Five days in on the TMobile 5G internet and so far I have not noticed a difference in performance than that from my cable provider. I took the advice and kept the same name/password of my existing internet and it saved me the hassle of changing it on multiple devices. I’m going to stay with TMobile.

I live in the boondocks.. this service is like I live in the city! Love T-Mobile internet

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

The best part is being able to lock in the pricing for life. Well of course as long as you don’t cancel lol. Going from $150 a month for just cable internet to $30 for better internet for way less has been amazing.

had it for 6 months, around 1 mile with line of sight from the tower. Located on my upper floor facing a window I got the best signal levels. Most of the time i'd get 300/100, however it started falling off of N41 and back to N71 which would give me 10/10. Even though there's an N71 tower nearby that generally gives 100/30, it would stick on that same 5G tower and give me lower speeds. cable offered me 500/100 service for $40 locked in for the next 2yrs, so i switched back. cool technology, I liked the price lock that tmobile offered, but i didn't feel like hacking into my gate or paying for an external antenna to get decent service

Great video!!! What equipment did T Mobile send you?I just got T Mobile business 5G based on your recommendation.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Hope it works as well for you as it is for me! They just sent me the G4-AR router. It does a great job managing devices and the range is good as well.

i just switched from my cable provider in Louisville, KY to this and have no regrets. i hated the cable provider here. ping rates are slightly higher with this service but doesn't affect anything that i do. highly recommend the switch!

Good to hear. I'll hook mine up tomorrow.

I used to only get 5 and below 0mbps most the time with my old internet, and I live out in the middle of the woods haha but I have 4 towers around me about 1.5 miles for most of them so I went to t mobile and they said that My location was perfect because of the towers around my house, I live next to a small town so the towers are never busy and if one is the other isn't. I got lucky honestly haha and its only $25 because we have t mobile service already. I get 350 down and 65 upload. and its amazing that its truly unlimited with no caps.

It depends on the area you are in. For me cable and fiber ends near my house and it costs too much for them to construct what is needed to just serve my house. Tmobile home internet is a life saver.

I bought this last week .I love it

Had t mobile for 3 years . Internet was trash. 600 ping speeds wasn't stable one day good others bad. Stop working for weeks. I'm glad I got better Internet. T mobile internet is only good people if you are under a tower ( don't let all these people say is always blazing). It depends on how far you from the tower . But good it's working for you sir. But for me it wasn't it

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Yea it is based on your service. If you aren’t getting full bars of 5G at all times it really isn’t for you. I live less than a mile from a tower (which i said in the video) so i never get less than perfect service. If your signal is strong it is amazing.

@MrJaquan811

4 ай бұрын

@AlmostInFullColor I had 5g but it was 5g range . But they lied on the coverage. But I'm glad it's going well for you. I see you play destiny 2

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Ahh yea. I am working on a follow up video for it now. I will make sure to go over the difference between 5G extended range, 5G, and 5G UC. Because all 5G isn’t the same. That sucks they didn’t tell you 5G extended range would be a lot slower than what people would expect from “real” 5G.

@eMDiKhamPha

4 ай бұрын

I was going to get their internet but then from experience, they tend to jack up my mobile bill 3 month straight awhile back. I don't want the same thing with my internet so I'm going to skip the headaches.

@reaction9449

2 ай бұрын

Yup same here. 2 bars of service on the router, getting 700 ping in CS2 completely unplayable. Getting mostly 30mbps download but does spike up to 200mbps max sometimes and I’m only getting .50 yes not even 1mbps download(constantly). Old internet, spectrum was 100-200mbps download and 10-11 mbps upload(constant). I get around 35 ping in cs2 with spectrum. Supposedly they’re working on 2 towers near me but I doubt that, I’ve always gotten 2 bars of service on my phone which is T-Mobile. So I don’t think we’ll be keeping them. I mean we’re only saving $20 on T-Mobile. $50 T-Mobile or $70 spectrum. And already had the internet go out once of having in for 3 days or so.

