T-Mobile is unlimited data. Some plans just are "depriortized" after x amount of data. Still full speeds assuming no network congestion.
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Actually they are. C-band operates up to 4.2 Ghz and radar altimeters operate between 4.2 and 4.4 Ghz. So there is potential for there to be interference.
I thought it’s 30GB? Either way, it’s still pathetic compared to my European SIM plan. I don’t understand how carriers are allowed to call something unlimited when it is clearly not. It would be illegal in Europe.
Except that Verizon and AT&T are using it in the 3.7-3.8 range.
Not worth it at this time. This is one of many reviews I have found with the same conclusion.
T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet: I tried it, and it tried me
I experienced frequent slow-downs and outright outages.
www.google.com
No but the allowance is big. Show me a US plan with unlimited data abroad - there isn't any. I'm arguing for unlimited data in the country a SIM was purchased and used.
Well, Vodaphone does in the EU but throttles after 200gb.
TMobile Magenta(low speed) or Max(2x Magenta). Also free texting. Magenta is good enough for VoIP and light surfing such as I am now doing in Europe.
Plus, unlimited data is good throughout the US , an area about the size of the EU.
Just yesterday I switched carriers from Verizon to our cable provider. Nine lines was $320/month on Verizon, now it’s $170/month. They use Verizon’s towers. Embarrassed it took me this long to do it.
Quite a few people I know, including family, are heading off to other services like Mint Mobile and saving some serious $.
Due to me being on a Verizon Wireless 5 line family plan with a corporate discount, we are paying about $42.95/line vs the $30/line (before taxes/fees) on most MVNOs. Otherwise I'd be in a bit more of a hurry to move. A lot of these MVNOs have amazing 6 month/1 year savings (for the first year).
Just note, while they may use some of Verizon's towers, they also have a lower priority than Verizon's own high tier customers. So your speeds may be slower depending on network conditions.
Around here (Philly metro) the sorta pseudo 5G VZW has is almost always slower than 4G. I’ve been running my 13 PM in LTE mode almost everywhere and I get better speeds. I’ve verified this with regular speed tests. For the most part, unless you’re in range of mm wave coverage, VZW’s LTE is currently faster than the 5G offering. In the locations where the mm wave equipment is installed, it’s absolutely insanely fast. Places like stadiums and some resort areas around here. Other than that, the mm wave service is non existent and not worth the premium tier price I’m shelling out to VZW every month.
I have high hopes for the C band deployment, and was looking forward to that going live today until the radar altimeter nonsense reared it’s ugly head again and put it off another 2 weeks. IMHO, the cell operators paid Billions (with a b) for the spectrum and installed the equipment, then the FAA got upset. As someone with both experience in the world of RF, and a licensed pilot, there’s no good reason this is dragging out like this. It should have been resolved long before the FCC auctioned off the spectrum and got paid.
Imagine buying land expecting to build a house, building it, and then being told you can’t move in for “reasons”. Up until the house was ready for occupancy, everything was fine. Now that you want to move in, we’re altering the deal. Whatever they ask for, you gotta give them. You spent ALL this money on the land, the house, etc. you can’t just walk away from it.
And the airlines know it…
I have high hopes for the C band deployment, and was looking forward to that going live today until the radar altimeter nonsense reared it’s ugly head again and put it off another 2 weeks. IMHO, the cell operators paid Billions (with a b) for the spectrum and installed the equipment, then the FAA got upset. As someone with both experience in the world of RF, and a licensed pilot, there’s no good reason this is dragging out like this. It should have been resolved long before the FCC auctioned off the spectrum and got paid.
Imagine buying land expecting to build a house, building it, and then being told you can’t move in for “reasons”. Up until the house was ready for occupancy, everything was fine. Now that you want to move in, we’re altering the deal. Whatever they ask for, you gotta give them. You spent ALL this money on the land, the house, etc. you can’t just walk away from it.
And the airlines know it…
lol iOS does not need to be re-written for speed improvements to matter, this is not how modern operating systems work. If your network is faster things will load faster.
However, LTE is faster than I need already, so I still see your point that 5G isn't that necessary for today's world.
The fact that there's something called 5G+ as 5G is still being deployed shows how much marketing BS there is behind 5G.
ultrawideband speeds are incredible on my 12 mini, I was getting almost 2Gbps at SoFi stadium. That being said, regular 5g is mediocre to the point where it's actually the same or slower than LTE was on my X.
FAA agrees not to seek any more 5G delays from AT&T and Verizon
Agreement reached after airlines threatened lawsuit and mass flight cancellations.
arstechnica.com
To all those worrying about the non-issue that was C-band 5G and radar altimeters, we were right, this was a non-issue and the FAA has finally backed down. A 220MHz guard band and a large exclusion zone around airports is more than adequate. If anything they are just wasting a lot of valuable and useful spectrum..
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Long Bridge Park. It’s marked on Verizon’s coverage map, along with Washington Circle, the entrance outside Union Station and several spots along the Mall.
However, if you really meant 5G+, that’s AT&T, so don’t go looking on Verizon’s coverage map.
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5G+ is simply AT&T’s branding of mmWave 5G, as opposed to Verizon calling it 5G UWB.
Why would it have to be "near the end" of a billing cycle? If the T-Mobile home internet service had a throttle, slow-down, soft cap, deprioritzation, or whatever -- then 95 TB should have triggered it regardless. The user reported an average of 600-700 mbps throughput.
Now, that story was back in November around the public launch of the service - I haven't followed up on that so things could have changed. Maybe that T-Mobile allowed this person to be able to pull 95TB without slowdown was an oversight. But, the T-mobile website does say: "Is there a data cap on the T-Mobile Home Internet service? Nope! There are no data caps on our 5G Home Internet service."
Now, I do think it's _valuable_ to quibble if "no-cap" is the same as "no-throttle". But, if a slowdown doesn't happen inside of the first 95TB then effectively there is no throttle and arguing over what "no-cap" means is moot.
Absolutely it'd be nice to have a follow up with the individual and find out 1) If they're still a user (i.e. not banned or terminated) 2) Whether overall service quality has stayed up or had degraded for them 3) If they've subsequently found any throttle or slowdown in the months following their 95TB utilization in November.
Not being European myself I'd have to think you might have EU wide laws that discourage or prohibit the US practice. I'm likely wrong and could be it's just that your cellular providers are more benevolent then ours. Or proper competition provides for such.
The US is backwards on quite a number of different things. That said, it was actually US T-Mobile that destroyed ATT and VZW regarding cellular service and contracts. As much as US cellular customers want to complain about how 3rd rate T-Mobile was (or still is) it was them that forced both ATT and VZW into bringing back unlimited and the no monetary penalty structure we have now. Forced them to abandon their abusive tiered and capped data structure that punished you with overage fees if you did not spend enough / buy enough data each month.
Actual unlimited, not this faux unlimited, would clearly be better. But, I've got to ask you, as a European, to what extent is it actually necessary? I mean, are Europeans routinely using their cellular hotspot data as home "terrestrial" Wi-fi? Running hundreds of gigs of data from their laptop or desktop computers though their unlimited mobile data plans? i.e. is that actually unlimited tethered mobile data actually being put to use?
My issue is that they could throttle. It has nothing to do with if they do. And I also take issue with their lower plans that claim unlimited data but restrict video streaming quality. If I pay for the bandwidth to download 8k video without buffering I sure expect to play it. I shouldn’t have to pay more to unlock access to higher quality content other people provide.
I'm glad you're saving money! And wow! 9 lines, that'a bunch!!! You must have a huge family!!!!