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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
Not sure metrics will helpful to this discussion. They are always poor in regards to signal power from transmitter and they are always "good to excellent" in regards to quality of signal received.
We are rural, behind a state forest of pine trees and according to the current TMHI page my address is listed as "not available" for TMHI. However, it was eligible at one time back in Aug 2022 and since we had no internet and no other options was worth a try. Thrilled back then as we had 200-380mbs until the Monday after Ian hit. FEEMA and contractors came in and congestion dropped it to bewteen 4-12 mbs 24/7 for 4 months.
But since you asked, during today's 8am speed test resulting in 40mbs, the RSRP on band b2 was -101. The RSRP on band n41 is -97. It's now 10am and speeds dropped to 11mbs. The RSRP is -102 on b2 and -101 on n41. The SINR was 6 and now at 7. The CQI was 10 at 8am and still is 10.
I've tracked the metrics many times daily in the past. For the most part, the SINR increases as high as 12 when mbs speeds are high and can go down to 3 when they are quite low. The CQI remains steady at 9-11.
Does the lowered SINR (poor signal) refer to network congestion or to deprioritazation or to both? Not that it really matters, since there's nothing else I can do on my end to improve them.
