Cut that high speed cable!
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Yeah I noticed the speed difference between devices too. My phone in WiFi mode is faster than what the app says on the smart tv. I moved the gateway 12 feet closer to the tv and the app saw a big jump in the WiFi connectivity part of the equation so distance is the issue. Some people are hooking a powerful router for more speed and range but my house isn’t that big and the app says I can stream 8K but the tv is only 4k so that’s a no. I haven’t tried going mobile with the gateway but remember reading in the paperwork you couldn’t but that’s a long time ago. Perhaps that’s changed or they didn’t want you to so it was a bluff?
What kind of speeds do you get?
Ampster
Renewable Energy Hobbyist
I got the TMobile Internet for a commercial application where all I needed was to upload solar production from two inverters and occasionally video clips. Speed did not matter but the price could not be beat.
Plus it was a multi tenant building with either Frontier or Comcast and each tenant had a choice of either of those but I could not get either of those carriers to give me service for the complex, so I had to use one of the tenant addresses and was constantly having to move service when a tenant wanted to use the one I was connected to.
Plus it was a multi tenant building with either Frontier or Comcast and each tenant had a choice of either of those but I could not get either of those carriers to give me service for the complex, so I had to use one of the tenant addresses and was constantly having to move service when a tenant wanted to use the one I was connected to.
Start with cellmapper.net to find nearest cell towers for your provider. Then use link.ui.com to estimate if you can reach the tower from your height/location. A lot of this stuff I knew from years of experience in amateur radio.
OK I swear AI is watching me! Turned on YouTube and what do I see? This is spooky
Yes T-Mobile just introduced a new “away” plan for 5G home internet for RVs
It’s kinda expensive.
With Starlink it varies- but it is all “fast enough”.
I just tested as I was writing this In Arkansas (11pm) and it was the slowest I have seen in a long time
26Mbps down and 15 up.
Yesterday 10am, I got 148Mbps down and 18 up. Same spot.
A few months ago we were in Baja and the speed really screamed 253Mbps down and 13 up (it was always fast in Baja).
In the states I usually see 50 to 80Mbps - it does seem like it has been faster this year than last year.
It seems like
You must have gotten pretty good at pointing it…. And not forgetting to take it down
Mine is the Gen2 so it points itself. I got a FlagPoleBuddy system and usually attach it to my ladder w/2 4’ poles (starts out at about 7’ - so it is about 15’ up there) - I have another 2 poles to get it much higher to help w/trees if needed.
I have the base and have a 150’ cable- sometimes it is better on the ground in a clearing.
Interesting fact - it points North until you get to Prince George B.C. Canada, then it points south.
This summer we are going to Alaska, it will be interesting to see how it works there.
I have the base and have a 150’ cable- sometimes it is better on the ground in a clearing.
Interesting fact - it points North until you get to Prince George B.C. Canada, then it points south.
This summer we are going to Alaska, it will be interesting to see how it works there.
Seems I’m behind the curve on this and you’ve got this down. How do you handle the possibility of theft?
Welcome to the club…im happy if I just get two bars on my phone,,,
Can ya hear me now.? Can ya hear me now.?
See I learned more, but maybe the bad guy doesn’t know it either?
I have AirTags in things that can walk away. I modified them to remove the sound location feature so that if the thief realizes that they are “traveling with an AirTag” alert on an iPhone that they will have great difficulty finding it and may possibly abandon it. My car, boat trailer and boat just to name a few.
registered-bum
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The thing with T-Mobile Home Internet (which I had for two years+) is they would occasionally 'upgrade'/work on the tower. Once I had them temp reassign me to a different tower. Things were pretty good (speed) and reliable most of the time, used it from home for the early pandemic years, with many online meetings and lots of data for other things. After moving to my current home, I found there was construction going on near the tower (light rail) and either it was affecting the uptime, or, there were neighborhood bandwidth issues at peak times (ie, morning meeting video streams for example, and the usual evenings). I didn't mess with MIMO's or other solutions as I figured every tower around here would be occasionally saturated. So I dropped that $50 Tmo plan, and switched to Centurylink/Quantum fiber, for $30/month. It includes 3 Wifi/Mesh pods. I initially started at the 940Mb service to check everything out (for ~70 IIRC, so about half Starlink), then for month 2+ I've been on 200Mb service. That's 200 up and down. And it often exceeds 200, especially for shorter bursts. I def recommend doing the first month at 940. We only have 2 occasional users here, so 200 is plenty. Install was easy, I worked with the installer to get things where I wanted them, then positioned/measured the Mesh pods myself. So from copper cable, to cell/gateway, to fiber optic. Good for now. Can't complain about a reliable 200Mb/200Mb for $30. No install fee btw.
Sounds like you got it figured out. I’ve been at the same location for 22 years and it’s been a continuous evolution of different services that eventually fail, so it’s off to the next. Cable here has always been insanely expensive and poor quality. I fully expect this tower to degrade but probably be a while since that area is already fully developed with professional business. By that time another tower or existing will probably be upgraded. It’s always a game of chasing down the best deal.
Drunkin Solar
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Have been using the t-mobile home internet router since last fall. They had a deal if you switch service to them (2 phones) and got their home internet it was $30 a month and unlimited data cap.
I haven't speed tested it but all I can say is it has been very quick for me. Reliability has been 100 percent since turn on.
Also I move this unit between different states depending where I'm at without issue.
Very satisfied
I haven't speed tested it but all I can say is it has been very quick for me. Reliability has been 100 percent since turn on.
Also I move this unit between different states depending where I'm at without issue.
Very satisfied
registered-bum
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speedtest.net
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