On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:00:42 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

Check the fine print.Â* My friend had to use one until Comcast ran cable
to his house and at first he was limited and had to pay for more data.Â*
When he complained they waived that but throttled his connection after a
few GB of data to a slower speed.Â* It was a few years ago and I think he
was using Verizon.

I doubt I will ever use that much data. The bogie for me is 300GB. (I
think) before it goes to 3G and when it is 5G, that will downshift to
4G. Total is still unlimited.
I think it is going back anyway. I am not happy with the spotty speed.
It seems to swing between 25+mb and less than 8mb. Sometimes it won't
connect at all. It may be a signal strength thing and there is a port
for an external antenna but I will discuss that with the disconnect
agent and whoever they sent me to.

On Friday, December 25, 2020 at 1:59:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:00:42 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

Check the fine print. My friend had to use one until Comcast ran cable
to his house and at first he was limited and had to pay for more data.
When he complained they waived that but throttled his connection after a
few GB of data to a slower speed. It was a few years ago and I think he
was using Verizon.
I doubt I will ever use that much data. The bogie for me is 300GB. (I
think) before it goes to 3G and when it is 5G, that will downshift to
4G. Total is still unlimited.
I think it is going back anyway. I am not happy with the spotty speed.
It seems to swing between 25+mb and less than 8mb. Sometimes it won't
connect at all. It may be a signal strength thing and there is a port
for an external antenna but I will discuss that with the disconnect
agent and whoever they sent me to.

Do a little reading on 5G. It's not all the same. If you are in a urban area with line of sight and little in the way of trees/building it can be really fast. Get out of the city (or even out of close proximity to a 5G transmitter) and the speed and method of delivery changes. It may be a long time before your area gets fast, meaningful 5G service. Reliable LTE/4G service is pretty snappy, but if you aren't getting it reliably I wouldn't be expecting 5G anytime soon.

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:53:45 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Friday, December 25, 2020 at 1:59:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:00:42 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

Check the fine print. My friend had to use one until Comcast ran cable
to his house and at first he was limited and had to pay for more data.
When he complained they waived that but throttled his connection after a
few GB of data to a slower speed. It was a few years ago and I think he
was using Verizon.
I doubt I will ever use that much data. The bogie for me is 300GB. (I
think) before it goes to 3G and when it is 5G, that will downshift to
4G. Total is still unlimited.
I think it is going back anyway. I am not happy with the spotty speed.
It seems to swing between 25+mb and less than 8mb. Sometimes it won't
connect at all. It may be a signal strength thing and there is a port
for an external antenna but I will discuss that with the disconnect
agent and whoever they sent me to.

Do a little reading on 5G. It's not all the same. If you are in a urban area with line of sight and little in the way of trees/building it can be really fast. Get out of the city (or even out of close proximity to a 5G transmitter) and the speed and method of delivery changes. It may be a long time before your area gets fast, meaningful 5G service. Reliable LTE/4G service is pretty snappy, but if you aren't getting it reliably I wouldn't be expecting 5G anytime soon.

I actually don't expect 5G for years. If the 4G was more reliable I
would be happy with it. I am still not sure if maybe I just got a bad
router since it is so spotty and a reboot seems to get it going again.
Taking the router out in the yard didn't really help much. I get the
same 25 I get in the house.

wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:00:42 -0500, Alex wrote:

wrote:
I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

Check the fine print.Â* My friend had to use one until Comcast ran cable
to his house and at first he was limited and had to pay for more data.Â*
When he complained they waived that but throttled his connection after a
few GB of data to a slower speed.Â* It was a few years ago and I think he
was using Verizon.

I doubt I will ever use that much data. The bogie for me is 300GB. (I
think) before it goes to 3G and when it is 5G, that will downshift to
4G. Total is still unlimited.
I think it is going back anyway. I am not happy with the spotty speed.
It seems to swing between 25+mb and less than 8mb. Sometimes it won't
connect at all. It may be a signal strength thing and there is a port
for an external antenna but I will discuss that with the disconnect
agent and whoever they sent me to.


Just may be too many on the tower.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.
===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

The speed is less that the dedicated hot spot, right?

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:58:46 -0500, Alex wrote:

Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.
===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

The speed is less that the dedicated hot spot, right?

===

It depends on your location, distance from tower, etc. On average
they both offer very usable speed unless you are streaming a lot of
video.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 23:48:18 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:58:46 -0500, Alex wrote:

Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.
===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

The speed is less that the dedicated hot spot, right?

===

It depends on your location, distance from tower, etc. On average
they both offer very usable speed unless you are streaming a lot of
video.

Unfortunately that is the issue here. If my wife is watching a movie,
I want to watch a movie and I am doing anything else, the connection
is strained. If one of the movies is HD, it pretty much crashes.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:33:49 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

That is cool as long as you have your phone where you want the data
all the time and all of your devices WiFi. I like my data on my LAN.

On 12/25/20 2:00 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:33:49 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:04:06 -0500, wrote:

I have one on a 2 week trial. So far it is not horrible and around
twice as fast as my DSL. Tacked on our family bill, it is cheaper than
Comcast or DSL.
When 5G finally rolls out here it will really be fast.
It gives me mixed emotions now about 5G. It will kill my trusty old
flip phone but my internet will go a lot faster.
I am just not sure when all of that will happen. The last I heard, we
were not even on the schedule yet.

===

I've been using an LTE router on the boat for a long time. More
recently I've just configured my T-Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot
which effectively does the same thing.

That is cool as long as you have your phone where you want the data
all the time and all of your devices WiFi. I like my data on my LAN.


All you need is a hot spot with a travel router connected to it. the hot
spot is $50 a month and the router cost $20

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