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I was part of the Beta and it was awesome in the sticks where I was living at the time. I found out that the speeds are very similar to what you'd get on your cell phone. So if you are curious on what speeds you can get, just use your phone and run a few speed tests around the house for a rough #. At 30mbps in the LTE Beta days, I was able to stream live HD TV pretty flawlessly. I was also able to game on my PC, something it would struggle with on the 10mbps CenturyLink offered me. Just note, the speeds can fluctuate a lot depending on time of day or events where you'd have a large load of people on the tower you're connecting to.
T-Mobile has been great. I've had their phone service for over 12 years. The home internet service at the beginning was slow but it is now consistently over 200 megs. My kids are able to stream play gaming without any issues. It's just getting better
Hello 👋 how are you doing
Does it slow down at all because you've used it too much. I'm asking because most people say unlimited internet but if you used too much data the connection slows down
@@sagittariusque8932 not had any issues as of yet my speed is getting better it doesn't seem to slow down any
Ive had it since October 2021. It was a bit slower and would stop connecting for the first couple of months(we also had our separate wifi plan through our apartment as well). Since December 2021 it improved remarkably and we canceled our apartment plan and have not had barely any issues!
You can watch my updated 6 month review here: ua-cam.com/video/DD6bYSvkj6g/v-deo.html
I have had this device for 2 weeks and so far it's awesome. I have had speeds over 280 mbps every single day. I have not noticed any glitches. I have used Netflix, and other streaming sites and have not had a single issue. I put the unit on my bedroom dresser (not next to a window) and I have had 4 bars and up to 5 bars. I will give it 2 more weeks and then I will KO Xfinity. Thank you for your video.
I forgot to add that downloading and using the App was extremely easy. Scanning was easy. The only issue I had was that the unit was not communicating with my cell phone even though, my phone recognized the Mobile device. I got frustrated and was going to call customer service the next day. Well, the next day I powered up the device and it recognized my phone right away. I added the device to my PC and it has worked great. My roommate has an old laptop with windows 8. I tested his speed and it was around 90mpbs from the xfinity wifi and it was not picking up the new T-Mobile internet. He needs to modernize. He is going to purchase a new laptop and I am sure his speed will quadruple.
Your review gets straight to the point and less complex than the others I’ve seen. Thank you!
Couldn’t get thru it. Dude too goofy for me
I just got the "trash can" T-Mobile 5G yesterday. After a little trouble setting it up (tech support took care of all my problems) it has worked quite well. I had the old LTE system and this is much faster. I read a while ago that if you were to take the router in say your RV that it will work where ever there is a T-Mobile 5G tower. I have not tried that yet. You got the newer 5G and I will eventually request that upgrade but for now I am very happy with the results. By the way I never had any trouble with the LTE but I am not a gamer.
T-Mobile Home Internet has been great for me so far and I have the old Nokia trash can. The speeds have been excellent and everything runs smooth. I have no complaints.
I had it for a few months. I was connected to n71 (extended range 5g, usually for rural areas) with 3 bars. I never got less than 40 down and 10 up. Usually averaged 70-120 Down and 15-20 up. If you care you can check what band you're connected to using the gateway IP.
Thank you for opening my eyes to the service. I have the exact same box and plan as you. My latest download was 482 mbps. I'm paying less than half what I was with Xfinity and getting almost four times as much speed.
Is it wifi 6
@@MichaelMyers-qu5wo yes
I recently just got this and it's been working perfectly so far. The first day i had connection issues, it would disconnect at times. Once i put it upstairs and close to a window it has been perfect. I will use it for now and pay the $50 a month, so far good.
Yeah, it puts up that error message everytime there's a firmware update. They really need to display an actual message stating that instead of the WAN002 error code. I had a total of 4 error messages so I contacted support and they told me there were multiple updates that needed to be installed in sequence. Kinda silly way of doing it, but at least its working fine now.
Weird… yeah haven’t had any issues since then
Oh so that's what it was, happened to me twice and I was like wtf is this? I called them and they didn't know the issue either but it stopped appearing so all good.
