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Re: 5G Internet Showing Incorrect Location
The fault really lies with content providers that rely solely upon third party IP-address based geolocation services to determine location for local channels delivered. IP-addresses say nothing about your physical location other than your country and who owns the IP-address block. IP-address based geolocation services have been inherently inaccurate but worked well with traditional wire-line based services due to the manner in which those carriers assigned IP-addresses by region. Mobile Carriers (with an emphasis on the mobile) don't have that luxury. Neither do satellite internet providers where your point of presence is thousands of miles away at a Gateway typically. Nevertheless. some content providers have figured out how to properly address location and provide more flexible mechanisms to endure the proper home location. YouTube TV stands out as a prime example of this. FUBO, Hulu and other that rely on third party IP-address based geolocation services should follow YoutTube TV's lead. @syaoran provides the short form answer.29Visto7likes0ComentariosIt was a good ride...
After 2+ years with T-Mobile on Magenta Max 55+, it was time to move on. Overall the experience was a positive one and served me well while waiting for a more reliable home internet option which has now arrived. In general no complaints other than the ill-advised change to autopay discount. It really came down to subpar coverage at home where most of my usage is now. On the road T-Mobile was great, but infortunately I don't live in the median, shoulder or rest area on I-95 and for cell service it came down to best and most reliab le cell coverage (phone and text) at home at the lowest price.324Visto5likes3ComentariosRe: Is there a charge for turning on 4k UHD Video under "Set Media Preferences"?
No, I have Magenta Max 55+ with 2 lines and have it enabled on both lines - never a charge despite the confusing text messages sent when enabling or disabling it. It's as advertised for Magenta Max. Have spoken with support and repeatedly request that they correct the message for Max subscribers. P.S. While I've never streamed any actual 4K UHD content, the setting does appear to yield better overall quality (Full HD when streaming to my TV) whenever bandwidth is available to support it; and the 1080p option is more frequently available from the content providers when it's enabled.28Visto4likes0ComentariosRe: Billing change
It's right there under "CAN T-MOBILE CHANGE, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE MY SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT?" at: https://www.t-mobile.com/responsibility/legal/terms-and-conditions Auto-pay discount isn't/wasn't a part of the Rate Plan (defined later in that same terms and conditions). Any discounts typically aren't. The "DISPUTE RESOLUTION" section covers your other suggestions including class actions. Short of ramping up social media outrage, this one's all over but the shouting. I don't like it either - you asked, I answered - don't shoot the messenger. I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on the internet - whether those terms and conditions are actually binding is above my pay grade.4Visto2likes0ComentariosRe: Instagram and Facebook issue on T-Mobile LTE network
Like most/many mobile/satellite ISPs will throttle speeds for detected video streams - typically this is a speed suitable for 480p streaming (although Max plans do allow for streaming in higher resolutions and other plans allow purchasing a data pass that allows streaming in a higher definition). Most content providers (e.g. YouTube, Netflix, etc) use adaptive streaming so that they'll stream in the appropriate resolution at a lower speed. Alternately some allow specifying the resolution you'd like to stream in. Not sure whether Instagram or Facebook do (I don't use either). However if any content provider streams in a resolution too great for your current speed, you'll experience buffering. Go to https://fast.com and run the speed test there - it'll give you an idea of how fast your streaming speed is. Then compare that to what you get on a regular speed test site. As you've noted a VPN gets around the video stream throttling - the ISP can't throttle that which they cannot detect - they'd have to throttle all VPN traffic😊6Visto2likes0ComentariosRe: t-mobile Home Internet - Location Issue
janetsch wrote: Thank you for your reply. I have a chrome laptop and nothing can prevent this. I don't think we should be charged as much for our service if we have to bother with changing our address when browsing, for example, google shopping and my banking institution and more. The thing is I wasn't forewarned of this. Why is Tmobile not fixing this??? Primarily because it's not a T-Mobile issue as noted here: https://community.t-mobile.com/troubleshooting-38/t-mobile-home-internet-location-issue-44552?postid=203517#post203517 T-Mobile cannot reasonably be expected to correct flaws in operating systems, apps or browsers. T-Mobile does provide some compatibility requirements for T-Mobile's Home Internet Service and in particular for live streaming but they fail to mention that equally applies to other content providers who rely on IP address geolocation: https://www.t-mobile.com/support/home-internet/connect I agree that T-Mobile should make this clearer and also clarify it in their Open Internet Policies which the FCC requires published. See Open Internet link at the bottom of this page. When you signed up with T-Mobile they probably mentioned those policies in passing (most folks don't read them anyway and are unaware of certain disclaimers).17Visto2likes0ComentariosRe: Use existing router as an access point?
No, just suggesting setting it up as a router so you don't lose any of its features - as an access point you'll lose some features that are specific to that router. In both cases it starts with connecting your router's WAN port to one of the TMobile ethernet ports… See42Visto1like0Comentarios