T mobile Internet

pianotuna wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
I now use - Calyx Institute for my wifi while on the road.

Does it work in Canada?

IF you go onto their sire, click onto Coverage map - Coverage Map

Looks like it will depend on where you are in Canada...

ford truck guy wrote:
I now use - Calyx Institute for my wifi while on the road.

Does it work in Canada?

Hi,

I had T-Mobile 4 years ago and was able to use it will no "blanks" on a trip from Orlando to Regina, Sk. I had a phone and a table that I used as hotspots.

I was a satisfied customer.

I expect their coverage has improved since then because they bought up Sprint.

wa8yxm wrote:

Sort of.. I have a T-Mobile 55+ account. Talk, Text and 5G data about 73/month total..

There are 3 different 55+ plans; Essential, Magenta, Magenta MAX. All include 5G where available.

Essential is 3G and SD for video. Magenta is still SD for video at 4G/5G. Magenta MAX is full HD and 4G/5G, but it is $90/month for 2 lines.

Read the fine print if you are going to use a hotspot and a video streaming device like a Roku or Apple TV.

wa8yxm wrote:
As for 5G.. That I've noticed not a lot faster than 4G.. but 4G is kind of strange.

You're a HAM. Most providers are NOT using the 5G New Radio FR2 band. 5G on FR1 is only marginally faster than 4G.

Mayor30 wrote:
T mobile is offering 5g internet for $50 a month. That would save me about $240 a year. Has anyone tried it yet?

Sort of.. I have a T-Mobile 55+ account. Talk, Text and 5G data about 73/month total..

I had a FMCA Tech Connect. 4G data on teh Sprint network which is now merged with T-mobile that was 50/month No talk or text just data.

I was happy with it save for Sprint had not the best coverage. T-Mobile is a Contender in the "Best coverage" race.

As for 5G.. That I've noticed not a lot faster than 4G.. but 4G is kind of strange. On the way to Elkhart, IN to get my Class A declared a total loss (Oh well. was time to park it anyway) I had one spot where T-Mobile was----Not... but the Sprint unit worked so I was able to update my routing.. I also did a "Speed test" and it went off the scale (100Mbps+ that was 4G. (usually 20-50 tops. 5G is the 40-70 most of the time)

But for 50 bucks.. Good deal.

T-Mobile is serving me well these days.

I now use - Calyx Institute for my wifi while on the road...

Contributor level - $500 for first year,
$400 thereafter 4G WiFi hotspot (Franklin T9 or Linkzone 2)

SO, you pay $500 and get a Franklin T9 or Linkzone hotspot and 1 year FREE, UNLIMITED wifi..

$41.66 per month for 1st year....$33.33 per month every year after for truly UNLIMITED, no throttling 4G wifi....

I have since jumped up to the highest level and pay $41.66 per month for 5G coverage

ford truck guy wrote:
Do you get throttled after the 50 GB? Or do you pay a overage fee?

The salesperson I bought my plan from said that they throttle to 2G speeds (around 128kbit/sec) when the 50GB allotment is used up.

Do you get throttled after the 50 GB? Or do you pay a overage fee?

Mayor30 wrote:
T mobile is offering 5g internet for $50 a month. That would save me about $240 a year. Has anyone tried it yet?

I just bought that $50/50GB plan a couple weeks ago on a trip up and down the west coast. I bought it when a hotel I was staying at had abysmal wifi, and the T-mobile hotspot was far better than the hotel wifi... so far I've been very pleased.

I'm using their Franklin T9 hotspot (they were out of stock on their new 5G hotspot, the salesman at the store said that he'd never seen one in person and didn't know when they'd be available). With good signal, I see around 20 - 40mbit/second of downstream bandwidth and up to 15mbit upstream. Right now I have 1 bar of signal strength and still see around 6mbit/sec downstream which is quite usable.

My car has an AT&T hotspot built-in, but the T-mobile hotspot has been much faster, so I've been using the T-mobile hotspot instead of the car, and I'll probably stop paying for the car's hotspot and will use the T-Mobile in the RV and any time I go on long trips.