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Re: why TMobile home internet so bad
If you have multiple towers in your area, monitor which you're connected to when you have issues (CGI in the advanced metrics). I started having very poor service and finally figured out it was always when I got bounced off my home tower to another down the street. Although, even though I figured out what the issue is, tmobile will do nothing to fix the poor service on the one tower.28Visto5likes0ComentariosRe: Will a signal booster keep me connected to a single tower
I did ask tmobile about getting locked to my home tower, but they said they don't have the ability to do it.Going the booster route was my last ditch effort to get reliable service. Since the tower is on the high schools track and field, I believe I get booted to the garbage tower when schools in session or there are events and games.9Visto0likes0ComentariosWill a signal booster keep me connected to a single tower
I'm curious about using a cell booster, but a bit of background on my situation. I have a couple towers near me, which are tower 1 west-northwest and tower 2 north. Tower 1 is a little bit closer and my home tower. When I'm connected to this tower, I have a good connection and good speeds. However, I frequently get bounced to tower 2 and the upload speed is basically non-existent (0.4 - 0.7Mbps) and unusable. I see this behavior across my phone and home internet, although the phone occasionally gets a couple Mbps. I've reported the issue to tmobile countless times without a resolution. So, my question is if I hook up a cell booster and pull the signal from tower 1, will the boosted signal prevent my devices from hoping back over to tower 2?100Visto1like2ComentariosRe: Booster
You could try something like this4G LTE boosterObviously, it's geared towards LTE, not 5G, but may improve it your current situation. It's what tmo offered before their current gen that plugs into your (non-tmobile) internet and create a mini tower at your house. Otherwise, you would likely need to look at a 3rd party cell booster (something like hiboost). However, this requires placing an antenna on your roof or attic, running cabling to supplied amplifer, then to the inside booster antenna.2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Lock onto a single tower or boost signal?
Thanks for the info. The issue with the towers is that one is west/nw and the other is north. So a fairly narrow field of distance between. I have placed the device all over my house... up, down, front, back, left, right, and have turned and rotated it about every way possible. Even when I'm on my home tower with and excellent signal, I'll all of a sudden get bounced to the other tower with a poorer signal.7Visto0likes0ComentariosLock onto a single tower or boost signal?
Is there a way to lock onto a tower and not have it hop around, or any other methods to pull a signal from a specific tower? I have2 towers close to me, and my tmo home internet bounces between them. I live within a mile of both. My home tower gives me, on average, 150mb down & 40mb up (sometime much better: 300/60). No issue with that. The issue is that the other tower gives me less than 1mb up, usually ~0.4mb, ALWAYS. This one is further away but only by maybe a half mile.It's so bad that you can't even use wifi calling because it can't upload the packets quick enough. I can't use my normal phone calling when on that tower, either, as it has the same issue as wifi calling (garbled or robotic sounding to the other person). Additionally, the speeds are virtually no better on phone data when connected to this tower. I know exactly which cell (31026060598018) and band (66). I've reported the issue to tmobile multiple times, filled tickets, but they always say everything is green and basically say here's a middle finger. Since they're not willing to do anything, looking for a way I might be able to stay on my home tower and not get booted to one that doesn't provide usable service.Solved1KViews0likes6ComentariosRe: Curious to hear how the new internet connection is working
I will echo that the service is pretty much garbage. The tower is less than a mile from me, but I seem to have constant issues with speed or no connection. I've wasted hours of time on the phone with support. All they ever do is reset the connection and say all the towers look good. It works okay for a couple hours and then the issues start again. Keep in mind that their home internet is also like 4th in priority (magenta max, business, other phone plans, then home internet). So if there are many users in your area, you'll definitely feel the drag at peak use times. If you're a mostly casual internet user, maybe you can get by with it. But I work from home and need a reliable connection. Even having the deal for $25 a month, I'm looking to switch back to cable.3Visto0likes0Comentarios