - No Contract
   - Locked in Price for as long as  you keep the Service.
   - Provide the 5G Gateway/Modem at no cost.
   - and the 5G Gateway/Modem's have built-in WiFi 6 routers.

*Just for reference my TMobile 5G Home Internet is only $40/Month (keep in
mind thats for ~400Mbps Down link speeds and ~75Mbps Up link speeds!*

*I hope this was okay to send to the Trilug Mailing List but I imagine many
people*
*will find the information useful.*

*Brian Mullan*

*Raleigh*