L.j
This guy is totally ignorant and stupid. I got excellent right off the bat.
This Bozo is a trip
I use the T-mobile home internet with the first gen router. I honestly love it and have no issues. Where I have it placed, I get 2-3 bars and my connection is stable. It's on my second floor and I can get wifi in my basement.
Good to hear!
I'm in a rural area and get 30M down and
Identical experience for us as RVers with Starlink, Verizon and now T-mobile "home" internet. Starlink had a great honeymoon period, but because I need latency and jitter stability, I find myself relying solely on a bonded VPN from Pepwave to cover for Starlink's drop outs (duplicating packets via our Verizon LTE plan), 5mbps upload, daily outages, etc. Working on testing out external antennas on the same black box you got, excited to see if this can be our primary plan. We also have it 12v wired now which is far superior to the off grid power needs of Dishy V2.
Big fan of T-Mobile Home internet, had it for about 8 months in the Phoenix area. Got to get rid of my shitty Cox service and get way way better speeds for way less money
What tier Cox did you have? I have the step under Gigablast and I am just so sick of the data caps and lackluster speeds of Cox.
I've had tmobile home internet for several months now. I also had a terrible experience setting it up, they really need to work on that, it's super buggy. Took me an hour when I first set it up for it to work correctly, but it's been trouble free since. I've really been surprised by how good it's been. My speeds have only gone up over time. when I first got it, I was averaging 250 down, and 30 up, but now I routinely get over 400 down and 60 up. Tmobile really seems to be beefing up their network in my area, and I'm seeing the improvements on my phone and with the home internet service.
I love how u display your apple product boxes on the wall!!! I’m totally gonna do that now!
I’ve had it a month with no issues much faster and stable and cheaper than Cox paying less than half the price. It slows down for a couple of seconds about twice a week but it’s hardly noticeable. Much better than the monthly outages for hours on Cox and NO data cap on T mobile (was paying about $150 because apparently I was going over 1TB a month) I also got a free hotspot and a free small portable JBL speaker
I love my T-mobile cell service on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I switched from Verizon and I am not missing Verizon. We have 5G and 5G UC in my area. Not one phone call issue yet either.
I just switched to T-Mobile as well. Their 5g is leagues ahead of the competitors in terms of coverage. The only thing is the speeds aren't insane as of yet. I will switch between 4g and 5g and do speed tests and it does consistently get I'd say 30% faster speeds than 4g, although in relatively rare instances, 4g can actually be faster, admittedly in a non scientific test where I'm just running speed tests.
On my area, ATT, Verizon *and* TMobile have no signal, it’s nuts, I decided to just stay on TMobile cause they have the coolest color scheme
@@willinton06 where do you live? That seems insane to not have a carrier that works well
@@samweller96 Florida, and they all have phone signal I guess, they don’t have internet signal tho, it’s just laughable when you’re outside
@@willinton06 I guess wifi calling is the answer for you for now. I've said for a while that internet and cellular should be a right of citizenship for anyone in America regardless of where you live. Rural America deserves the same access as those in cities. At least as of 2019, 30% of west Virginian's didn't have internet in the house. That, to me, is unforgivable in the 21st century. How are you suppose to start a business, get a job, buy things you need, etc?
They just opened up T-Mobile home internet in my area Laguna Niguel California a week ago. Paid the expedited shipping fee and got it a week ago last Wednesday. This is a game changer for me, the internet provider Cox communications has and aging infrastructure that they continuously try to blame the customer for i.e. outdated modem, router. I'm getting a good 150 down consistently and 30 up and the biggest highlight of 2022 for me has been the day I called Cox to cancel service. The rep asked well how is this new T-Mobile and I told her it's good not just a little good it's really really good. I was paying $110 for them and that was after calling and begging yearly to negotiate a new price.
Awesome! I loved canceling Xfinity too they were charging 3x the price
I’m from Lake Forest Ca, Cox sucks. I wish google fiber would extend their service beyond Irvine. But T Mobil will do. Last year November I did try T mobile but I was only getting 30 down and 10 up. To slow for me so I kept Cox for now. Then I noticed on my phone ( T Mobil) that I’m getting 5gUc. So I done a speed test on my phone while on the 5gUc 450 down and 50 up !!! I’m like right on !!! I called T Mobil home internet and order next day delivery on the router, wish me luck and good bye COX!!!
