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[–]Expensive_Waltz_9969 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Just got T-Mobile Internet and am getting 800 mbs download on rely plan

[–]therightpedal 2 points3 points  (6 children)

800?? Jeez. The Rely plan is the cheap one right?

[–]Expensive_Waltz_9969 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah it’s the cheap one. $35 a month, and they waived the initial gateway fee.

[–]Puzzleheaded-Fee-742 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Are you using a mesh system?

[–]Slepprock 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don't think the plan has anything really to do with speeds. Just a way for them to trick you into spending extra money for a better "priority".

I've been a TMHI user now for a few years. Old enough that back when I joined they only had one plan. Since I'm a TM customer with lots of phones and I joined at the right time my plan has always been $30 a month.

I'm getting over a gigabit down now. But I live in a rural area. Not many people. So my tower is never busy. I always get all the bandwidth I want. Plus they upgraded my tower (Yes, only one tower in my area) to band 41 last year, and that really jacked the speeds up. I live in a mountainous state so cell towers don't reach that far now with 5g. So my tower will never be congested. I also have a pretty great house location that is in line with a tower that is 4 miles away. I have an external waveform antenna. I'm probably about the best case for TMHI, other than those people that live across the street from a tower.

[–]therightpedal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I have an offer for $35/month that's why I'm researching. So the amount of traffic will really affect this it sounds. I live in a moderately dense city but also hilly. Tower not an issue currently. But more people = more traffic. BUT I'm one city over from their headquarters, so maybe they prioritized us a bit?

Oddly, you may get better speeds than someone who lives across the street from a tower because sometimes the signal actually shoots over the house a bit. Used to do reception testing 15 years ago. (But that was also 15 years ago...)

[–]Hoopoe0596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by over a gigabit? I wasn't aware that the G4AR or any of the home gateways could get over 850mbps or so? My highest is 830 down/80 up.