Travelling with my TMobile Home Internet device?

DSH61 wrote:

I travel a lot in the USA.  Next Month I will be living in a private home in another state.  This residence does not have internet service.  o, I'm wondering if I can bring my T-Mobile Home Internet device with me, and will it function in a location different from my regular reesidence?

There are a few people that have posted that they do this one in an RV. I don't think the terms of service say you can do this but ppl have done it and it works as long as there is TMHI service in the area. You could check the coverage map.

At the present time people are doing this. However, don't be surprised if T-Mobile decides to location lock your service in the future.

Dodonnell wrote:

T-Mobile told me when I signed up last month that it is only good at my home gps location. Their download speeds have been too slow to be used for streaming or even browsing. Tonight at 7pm my download speed is 0.12mbps. it doesn't increase until midnight and slows down after 8am

Right, according to the T&Cs,  it's for use at a specific location. Some people have been using Home Internet at changing locations and find it works but they may be surprised, some day, when this stops working.

It sounds like the network where you live is congested. Do you know if T-Mobile has deployed band 41 in your area?

The Home Internet service is designated for use at your registered address. A quick call into customer care is all thats needed to check if the service is available in your new home, and if so they can also assist in registering that new address for your service. Use outside of your registered area may cause you to experience issues using your Home Internet service.

¿Puedo usar el dispositivo en otro lugar, como por ejemplo, en mi residencia de vacaciones?

No. El gateway 5G de T-Mobile está ligado a tu dirección elegible, de modo que no puedes llevarlo de una ubicación a otra. Esto nos ayuda a garantizar que el lugar de uso cumple con los requisitos de nuestra red para ofrecerte a ti y a otros un servicio de alta calidad.

-Per the T-Mobile Home Internet FAQ

I haven't had any performance problems with my home internet with TMobile.  In fact, I have measured it with a 3rd party speed test and compared it with my prior ISP (Cox Communications).  The performance of the TMobile Home Internet Service was nearly 3 times faster than Cox for both upload and download rates, and TMobile Service was well within the range expected for 5g. If it had not worked, then I would not have keit the service - I signed up on a trial basis, but TMobile's internet service has met my expectations at every step of the way.  I use it to telecommute and I use it for streaming.  I can both stream and telecommute at the same time and have video meetings at work.

I'm hoping to take my box to Alabama for two weeks. I stayed with my relatives for a year and in my room I had an Smart TV everyone else was on cable. I also worked remotely on my computer and my sprint and boost phones were on the T-Mobile network. Needless to say I had no T-Mobile coverage from my phones . I did have to connect to the Wi-Fi to perform most task. It was inferred that I was using up the band with but I know it really was my nephew and his gaming. I kind of got kicked out of the house for that so I want to bring my device just in case I need to work remotely. Being that I had no T-Mobile service I'm hoping that at the box still works. At home I have no T-Mobile service on my phones but that box works like crazy. The speed that I received are nearly triple what was advertised but I've only had the box for three weeks. I still kept my raggedy Spectrm internet but once I determine that the T-Mobile home Internet is reliable I'm going to switch my ring system to the T-Mobile instead of the spectrum Internet. Last month the spectrum lines were cut to disable a ring cameras so I really want to make the switch to the T Mobile Internet to prevent the ring being disabled in this manner again. I'm  gonna cross my fingers that this home Internet box will work in this suburb of Birmingham because I don't want anybody to blame slow speeds from their Internet Wi-Fi on me.

I recently just started the trial so far so good. But I'm glad I have been reading the comments. The lady at the store told me I could travel and that's what they have been telling customers in order to convince them to switch. I am glad I know this know that it is not allowed. I will be keeping my current service with Att and will just continue with phone service with T-mobile. It would have been great to travel with it since I do work from home. But I guess I will be using good old Hot Spot and it's blotchyness smh! Answer to everyone WE CAN NOT TRAVEL WITH IT THEY LIED TO US. WE WILL BE LOCKED OUT AT SOME POINT. 

DSH61 wrote:

I travel a lot in the USA.  Next Month I will be living in a private home in another state.  This residence does not have internet service.  o, I'm wondering if I can bring my T-Mobile Home Internet device with me, and will it function in a location different from my regular reesidence?

Yes absolutely you can currently. All you have to do is plug it in. Not a ton of towers for this service so doesn't work anywhere. I am an Independent Contractor and we all use it for this exact purpose because tower's in remote areas on missions are drowned out by to many people with not enough towers. This works if there is a tower near by, there is nothing that says you cannot do this and is even currently advertised as internet at home or on the go. When I am doing Ops on a mission this allows me to do everything I need on all my devices when I am just doing over watch. It is a fantastic tech and I hope in further years they manage to make it even better just like they did when they converted all of sprints CDMA towers to GSM 5G and is now the best provider in the US currently. Hopefully they continue to expand the Home Internet towers and make it just as good as there mobile or the tesla satellite when or if they get permission to use them, this will make your speeds on the device even in remote areas at around 1 Gigs a second to 5 gigs a second with excellent signal but even with poor signal I get 40 mbs which is better then 1 mbs I typically get with Hotspot because of low signal strength since this modem has a much more powerful antenna. Also side note if you fly with it check it in under the plane because that is a big no no on carry on since this can jam signals from the plane.

SpazTech247 wrote:

DSH61 wrote:

 

... Also side note if you fly with it check it in under the plane because that is a big no no on carry on since this can jam signals from the plane.

Wondering how that is possibly a problem when it's not plugged in? Granted, I know very little about it right now. 

T-Mobile told me when I signed up last month that it is only good at my home gps location. Their download speeds have been too slow to be used for streaming or even browsing. Tonight at 7pm my download speed is 0.12mbps. it doesn't increase until midnight and slows down after 8am