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Skyline
Network Novice
Hace 4 años

Pre-testing 5G internet speed...

Hello, I've been a Tmobile customer for close to 20 years, with no issues. My cell is iPhone 12 Pro and get good speed test results for 5G: Speedtest app, 5G Even the LTE (4G) test shows fas...
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Skyline
Network Novice
Hace 4 años

Thanks for your reply @cjake….

The lack of phone service is a bummer, but probably can work around it. The asymmetrical download speed is not an issue either.

The stable, consistent connection on the other had will be an issue for my SOHO business. Couple of tests at different times and places today, raining outside, worries me for the 5G connection:

The LTE (4G) tests are highlighted in yellow

The 4G download speed is still higher than my current cable service’s, including some upload speed, but not happy about the wildly fluctuating 5G speeds, rather the different type of 5G connections:

  1. NR = Stand alone 5G cell network, no 4G on tower
  2. NRNSA = Non-Stand Alone 5G cell network, 4G on tower

Seemingly, there isn't many NR 5G tower around me, that would explain the low transfer speeds. On the other hand, the NTNSA 5G towers are either closer or there are more of them around me.

Is there a way to manually set the connection type to NRNSA? That's plenty of speed for me until the NR 5G connection stabalizes at higher speeds…

TIA...