Band locking

fixerjm wrote:

New to the forum here. I have a question for the T-Mobile engineers, when will we be allowed to through a firmware update to lock the bands? My trashcan keeps switching back to primary B71(LTE) and no secondary connection. If I reset it I get primary band 2(LTE) and secondary n71(5G) AND MY SPEED DOUBLES through carrier aggregation band combination. I understands what the software is doing. The primary B71 has a stronger signal than the primary Band 2 but we need a choice. So please fix this T-Mobile engineers.

Hey hello welcome. Yea the logic is not the best but after watching it for weeks I understand it. I live in an odd area n41 3 miles to the SW, B66 .5 miles to the W, and n71 2 miles to the NW. Can wants to lock on the B66 and n71 but n71 is crap so eventually it drops off and speed drops. If I am on the S side of the house it wants the n41 and B66 but when the signal swings it will drop the n41 and grab the crap n71 and no speed. After much research I installed an outside antenna pointed it at the n41 (being it is crazy fast) and done stays on n41 B66 like a rock. The antenna worked wonders getting 750 down 125 up again stays locked on like a rock no issues. Yes some cost to install an antenna but saving so much over Comcast with no data cap.

There is a Facebook group T-Mobile Home Internet that has a lot of helpful info and ppl that help out.