5G Home Internet vs. phone data speeds
So I'm a Magenta Max customer and mostly happy with my service. We live in a town where the 5G can be very strong depending on time of day/which part of town you're in. So I started considering switching my home internet to T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet, and did some research. I turned off my phone's wifi to run speed tests on my phone's 5G data from inside my home. It varies a TON depending on the room and the time of day. I've seen download speeds as high as 300+ and upload speeds of about 6-8 (at the times you'd expect… late night or early morning) but as low as 6Mbps for downloads and 1 for uploads (during peak times). That lower number concerned me as I work from home during the day, participating in a lot of mandatory video calls. I can't have my internet just disappear during peakwork hours. A great price for home internet won't matter if I lose my job because I can't stay online on a Thursday afternoon. So I went to a T-Mobile outlet to ask an employee about it. The kid told me the phone data speeds are worse thanwhat I'd get with Home Internet because the wifi customers are "on a different tower." I'm no expert on this stuff, but this sounded made-up to me, like he just wanted me to feel better so I'd buy something. But maybe someone who knows more can confirm if the T-Mobile employee was correct: Are Home Internet speeds better than what I get from my T-Mobile 5G device in the same building, and if so, is it because they deliberately use different towers for that service, as this guy told me? I should add that this kid was very obviously trying to get me to sign up on the spot, showing me 1000+ speed tests on his device (irrelevant to me because I don't live at the T-Mobile store so my speed won't be the same). So I protected myself by leaving without signing up for the trial service, although I am still considering it. So anyone with better knowledge than me - and with no stake in trying to sell me something on commission - what's the real story here? Can I reasonably expect better speeds (and most importantly, no frequent drops in service while I'm working) then I get on a 5G mobile device from within the same residence? Thanks for any help!