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5G home internet keeps dropping
I'm having a problem with T-Mobile 5g home internet that has not been resolved despite many calls in to the help line. I've had T-Mobile 5g home internet for almost a month now, and the short versio...
dahc wrote:… it worked for maybe 8 or 9 months and i was very happy with it until 2 weeks ago. It too started dropping 5g that could be reconnected with a modem reboot last week that option failed ...
Same thing with me. Always fanned and worked reliably for 9 months, then for whatever reason, the Nokia gateway decided to switch from reliable n41 5G band, to n71. Horrible after that, with slower speeds and constant drop outs.
Rebooting and restarting (NOT resetting) the gateway did nothing. Still stayed on n71. As a last resort, I removed the Nokia battery, and cold-started it. It chose n41 once again, and has been stable for over 2 weeks now.
Maybe the battery keeps the band configuration, and by removing it, forces the gateway to start from scratch with band choice.
