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johnbor
Connection Cadet
Hace 4 años

way to see if my tower near me is 5G

Is there a map online that will truthfully show me if my t-mobiletower is upgraded to the 5G service yet or not?

  • Another good resource is the app opensignal. Good for testing speeds on ur phone or wifi, looking at tower locations, etc. Now I just need an antenna 

  • Tonylv's avatar
    Tonylv
    Network Novice
    Don_IEEE wrote:

    Using Cellmapper.net and the CGI information from your phone (or, in my case) the T-Mobile Home Internet app, you should be able to find the T-Mobile tower that you're connected to.  But keep in mind that the Cellmapper app is not necessarily up to date.  Along the lines of your complaint, I recently observed a pleasant increase in my download/upload speed.  Investigation found that T-Mobile had evidently placed a 5G installation about 2 miles from my location and speeds were wonderful (this location did not show up on Cellmapper but I found the installation via RF direction finding equipment that I have). All was great for about a couple of weeks, but now the 5G signal is gone and the previous throughput from the LTE tower that I was connected to for a year went from an average of 15Mbps to less about 2MBps.  Since I'm in a rural location, the problem is probably an oversubscription of users on the 5Mb bandwidth of the LTE link.  So, unless T-Mobile reactivates their 5G, I'll be forced to migrate to another carrier, most likely to Starlink, where throughput speeds (so far) are much better than the regression in performance from T-Mobile.

    How exactly do you know what tower you are connected in the TMO app?

     

  • In Sussex county New Jersey the 5 g is out.

    There is no 4g or4 g LTE either right now.

    When will TMobile be supplying 5g again?

    I hope before the snow and ice comes.