Just got this device on a 14 day promo. A Few concerns I have is being able to either disable the built in wifi or at the very least change the SSID and whether or not i will be CGNat'd and not have a public IP address. I did a 5 minute setup and quick speed test and was pretty shocked to get 677/82 with 40ms ping average. Of course frequently bump up against my 100Gig / month cellular data DE prioritization threshold and am curious how T-Mobile will handle my usage.

@AlmostInFullColor

2 ай бұрын

If you have android you can download hint control to disable the wifi completely. Yea that’s about what i get now speed wise, however i don’t have data caps where i am.

@TheJustinBurton

Ай бұрын

From why what T- Mobile states in the fine or print after 1.2TB I could receive lower priority if the network is experiencing congestion. No big deal. I will give hint control a try.

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

👍 hope it works out

The pricing is $60 per month with autopay, and $65 without. Hasn’t been $50 since December of last year.

@AlmostInFullColor

18 күн бұрын

Yea it seems its different for different areas. I got mine in January and it was $30 with autopay and $35 without for an existing T-Mobile customer.

Just got the G4Ar yesterday. Tried 6 different places and speed was no more than 48mbps. I went back to my original place and waited 1-2 hours. Now getting between 300-400 down, 8-10 up. This compared to my slow DSL at 17-20mbps.

@AlmostInFullColor

3 ай бұрын

Thats good you got the speed to go up. Has it been consistent?

@PeteNice29

Ай бұрын

I'm consistently about 200 down, 80 up. Not quite as fast on the download as cable, but four times faster on the uploads.

@rongierhart5686

Ай бұрын

@AlmostInFullColor I sent mine back during the trial period. Definitely not consistent, had to reboot many times and wasn't worth it. Now have the Verizon 5G Home internet and much much better. Download 300, upload 15-20 average.

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Well that’s good you got something that works good for you

Random $20/mo price increases because my cable internet provider thinks they have a monopoly. They don't. Option exist and the best part is, with a couple tweaks with my mesh system, the difference is virtually imperceptible. $65/mo savings per month is nothing to sneer at.

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

I hear you. My cable company was the same. No competition and miraculously went from $100 to $160 a month, while also constantly having issues with speed. T-Mobile saved me over $100 a month and gets the speeds i was supposed to get from cable and gets them consistently. Even my upload is better. Ping the same (how thats possible idk but not complaining) lol.

Is it true that plugging a gateway directly into the wall socket and not a power strip is important?.

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Shouldn’t matter for the gateway. I think you may be mixing it up with those powerline extenders you can plug into the wall to get a wired connection or better wifi signal somewhere else in the house that doesn’t have wired drops or good wifi signal. Those need to be plugged into the wall because if they get put into a power strip, the signal may not get to the correct plug location on the strip. And if it did, it would cause slower speeds and more latency. So best to keep those in wall plugs.

Mine absolutely replaced xfinity 100 %. Great reception on all devices including our 4k TV. AND NO MORE ANNUAL INCREASES. YAY

Awesome vid bro. Looking forward to get mine. Mine is 35$ tho, idk why. And also, I have a 4 bar with my iphone using 5g with T-mobile. Do you think that’s enough to get a full bar of signal when I get my modem?

@AlmostInFullColor

5 ай бұрын

It’s $35 because you don’t have autopay setup. T-Mobile gives a $5 discount per line if you do autopay. It’s has to be tied to s bank card or your back account though. They stopped doing it a few months back for credit cards. How many bars does your phone max out at? If 4 bars are full 5g service for you then you should have no issues. The hotspot has a better antenna in it than a phone. You can run a speedtest using your phone signal and get a good idea of what speeds you will get with the t-mobile home internet setup too. Thanks for the feedback! Happy you got something out of the video.

@phildrick230

5 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor thank you for the response! Very detailed video about something someone actually wants to hear. Awesome!

