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T mobile internet is working perfectly
I'm a bit of an outlier in the forum so far. Service was not good, then became very good. Initial service (in Tulsa) in early August was pretty spotty. Speeds all over the place, and daily (or more frequent) restarts were needed to regain internet connectivity. Support was unable to help much, other than to say there was a lot of work going on with nearby towers that was scheduled to be completed by the end of October. On good days, speeds were 200+ Mbps when I caught an N41 band from a tower a couple of miles away, 30-90 when I caught an N71 band. When speeds dropped, they were <10 down, sometimes <1. The firmware upgrade to the .1609 version helped a little with loss of internet. Only dropped out 2-3 times a week.
In late September, the daily loss of internet stopped, and speeds stabilized, at noticeably higher rates. N41 band speeds average 300+, and the N71 band averages 150+. Overall average speeds over the last three weeks is 250 Mbps. No loss of internet in more than three weeks. Given that I'm limited in where I can place the can in my house, with no direct line of sight and lots of trees and buildings between my house and the towers, these speeds are more than acceptable for me.
I'll admit I was skeptical when I got the "we're working on the towers" reason for my earlier problems, as many on the forum seemed to think that was just an excuse that T-Mo trotted out when they couldn't find a fix. I'm glad I stuck with them instead of going back to the 30 Mbps ADSL service for which I was paying $70. Time will tell if service continues to be good, but it does appear that T-Mo is indeed working to upgrade service. I hope that T-Mo upgrades the towers soon in the areas where others are struggling to get acceptable service.
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