@@rodgerdodger3483 that's great! Hope it works out for you. I can see Cox going the way of the landlines in the future. Be sure and enter your coupon for the $50 MasterCard and the one year free of Paramount Plus.
@@949Drew really whats the codes doe Paramounts ?
I've been on T-Mobile home internet for about 4 months now. I have the older router. Haven't had any issues with the router overheating. As for the service, it's not perfect. Maybe once a month or so I will see very slow internet. When I do, I restart the router from the app on my smart phone, and so far that has always resolved the issue. On a bad day, I'll see download speeds in the 100-200Mbs range. On a good day I'll see it in the 600 Mbs range. The upload speeds often get up in the 70Mbs range, which is way better than I ever got from any other provider. While the service isn't perfect, I will say that so far it has been more reliable than any provider I have used.
Sounds awesome! I want that kind of upload
We are getting about 20 down 🙄
Can you connect a phone line on the port and if so, do you have to pay xtra?
I'm glad you got it hope it shows that mid band 5g is useful with capacity and speed hope you enjoy 😉
I've had it since last November and got one year free Apple & Netflix plus internet and live in the Country and it's been ok for us. Once in a while we get a little disruption on the TV but no more than Dish or cable that cost us over $168 for tv & internet. Now we get Tv internet and 2 phones ( N 10 ) for free if we stay for 24 months for $129/mo , big difference from around $270/ mo for phones & internet
Kinda like the wide-angle tbh, makes it possible to zoom in without cutting off parts of your face and looks nice
Had TMobile for a short time and so far nothing but problems we do live in a remote area but after reading these reviews I have hopes of things getting better. We started with the cylinder and now have their new unit. We live in central Oregon and service has always been a problem, if this works I will let you know
I recently got Verizon 5G internet gateway and it’s marvelous! The box is kind of a tank, though, even though it is attached to a window.
I had it in the past with the old router and it was good for two months then went horrible. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone but I’m praying you have a better experience
Same 🙏🏼
I have a few apps that require certain ports to be accessible. These ports are open on my router, and i don't have any issue using the apps w/ Comcast. If I just use my router plugged into the T-Mobile device via ethernet (and not the WiFi functions of the device), would I have any problems w/ T-Mobile?
Hello it works just fine for me no problems no lagging No buffering and the speed is just fine You probably need to hook an additional router up to it as well
I just got mine 2 month ago ,it works definitely streams and I can text in my house in the sticks, with a magenta plan for 2 lines plus the discount you get it only costs 30 bucks a month same price as my original 2 lines
The modem uses ipv6 as their primary..
Some markets have a better performance with ipv4.. you can force the ipv4 fallback on it with a router and disabling the ipv6 passthrough option if you have it
Also it either does 5G cell signal or 5G wifi not both I did alot of experimenting trying to get it working like a beast. Also it operates good with a mtu of 1420 just change it on your router to deliver that to all devices. Hope this helps!
This video was SUPER helpful. Thanks for posting it!!!!
How is the WiFi on your box? Mine seems slow but when I am direct connected getting like 200-300Mbps instead of 80-100Mbps on WiFi.
When putting in password did you put the dots in also or did you make them a space or just run the password all together? I can't seem to get the password righ.
It has been better than comcast and att for me. Comcast was 600mbs but I barely got 250, and DSL was a joke. Now I am getting 600-800 mbs normally and it works great. No issues.
I signed up for this and got the older one. Seems they are not giving out that one for the Atlanta area.
You should be quite happy being a T-Mo Home Internet customer. Better that Starlink for a number of situations.
And half the cost per month (not even counting the huge initial cost for Startlink).
Hi ,my question is :if I canceled my current tv cable (internet ,phone and tv) it’s possible to send fax with a smart fax machine .