@chanel808life-mthi

Ай бұрын

Or it could he has more than 8 total line because only the first 8 lines get the $5.00 autopay discount lines 9 and up there is no autopay discount why’s it’s $35.00

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Ahhh i didn’t know that! Good info 👍

You should really be placing the gateway by a window closest to cell tower. You are sacrificing speed if you aren’t

@AlmostInFullColor

18 күн бұрын

Yea my game room doesn’t face the tower, so i just put it there, but i still get 400-600mbps so i’m happy with that. Nothing i do really needs more than that. Plus i want to wire in direct too.

@Snugs_TTV

17 күн бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor ah makes sense. I got lucky with my office facing the cell tower. I’m running one of those waveform mimo antennas and basically doubled my speed

and no they wont switch it out u have to order it online for new customers only to get the new one where it just became availible in my area 2 days ago then they send ya the new one but for existing customers lol good luck

I had for two months and through that period let may have worked for about four hours a day then disconnected have spoke tech support several times and the end results the same so I called to disconnected it and they still charged my card for the service beware of it

@AlmostInFullColor

3 ай бұрын

Surprised they never just sent a replacement device to try. So far i have had zero issues. Actually has been more reliable than my old cable connection. But i know everyone won’t have the same experience as me. Sorry yours was so bad

I set up yesterday, so far, so good , i changed my password and name.

You got yourself one of the newer ones from T-Mobile you’re lucky

@AlmostInFullColor

5 ай бұрын

Definitely did. It really does handle a ton of demand flawlessly. You should see if they can switch you to a newer one. They might

@sillydog70

5 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor I don’t even have the old one yet. I was waiting for them to come out with a new one as soon as I heard it I said why get the old one lol.

@AlmostInFullColor

5 ай бұрын

Yea that’s definitely true. The new one really is a great device. I had an asus nighthawk gaming router and never hooked it back up after the switch from cable.

@darkangel-191

Ай бұрын

​@@AlmostInFullColor I also got the newest one like the one you got

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Yea i think now this is the model they give out.

External antennae do work but T-Mobile's is very weak. It only offers a 4dbi increase. Others offer as much as a 10 dbi increase.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Ahh ok. Yea i used one years back and didn’t get much better so i always just wrote them off. Good to know some actually do work though.

@rongierhart5686

3 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor so is it worth connecting an antenna as my upload speed is lacking. Download usually around 300, upload never more than 5.

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

It really is a case by case basis. Everyone’s situation is different so its hard to say if it would help a lot or a little. You could always ask Tmobile if you can return the antenna if it doesn’t work

Your video made this sound so nice until I got online and checked the price. They only have packages of 100GB, 200GB, and 300GB, no unlimited plans, and the prices for those are $80, $120, and $160 per month. I currently have cable, (not going to plug my provider) that gives me true unlimited, no throttle, for $200 and download speeds of up to 750Mbs. I have been with T-Mob for 10+ years, so it wasn't a new customer thing, so not sure how you got such a great price. Wish I could get the same and I would switch so it would be all in one bill.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

That is really weird. Maybe its a location thing? Are you sure you are looking at 5G internet? Another person on this channel got the same thing i got and wasn’t even a tmobile customer. Only difference was he had to pay $50 a month and i pay $30 for unlimited since i already had magenta max. Also, i just checked the site for Tmobile Home Internet 5G and cannot find anything that reflects what you are saying. Not saying you are wrong but i can’t find it. I saw its $60 if you do internet only from them and they throttle after 1.2TB of data.

I live outside city limits not far from 3 cell towers was getting 200mbps to 300mbps able play xbox finally my old provider UScellular has Xbox online multiplayer blocked

yes it does replace xfinity !!! i just got this same router in the mail 2 days ago and im using it now LOVE IT !!! and its mobile u can take it any where there is tmobile service no cap oh hell ya it passed every test i thu at it ps5 xbox 1x gaming pc all hooked to it all runing fine low ping i did this cuz xfinity can raise there prices any time they want not worth the 99$ price tag a month but all i can say ... if tmobile ever stops the ability to let it be mobile to take it with you they will loose alot of people !!! cuz the only 2 perks that even makes it worth getting it is !!! NO DATA CAP AND ITS MOBILE TAKE IT ANYWHERE.

