Worth It?? T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Speed Tests and Overview

5G Wireless Home Internet is now available from most of the major carriers here in the US and abroad. It's fast and cost effective - but does it really stand up to the hype?

In this video, I discuss my experience with T-Mobile Home Internet 5G wireless service. This is NOT a paid ad or sponsored video - I have zero affiliation with T-Mobile. Just my own personal experience buying, installing, and testing this 5G wireless broadband Internet service.

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro
00:33 T-Mobile Home Internet overview and Pricing
02:34 T-Mobile Gateway hardware overview
05:05 5G Wireless Speed Testing
09:01 Final Thoughts
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[andresirodriguez]

I'm on the $30 plan and I'm pulling 475+ MBs consistently with no service issues! 🔥

[johnharper]

We have had T Mobile Home Internet for about 1 year. Love it. Dumped our old Internet/Cable provider (Huge rip off due to no competition) and went with YouTube TV. So far, an excellent combo. We are saving over $50.00 per month compared to our previous rip off provider.

[carly]

This has been a life-saving solution for me, a gamer who lives in a remote area with no cable options available. I also work from home and my satellite ($100/mo) is completely unreliable. I am only running my pc on it, but so far it has been 100% worth it!

[txharddrive]

I live in a small Texas town of 1500 people, our choices of internet are very limited. I previous had windstream and was on the very best plan and that was 25 down and 6 up, and was paying about 120.00 a month as they required a phone as well even if you didnt use the phone. After that I had a local strtup company that offered 50 down and 25 up for 50.00 a month, and I was with them for about a year, now I have had the T Mobile for about 18 months, I have the original white round modem, and I am paying 30.00 as I have the phone service as well, I get anywhere from 200-300 down and 50-100 up, I work from home and I am on the computer 8-12 hours a day, and I have had zero issues with it. I would for sure recommend based on my experience.

[gmshelley]

I began with 4G and upgraded a while back to 5G. We have had limited options for internet service for years for an old wine country house. I recently added a switch to backhaul 5 Google Wifi pucks on this system, trying to cover 7.500 square feet of living space. It has been such a great system with minimal issues, maintaining 200-300 mbps and allowing everyone to stream to their hearts content on tons of devices. I agree, perfect for home use for most, especially when there are limited options for internet available. Now I have to figure out how to add a TP-Link CPE PTP to a secondary router to add a separate network for the other house without screwing things up! 😬

[jimhindman]

I did a trial - keeping my Spectrum account just in case. I'm doing everything wrong and it works great! I picked up the device you used and located it in my basement in the center of my home - this is where my cable modem connected to my wifi router. I connected one of the ethernet ports on the back of the T-Mobile router to my router and have had no issues for a month now. According to the display, I have a "Good" connection. My speed is not supper fast - clocks around 150Mbs - but everything is working great. That includes a smart house with wifi connected thermostat, lights and plugs throughout my house. I've even switched to voice over IP phone with Ooma and it's working great. Just canceled Spectrum today - looking forward to saving about $55 a month!

[micmousebg]

I got the same deal as you: $25 for speeds up to 300+ makes you swallow the accidental glitches or the occasional higher than normal latency.
Most importantly, the appearance of TMobile home internet forced the local monopoly to lower their prices and up the speeds. So now we have two good options.
Thanks for the great video!

[imthatmickey]

Been using this service for over a year and agree with most of what you said. I'm a trainer by profession and host 8 webinars each week using T-Mobile Home Internet without any issues at all.

[dalynh]

I just received mine today and I couldn’t be happier! I live out of the city and I was getting like 10 mbps download speed with AT&T and now I’m getting well over 150. Night and day difference!