I haven't watched this video yet but I'm excited to see if it supports bridge mode so that if I get it I'd be able to port forward using my own router
I’d love to see a white conduit cable cover running through the iPhone XS box! ;-)
I’m liking that haircut, drew!
I got one, it's the grey one. Is that an obsolete one? Is the black one better?
I've had Tmobile for about 2 months now. I must say I'm really impressed with it. During winter storms I notice zero drops in speed. The only issue I encountered seems to be consistency. Sometimes my download is 100 and then it'll randomly go up to 250. Latency is another issue but at its worst it's been at around 60 ms.
Today has been the worst day with the service where my download has gone down to 20 MBPS. We are experiencing high winds of up to 50 miles per hour, so I'm pretty sure that's what causing the drop in speed. Uploads been very consistent since day 1 hitting between 20 to 30 mbps. I haven't experienced any issues with the bandwidth. If I didn't run a speed test I wouldn't of noticed how low it dropped.
This is a big recommend. I'm going to hold on to it for 5 more months to see how it does as more people adopt it. Hopefully it'll hold up.
I cut my bill in half by going to tmobile home internet for only $40 a month. Clicking noises. Mine makes no sound whatsoever.
Once I setup the said name and password I had no issues for the first couple weeks and gave a good rating to the tech that called abut my service. Then after the call everything went to ship. Constant drops and called tech and got it resolved only to have the same issue of constant drops not even a week later. Was on phone with then for over an hour and still had the constant drops. Don't know if I can use this. Time will tell. I love everything about the service except for the connection issues. Hopefully they can get it resolved.
I have tmobile internet and it isn't perfect. I probably would not use it as a professional gamer or if I mostly work from home if there were wired options. It is $50 a month, the terms are much better then cable or slower DSL and it generally just works great for casual internet usage.
In the UK, you either get 64Mbps on a Opeanreach package or pay a huge premium for Virgin Media (DOCSIC) which can go up to 1Gbps…. Swapped from virgin media 350Mbps to Three UK 5G broadband and I’m getting 900Mbps for 1/4 of the price and it’s really stable. 5G is the way forward.
I have the 5G gateway connected via E-net to my Asus router to my Win 7 64GB desktop. All of my dozen or so devices connect to the Asus router. Setup was much as this guy said: multiple crashes, multiple downloads of the smartphone app - I think it took me over an hour to get everything up and working. The good news though is it is fast and reliable. Download in the 450mb range and 20mb upload. Pings are somewhat slow and inconsistent and range from 20-70 with the norm being around 50. Fine for me though as I am not a gamer. I did find that running a VPN on the PC does demand a penalty of about 50% of download speed so I don't use it constantly. The gateway has been in constant use for over a week and has been reliable - no failures. Since I don't use the gateway as a router I wish I could turn off the radios but that isn't possible at the moment. That might help with the heat (which hasn't been an issue yet but then it isn't summer here yet).
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I would like to know how can i use this new gateway as a failsafe backup to kick in? When my cable internet happens to go out. Since it has two ethernet ports. I also have a Netgear Orbi Mesh system
Does this new gateway solve the nat3 issues? Can't online game at all except for a couple steam titles. Zero ps4 titles play online.
I had Spectrum and Att uverse for years, and since the lockdown both ISP's sucked. I had zero stability and had issues with everything, phone Teams, Zoom, and gaming. Never had these issues before covid and it's something the ISP's in my area have been unable to fix or able to. As soon as Tmobile was in my area I got my internet back, stable and faster. Placement is key, move a half an inch and you will go from 200 to 150. I can get around 300 - 500, and since I use my own router I learned I had to change my MTU settings to match the tmobile modem to get better and stable speeds. My only issue is that I don't have my own public IP address, so VPN back to my router requires a 3rd party to allow me to VPN in, and I rather not use Google or Amazon services as a proxy since I want my privacy when it comes to my local area network, anyways most of my smart devices are on a separate network and cant see my regular local traffic. I want a dedicated IP so I can route and better secure my traffic.
