I went to and found the closest T-Mobile 5g tower was about 3.25 miles away. WiFi in my house is problematic due to plaster walls and metal lath so I figured it had something to do with that. We were constantly getting disconnected due to the internet going down completely or due to the DSL speeds I haven’t seen since 2005. Checking the LCD at the top of the router, I could see that it was disconnected when our internet stopped working or that I had between 2-3 bars. I have 2 kids in school zoom meetings from 9am - 3:30pm and my wife and I are in and out of zoom meetings from 9am - 5pm. I’ve seen as low as 3Mbps down but that it generally stayed at just about 25Mbps.

The good speeds continued for a bit but, not long after that, I noticed the gateway would intermittently lose it’s connection and the speed had dropped quite a bit. So I went ahead and put that gateway at the head of the network, replacing the cable modem. I started testing it immediately and was consistently getting speeds well over 300Mbps down on the first floor of my house. We had one of the mobile internet gateways delivered on 3/9. I’ve been looking for a way to break free of Comcast for years now so I want to love this service but it’s just not measuring up. I can plug my brother’s address (he has VZ Fios) in on the Comcast website and get offers for $39.99/month. We don’t even use the TV service but they wouldn’t give us a plan with just internet service. Our current Comcast bill is just over $100 per month with their most basic service, a bundled Internet + TV. For a long time now, Comcast has been the only choice in Baltimore City and it feels like they squeeze city residents to subsidize lower prices for their customers in the counties where they have competition.

We jumped on home internet service as soon as we heard about it.

T mobile home internet speed test