[charlesbevitt]

Saw this video this morning and went out and got one. As I was already a T-Mobile customer, it’s only going to cost me $40 a month not 55. Didn’t get the $25 a month that was indicated in the video. I am in the Los Angeles area, and this thing is fantastic. I’m getting 400 Mb per second download speed and close to 100 Mb per second upload speed as compared to my spectrum Internet, which was 300 down and 10 up. Also, my spectrum Internet had kept getting more expensive, the most recent price increase was up to $84 a month for Internet only. really looking forward to telling spectrum what they can do with their service!

[Jeffisright]

I’m extremely happy with mine. Consistent 300+ speeds. Zero issues. And with the 2 phone lines I have, only $30 a month!

[Kicknback]

I live in rural Idaho and a fast speed was 18 mbps. T-mobile built a tower recently and it's like night and day.Running up to 400 now. So far so good. Also switched to their phone service because only on local carrier was available before.

[dturner]

We got T-mobile to put into my grandmothers house due to the ease and no service people needing to come to the house to install. Been seeing around 400 down and 30-40 up almost all the time. No real hiccups. Been great for $50/month. I would recommend at least trying it. If you are in the right conditions(distance to cell tower, network load in your area, etc.) it could be a good choice for people. They even offer like a 14 day free trial with no cost. Just go to the store or have them ship a modem, try it 14days and if you cant get good results to your cell tower, just return it and it doesn't cost a dime.

[redlandsrunner]

I'm fortunate to live near a T-mobile 5G tower, and I routinely get 500+ MBS download speeds through this gateway. I do have occasional latency issues, but the higher speeds more than compensate. I find that the T-mobile service is much more reliable than the ATT service it replaced. I also needed to install a wireless mesh system to get full Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house. The mesh system uses an ethernet backhaul to the modem, so I get fast speeds throughout the house. Our only significant problem is with the Hulu live TV service. Hulu wants you to have a static IP address, and anytime the dynamic IP address on the modem changes, it causes problems that require a phone call to tech support. Other than that, I'm very happy with the T-mobile service.

[leobwell]

Here is the thing. When my wife and family moved recently, we did not have to do anything but hook this bad boy up. Internet the first day with zero issues. We were super impressed. No waiting on the cable guy or scheduling installations. And the best part is the speed is impressive and comparable to high speed broadband! In a home of 5 with tablets, laptops and a smart tv, we rarely have any issues. And when we do they are minimal. T-Mobile has done something here. The only question is how safe is this "5G" constantly emitting millimeter waves through the human body overtime.

[donnakano]

Had T-Mobile 5G home internet for almost a year. It started out being moderately fast (50-80Mbps), then jumped to over 300Mbps. Over the past summer, that speed slowly degraded to between 20 and 80Mbps with 100mS latency. Unfortunately, it also started dropping out completely multiple times a day, sometimes for hours at a time. Verizon still drops out, but for a fraction of a second to a few seconds with a latency of less than 30mS. Top speeds are about 150Mbps with averages under 100Mbps.

[mando]

I took my RV to Lake City Florida last year for the winter and the place where I was staying had no cell phone signal for Verizon. I went to T-Mobile and got the T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Service. I was able to get 4G service and use my Verizon cell phone and have internet for my laptop and Roku device. It was great for what i needed it for.

[fcssensai]

I have a IT degree, and have been using tmobile home internet for almost a year. I have also switched all my phones and business use of internet and phones to tmobile. What can I say? Saving $600/month, getting faster speeds than anywhere else in the entire county, and unless I wanted to host a server this is beyond amazing.

[kencase]

Chris, I love my T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Service. Speeds I get using this 5G service are much better than my previous cable internet. Since I work from home, I haven't experience any issues with teleconferencing calls or work related applications. I have experience a few slow periods but that has been at night. Until I'm able to get fiber, I will be staying with this service.

[LimitedBeast]

I have the $55 plan at T-mobile the highest plan possible for the internet! Works very good with 10+ devices it’s very convenient and fast. Runs at very high speeds I also got a tablet with the modem and everything totaled out to only $70 that’s a steal!! I would rather have this internet over my old internet provider.