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.

Well well

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

Thank you for your support!

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!!

Hulu just plain sucks, I have T-Mobile 5G, and KZfaq TV all I have to do the rare times KZfaq 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 KZfaq 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.

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.

It's the exact same thing as T-Mobile 5G Home Internet since T-Mobile owns Metro.

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've reached out to them about this several times. We will keep trying.

Make sure to watch tomorrow's video. I will answer your question in it.

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 KZfaq 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.

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.

On their $50 unlimited plan there is no data cap.

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!!

How much

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??????

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.