@AlmostInFullColor

5 ай бұрын

Yea having a reliable and cheap internet option when cable companies are just price gouging their customers is amazing. Calling to cancel my cable internet was the best feeling lol.

I game it only gets 3 bars for me but disconnects here and there I hope it will get better... 35$ for me

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Maybe look into getting an external antenna through T-Mobile. May help give you a more consistent connection and possibly a stronger signal for more speed.

Clocked 150mbps last night

@Lut852

Ай бұрын

I'm clocking in over 300 mps.. Only had for a week, tho.

@adammorra3813

21 күн бұрын

Upload speed? ​@@Lut852

So it's basically like a phone with hotspot enabled? Lol. I was thinking about this because I hate verizon. I switched to T-mobile for my cell phone and I only get 2 bars in my house which is only 1 more bar then I got with Verizon but there's no way in hell I could run my home internet off of two bars. 😂

@AlmostInFullColor

5 ай бұрын

lol exactly what it is. Just with a lot better routing capability than a phone would have. Yea if you have 2 bars i don’t see it actually being a good move for you 😂

@lexlopez15

4 ай бұрын

Not necessarily. It depends on your phone...do you have a 5g phone, and were you on the 5g bandwidth when you were getting 2 bars? If not then your experience might differ for 5g Internet...not to mention that having a weak signal doesn't necessarily mean you would get slow internet speeds. You could still get fast internet speeds with 2 or 3 bars... especially if it's 5g... 5g provides a broader bandwidth but at shorter distances....whereas 4g is the opposite. I've had T-Mobile Internet for over a year now and get an average of about 94 mbps on 5g, and the tower is literally across the street from me.... however, there is a big tree, and 2 walls and a building in between me and the tower and my windows have metal mesh bars on them so all of those factors in the reception.... if I switch it to 4g then I get about 28 mbps. Still not that great but good enough to do streaming and playing games...I keep my tv and Xbox on 5g and everything else on 4g. By the way, I live in Los Angeles right in the city so there's a lot of other types of interference going on as well and my Internet remains pretty smooth...and more importantly, reliable...unlike spectrum and at&t.🙄

Does anyone having issues conneting their TV to it?

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

Tvs sometimes have weak wifi cards in them so it may not be getting a good signal from the router. Is it close by the tv?

@bluerocks5352

Ай бұрын

It is, I was able to fix it. Thank you for the reply

Can these be , hookup to an internet amplifier like , my mesh .. I didn’t see any rg45 ports ? Thx

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

There are two RJ45 ports in the back of the device. You can also run it with mesh as well.

@zeekflash6924

4 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor thx u ..

@AlmostInFullColor

Ай бұрын

No problem 👍

had the g4ar a week. One night on a wired connection and 5 bars i got 320mb and 2mb wireless to a laptop. Now a week later sunday morning. Wired ethernet 21mb wireless 2mb 14 day trial so ill send back. Using phone towers were competing with the users in the area makes it unpredictable where im at.. Im listing download speeds not uploads. Disappointing.

@AlmostInFullColor

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow. Yea well at least it was still within the trial period so you didn’t lose anything.

NO, NO, and NO, 20yrs I been waiting on cable and they just ran lines (not available yet), probably another 20yrs before t-mobile will offer this in my area....hahaha

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha honestly i had the same struggle as well living in the country. How in the world we got a tmobile 5G tower right by us I have no idea. Hope your cable experience is better than mine whenever its up and running 🤞

I have to say trash in my area they only offer 100gigs a month I can use that in a week on my hotspot about to leave there sorry ass hotspot wise and go to att for real unlimited

@AlmostInFullColor

2 ай бұрын

Yes seems plans change depending on the area. I get full unlimited and use 2tb of data on average a month. No throttle or anything.

