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txcpl · 03-26-2023, 10:24 AM

T-Mobile is offering their internet package for $30/mo including all taxes and fees. Since our bricks and sticks is very close to one of their towers, we are going to take advantage of it. I have also read that others take their "modem' when traveling and can use it on 5G towers across the nation. We shall see.

dons2346 · 03-26-2023, 10:30 AM

If you have the 5G home internet thingy, take that with you on the road. I have used it from WA to AZ and had coverage along the route.
Did find out that it doesn't work in Mexico

tetranz · 03-26-2023, 10:35 AM

Where are you seeing $30? Is that a special deal?

I'm only seeing $50 https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet

I think for a while it was $25 when you got it with a phone plan.

People do seem to take it on the road quite successfully even though it's not supposed to be portable.

Wrapped · 03-26-2023, 11:06 AM

$30 with magenta max then $5 off for auto pay = $25

tetranz · 03-26-2023, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrapped

$30 with magenta max then $5 off for auto pay = $25

Oh okay. I didn't realize that deal was still on.

I guess it's a pretty good deal provided you need Magenta Max.
https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/deals

By the way, something I read recently is that T-Mobile is planning to end auto-pay for credit cards. It will only be available for debit card or direct bank transfer soon.

powercat_ras · 03-26-2023, 06:09 PM

I am on Magenta Max and am paying $ 25 per month, too. This was a promotional rate, they offer it for this occasionally. I believe right now the current offer for Magenta Max phone plan customers is $ 30.

One of the nice things about T-Mobile is their "all in" pricing that includes all taxes and fees. I know my $20 per month Connected Car data plan on ATT is not really $ 20 it is actually $ 24 because they don't include taxes and fees in their pricing like T-Mobile does.

At my home it has 3 or 4 out of 5 bars signal on 5G band 41 and I get average peak download speed of around 80 megabits per second and average peak upload speed of around 5 megabits per second.

Very good value for $ 25 per month. However, it is not as reliable as the cable internet I replaced. The T-Mobile will drop briefly out on average about twice a week. It self restores typically within 10 minutes or if I am home using it when it drops I will use the T-Mobile iPhone app to reboot the gateway from the phone app to manually restore. The manual restore takes exactly 60 seconds.

Alll in all its worth it for me. I won't be traveling with it as I use my limited to 40 GB/month T-Mobile 5G/4G iPhone hotspot and/or my unlimited grandfathered ATT Connected Car 4G/3G on Alcatel Hotspot when traveling. I need continuous internet at home for the Ring home monitoring system.

dons2346 · 03-26-2023, 06:52 PM

I think I'm going to get another 5G home for the security system. Our power goes out for maybe 4-6 hours and the chances of getting broke into during that time is slim to none

Aquaadverse · 03-27-2023, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tetranz

Where are you seeing $30? Is that a special deal?

I'm only seeing $50 https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet

I think for a while it was $25 when you got it with a phone plan.

People do seem to take it on the road quite successfully even though it's not supposed to be portable.

I just got one for $40 with autopay and don't have Magenta Max. I have 2 lines on the One plan over 55. Don't need the extras with Magenta Max.

txcpl · 03-27-2023, 05:01 PM

My wife received an email and it quoted $30. She went online and showed $50. She called customer service and got the $30 rate.

Olyteddy · 03-27-2023, 10:37 PM

I got my TMHI through Metro by T-Mobile. I paid $25 for the gateway & I own it. The advantage to owning is I can modify it and add external antennae if I'd like.

stinger608 · 03-28-2023, 04:53 PM

We have been looking at this T-Mobile internet lately.

Main reason is, where we will be in Arizona, there just isn't much available for internet service.

I know the best solution would probably be Starlink, but just not wanting to pay that much for a decent internet service.

What I'm really concerned with, is, if you pack it up and take it with you camping or to a different state, do you have to change the address in order for it to work properly?
Or, does it matter?

Suburbazine · 03-28-2023, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stinger608

We have been looking at this T-Mobile internet lately.

Main reason is, where we will be in Arizona, there just isn't much available for internet service.

I know the best solution would probably be Starlink, but just not wanting to pay that much for a decent internet service.

What I'm really concerned with, is, if you pack it up and take it with you camping or to a different state, do you have to change the address in order for it to work properly?
Or, does it matter?

It doesn't matter. The T-mobile store will register the store address if you don't have "coverage" at your home address.