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Does anyone else get slower connections on 5G than 4G?
Initially I received good speeds of up to 200 megabits with my home internet on the primary signal. Unfortunately, as soon as I started getting better 5G signals my speed dropped like a rock. As soon...
A lot of users have similar issues. It isn't a universal 4G versus 5G, but it all boils down to what cell tower(s) and what band your gateway connects. In my case:
Primary - B2 has slightly higher download speed over B66, but B66 has 2x the upload speed.
Secondary - N41 is always 3-4x faster than N71 with no difference in upload.
Fortunately, my gateway seems to stay on N41 and only occasionally switch to N71 while switching back by the next day.
The solution to all this is for TMO to add a feature that let's you select the tower and band as a permanent setting. The older hotspots support this so not sure why TMO is hiding this feature on the latest home gateways that are basically the same thing as hotspots.
