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Network Congestion
I would like to know if there is a way to modify the home internet gateway to run with 4g data rather than 5g? Yes a bit backward question I know, but the T-Mobile home gateway I have is clearly suff...
Tbh, the gateways run both 4g lte and 5g… and at the same time (5g NSA mode).
You're more than likely a victim of deprioritization. Check the stats values on your Tmobile gateway for the advanced metrics for signal on both 4g lte and 5g
We left Verizon after moving here due to no signal. Niece visited and she had no ATT signal. So that is why I switched to TM. With TM, we had a weak signal in front yard. Going outside to talk was a pain. I added a whole house cell booster set up and it has allowed us to make and receive calls inside of our house.
Thanks for info about new Arcadyan. My Arcadyan is already connected to a MIMO 4x4 external antenna directed to the strongest tower signal so unlikely the new Arcadyan will make a difference.
TM needs to work on the congestion issue. Today's a holiday, heavy rain downpour and we have had 30 mbs all day. This evening it's now back up to 120mbs despite all the rain. At 5am this morning I had 180mbs. Every weekend our signal is great. No complaints there.
I can only conclude TM is deliberately throttling what the Arcadyan is capable of receiving during the hours of 9-5 on working days, M-F. I would think the engineers could figure out how to lessen work day congestion so we can get more than 0-4mbs. TM received federal money to improve rural Internet access and for that I very grateful. However if we can't use the internet to communicate online during normal M-F business hours then rural access remains a significant problem in the US.