Destiny 2…. Nice review guardian!!!!

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Eyes up guardian

We have to pay 70

@AlmostInFullColor

3 ай бұрын

Dang. Yea i have been hearing it’s different depending on where you are. I had no idea T-Mobile service prices changed depending on location

No, the 5G service has video dialed down to 360p-720p. If you have phone data plans, it might be better. The data speed is very fast but not the video speed.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Maybe it is for older plans or lower ones but with Magenta Max it is not dialed down to 360-720p at all. I stream in 4K regularly and never had quality issues. My data usage for this month alone was well over 1TB.

@Once_in_a_Lifetime

4 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor I agree, the Magenta is a phone plan. Those don’t seem to have video dialed back. Even my cheap 5G Mint Phone gets 720p no problem. But the 5G tablet plans or 5G hotspot devices have the super fast data speeds, up to .5Gbps! But the videos speeds only provide bitrates for quality viewing anywhere from SD 360p-720p. And the same is true if you have the mid band 5G Home internet. It might be different when the true 5G MM bands come to your neck of the woods! Of course the phone companies are in the business of high price phone plans so those are who they are going to cater to.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Yea my T-Mobile Home Internet Router is tied directly into my Magenta Max plan as an additional line. So maybe that is why i am not being degraded at all video quality wise. Also, i am on 5G UC (ultra capacity) so i am running on the high band since i get speeds of 400mbps. Mid band runs around 150mpbs and low band around 30-70.

Yup, T-Mobile should have a premium service so gamers or streamers won't have any interruptions. This caused me to cancel my internet home service.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Yea. I have magenta max so they don’t throttle me. Even with all my streaming i have never had any issues at all. My speed is always where it should be. Unlike when i had cable internet. Only issue was the router rebooted itself one time while i was streaming but came back up within minutes and everything was fine. Probably installed an update. I’ll have to look and see if i can set a preference time for updates.

You're right that TMobile is a great service,but you forgot to mention the 150.00 startup fee.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

I never got a $150 startup fee. Also, another member of this channel wasn’t even an existing Tmobile customer and they didn’t get it either. Not sure why you were charged $150.

@brotherlittlefoot2216

4 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor I haven't paid it yet,and I'm am not on TMobile.On Spectrum,the world's most expensive anything,but going to get TMobile after I went in and talked to them. With what I will be saving compared to Spectrum,the startup fee pays for itself. $90.00/month vs $30.00/month for 2 years,then $50/month after 2 years. This is just for internet.

@AlmostInFullColor

4 ай бұрын

Thats really weird with the startup fee. Not sure why you are getting that. You should ask why they are charging the $150. I signed up online and they never charged me a startup fee or my buddy who wasn’t even a tmobile customer.

@brotherlittlefoot2216

4 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor I will definitely inquire and I appreciate you letting me know. I have a feeling if i find a 1-800-number to call,things might be different.

@brotherlittlefoot2216

4 ай бұрын

@@AlmostInFullColor Unfortunately,I was correct for this area. "Metro" and TMobile are one company which act as 2... "Metro" can provide me w services IF I get their cell service and pay the 150.00 start up costs.Unfortunately,though "Metro" can provide me services,TMobile 1-800 sales phone line cannot bc "Metro" has too great a share of the local towers here in the mountains. So they act as 2 different companies though they are one,lol.Yes,I DO have to pay a 150.00 startup fee in this area to get w TMobile. It's nobody's fault;just my g'damn dumba$$ luck. I am not trying to be right,just letting you know that what TMobile can offer varies area to area. Even if I got TMobile home internet directly from TMobile,it's still 60.00/month,which I'd be okay with,but too dang high.Gonna check w Verizon next.I am currently paying Spectrum 125.00 for home internet,home phone,and a flip cell w no internet,even after having been a loyal and on time paying customer for about 8 years now.

It’s trash and less secure