T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Review

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T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Review

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Things have been moving fast in 2021 for T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet option. It first started rolling out a pilot program early in the year and one of my CNET colleagues was one of the first to give it a test run. By April, T-Mobile announced it had expanded its home broadband service nationwide.

While we’ve been aware for quite some time of T-Mobile’s desire to use 5G to break into the home internet game, now that its home broadband offering is here, what does that mean for consumers? Does 5G home internet offer something new? Is T-Mobile Home Internet a viable option to replace your current internet service provider?

First of all, the price is right — currently, T-Mobile is charging $50 a month for its internet service. On top of that, customers don’t have to worry about long-term contracts or data caps. Pretty sweet,

by Nicky Chicca — September 7, 2021 in Internet Provider

T-Mobile 5G home internet: Hands-on

T-Mobile’s new 5G home broadband gateway/wireless router matters for one big reason: It’s an alternative to the cable monopolies that dominate most major markets in the United States. Whether it’s a better option than cable is, unfortunately, a question we can’t objectively answer, for two reasons.

First, what T-Mobile officially calls its T-Mobile High Speed Internet Gateway (5G21-12W-A) is “5G”—and the quality and bandwidth of the wireless signal you receive in your home will be dependent on any number of factors, the most significant of which will be the gateway’s distance from your nearest 5G cell tower. You’ll also need to balance what we found against what your own, competing broadband ISP delivers. Fortunately, T-Mobile’s plan offering is flexible enough that you can probably create your own one-month trial.

In my case, cable still regrettably offers the best option for my family of four, living in a house filled with

by Nicky Chicca — July 26, 2021 in Internet Provider