I got the T mobile gateway yesterday and installed it today. Had to call customer service because I repeatedly got an error entering my Admin password from the back of the device. So I called and spent over an hour trying different directions from the customer rep. I was using my iPhone to log on since my IPad two did not have the current version it needed. Long story short I got connected but not to the television. Getting fire stick tomorrow. Supposedly that will work. Got to cancel Directv so I can save some money. Good luck and I will follow you for developments.
Got both home Internet gateway, both products will not accept the passwords. Spend hours on the phone customer service support and no luck on fixing on the issue. Sent both products back ..
I have it and love it!
Can you switch it to LTE if the 5G isn’t strong? (Like with iPhone)?
How about for just watching tv like Netflix and other streaming sites?
My phone don't do the code thing so can I still get t mobile if I can't use my phone to start it.
Thanks for the review, I have the older modem and was wondering if I should upgrade. Seems like the newer modem also has issues to overcome.
Glad I could help
I’ve never seen T-Mo Home internet be slowed down. And we used like close to a TB of data
One month I used close to 2TB.
Does it crash a lot?If that happens to my competitive video games would be so frustrated.😟😟😟
I've had T-Mobile 5G Home Internet for about 18 months and I have no complaints. I'm not even near a window and I have 3 bars continually which is great for my devices. I'm averaging close to 200 mbps each time I check via speedtest. I'm on a Chromebook, however, I'm going to get a MacBook Air for my birthday in September. My device has the 12th Gen Corei3 processor and I have no issues with it so far, oh, the battery is not charging but it's always plugged in and it's only important if you move it and I don't need to move it as the reception is stable where it's been since I moved in. And my bill is $50/mos. which is a lot cheaper than Comcast and more stable.
I'm amazed. I just switched from Verizon and now i get 600mbps down and 120mbps up. I'm in a solid coverage area luckily.
well done. Informative, funny, good experience.
Damn I just dont understand why in a major city where I live which is Indianapolis it just tells me not available in my area! So do I need to just go into a t mobile store or something
My condo can only get AT&T and the max speed is 100 mbps, but when tested it averages about 65-70. The HOA doesn’t want to upgrade to fiber which the homes across the street have 🤦♂️. I was paying $90 a month but now with T-Mobile I only pay $50 and I’m currently averaging 90-100 mbps.
I have the Nokia variant T-mobile Home Internet router and I get about 800 down in about 40 to 50 up
I'm watching your vid using the t mobile home internet in my car I plugged in to my power bank and off I went it works anywhere I'm 20 miles from home and it works .
Is that a newer version than the cylinder version one
There internet works great I get here in NJ 400mbps over wifi I never connected hardwire I never used it. I have the old cylinder type which is better then the new one you have for right now. The new version has problems. So stick with the cylinder looking version. Key is to get a very long extension cord and walk around the house to find best single but you also need to turn the gateway every 1/4 inch to half inch to change the service quality so you may think it's only three bars but then you turn the unit just a quarter to a half inch and now you have better service. One set up correctly to the best single T-Mobile works great for internet way better than Comcast that I had or Xfinity whatever they want to call themselves now.
Pretty impressive. Didn't think anyone could come across as more cynical and sarcastic than I can. You proved me wrong. And come up for air once in a while. Jeezus.
I keep seeing that it's restricted and locked to a certain location. I have the 1st gen trash can and I've had service taking it from state to state?
Did is stay stable for you?
I came here to see the unboxing so I know how to box it back for a return. 😁
Not enough signal here.
I did see in the news that Starlink and T-Mobile are going to work together so you'll get signal anywhere either gets it alone.
At that point, I wonder if these will even exist unless they update them somehow.
I tested the cylinder one. I took it with me in our travel trailer. It worked at a site about 100 miles from home.
It’s working ok for me it’s drooping from 331 down to 41 just 10 minutes after I unplugged the modem happiness with Every time I contact support they just say wait tell the network is upgraded if you planing on getting t mobile home internet check you speeds when a lot of people are on the network phones are a priority because they make more money that way. Every thing else is second. I have website say I have no internet.
I expect StarLink will get better as the number of birds they get into LEO begins to balance-out with the rapid user growth...
