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Re: Why is it my 5G Internet Gateway can't work using 5G?
I've had two gateway devices - both had problems. I get great 4-5 bars but terrible network. Have sent both back and using Comcrap again. Here's what I was told by tech support (note: since the story seems to change with every call, YMMV): The radios work great to the towers, but all 4 towers in my area are having network problems with no date for resolution. When asked why I get good 5g on my phones, was told: "we prioritize phone traffic" during times of congestion. Since the towers stay congested due to our network problems, you will not get good internet until we fix it. No ETA for that. I asked why I could not stream a movie or even listen to a song over the internet without having the signal drop out. They checked and said that I was being throttled - I suppose because I was, well, using the internet. I was surprised that they throttle (which means zero Internet) when the problem is theirs. My takeaways, TMO is great for phone but terrible (for now) for Internet. Verizon is offering 5g on their network with up to 1GBs for less cost than TMO - so trying them next is a no brainer. Maybe the "carrier" will do a better job than the "un carrier"2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Home Internet - 4G LTE vs 5G
Ditto. My device always has primary of B2, secondary of N41 and I barely get 30Mbs with lots of drop outs (waiting for Youtube to buffer). At times, speedtest shows less than 1Mbs while the same test in the same room as the gateway gets over 300Mbs on 5g phone. I've gotten used to just doing a screen cast from my 5G phone since the latest Chromecast (ten feet away) can't connect to the gateway/internet at reliable speeds. In other words, my 5g phone gets great 5g speeds but the Internet gateway - not so much.11Visto1like0ComentariosRe: Why is it my 5G Internet Gateway can't work using 5G?
New Home Internet user at the intersection of two major freeways and I can see four towers from my six floor apartment that according to opensignal are T-Mobile. My primary seems to always be B66 and secondary with "good" signal is N41. So as I understand this thread, I'm on 4G even though there are other 5G towers in line of sight. The strange part is that when I go to "What's my IP", it says I'm 400 miles away in the mountains of New Mexico (I'm in Denver). And, my Chromecast uses my IP location to get the weather and it always shows the temps for Taos NM. Verizon is lighting up this area now (with $50 promo so less than TMobile) so we'll see what shakes out. About 2 out of 3 times, I can't even watch a YouTube without the signal dropping out. :(2Visto0likes0Comentarios