Right now, being out in the boonies, I just spent the better part of an hour trying to watch your 10 minute video via HughesNet geostationary satellite. It seems T-Mobile just put up a tower or two within range, so the Gateway has been ordered. Pretty low bar to beat what we're used to!
when i went to t moble had no problem getting mt home net with 0 questions asked and got it in 3 days
Man...I may need to jump on this with those speeds
does it HAVE to go in a window?
Just set my black box up too. Had to reboot twice due to error code as well. Hasn't given me the error code since.
Could this be kind of portable? Like take this on a road trip across the country? And would it cost anymore to do so?
that's kinda what I'm doing. took my mine from Wisconsin to NYC. connection has been stable 🤔
@@hectortello3766 Thank you!
@@sk8rgu1 no problem. As of now, no I haven't seen any extra charge. I don't see any restrictions on mine but some people are saying it's restricted by location. Not sure what they mean by that. I haven't had any issues
in the excact same situation. with starlink i can only go to 1700kbps max on obs or my chat starts to lag and cant see what people are saying, also dropping down to 400kbps randomly. some nights getting disconnected every 15 to 30 sec too, very unstable upload. waited 9months and tmobile internet is on its way, supposed to be here today and cant wait to try it out.
I just found this video and was wondering how it is going with the Tmobile Gateway now? Your video was on April 24, 2022 and its now Aug 24, 2022. We live on 13 acres so internet out here is HORRIBLE
It is great depending on where you live. Make sure to test it in a couple different places. There is also a good community and n Facebook and you can watch Nater Tater to get tips that can help if you have questions.
How much is the box than the internet my monthly and what’s the upload and download speed
Crankin 300+ mbps down and 55+ up. Just got mine today!
Just got this today actually lol. Any advice on how to get all 5 bars to have the excellent WIFI? I've placed it in various locations throughout my home by windows and can only get a range from 2-3 bars.
Same here. And at the top it indicates 4G even though their map clearly has my location in 5G coverage.
@@stringfellowhawk4843 I got rid of it dont waste your time on it.. Ijust got verizons wifi plan and finally get the 5g wifi as promised.
It was funky when I set it up with my iphone 12 with the password that I had to put in but I'm getting 400 sometimes in the morning and then get 350 but I got the older one while it's winter I am not afraid of over heating.
Went to upgrade my phone couple weeks ago (still waiting for it to ship btw lol) and they offered this to me…only thing is they put my address in and it was not available in my area…he said he would still sell it to me if I wanted it though…then I asked him the speeds, think he told me it tops out at 150mbps…I said “that’s it?” 🤣🤣🤣
I got T-mobile Arcadyan gateway yesterday and usually would get around 400-500mbps down on my phone on 5G-UC but can't pass 180mbps download on the gateway. Not impressed. I moved the gateway in to at least 10 different locations throughout the house. I'll stick with Spectrum for which I pay $50/m for 400Mbps consistent down speed. Really wanted T-mobile gateway as I was getting it for $30/m 😒
I see your Caribbean freckles! :-D
You can’t take it where ever you want it’s already placed at the address where you live at /you would have to call to switch the address
Why would you compare an unreleased service to a commercialized/released product? Your modem rebooting needs are most likely firmware updates.
Did you purchase a backup battery...
I work for T-Mobile and the routers we have in store are cylindrical and made by Nokia I’ve never seen this one! 😂
Ahhh. This is interesting. I just started working at Metro. We sell the exact same boxes. 🤔
No kidding. Metro is T-Mobile
I seem to be the only person who is not getting good speeds on this Arcadyan. I have a 5G tower literally half a mile in direct line of sight, and best I get is 28-38 on download and 18-20 on upload. Spent over 100 hours with tech support doing same startup procedures and nothing. I’ve had 5 escalated tickets to engineering and have not gotten one call back in two months. I believe it may have to do with changing cell metrics or bands but this module doesn’t allow to make changes. Very frustrating and I’m about to cancel it completely...
It needs more ventilation to keep the device cool while operating.
Can you get tv thru it
I'm getting 586mg 24 up on the old hardware ping at 17 it helps with a fan on top