They are putting out some very tempting offerings.

$25 and $35 a month plans. Locked in at 2 and 3 years, respectively. That’s if you have a cell plan with them and auto pay.

I currently pay $100/month for what I’d call very good internet with AT&T.

Anyone have the Verizon 5G?

What speeds are each offering? What are you using the internet for?

If you have 5G cell service from Verizon, or know somebody that does, you can run some speed tests and have a sense of what you'll see.

If you're "just" streaming and browsing the internet, you probably need a lot less pipe than you have.

I moved to the sticks in 2016 and our verizon service is almost nonexistent at the house. We used the only local available internet service which was through the land line. Not dial up but not much better. About 6 months ago a neighbor learned that Tmobile was offering the same thing you're speaking of. A home internet cell tower had been placed somewhere close so I jumped on the bandwagon. $50 and no other fees a month. Works great and I have no issues whatsoever. I had nonstop issues with the landline so I couldn't be happier now.We use wifi calling at the house and the internet is fast enough for anything we use it for. I say go for it.

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Monkey got a bad banana…

Hey Chongo, I just got the same flyer in the mail today. Verizon has awesome service. I used them since roughly 2000 until 2 years ago. I switched to Mint only to save money as 2 lines is $30 a month. I was bummed Verizon tied the $25 to having a phone plan with them.

Details say download speeds of 25-50 Mbps and typical upload of 4 Mbps.

At this moment with Spectrum I'm getting 71 Mbps down and almost 12 up, for $75 a month. I don't know if I need those speeds. Sometimes have 2 tv's streaming at once.

The fine print/select mobile plan is you have to have one of Verizon's 5G plans and not the Basic 5G plan.

Yeah, I have both T-Mobile internet & Comcast and been using TM since January and been fairly happy with it.

The Pros:

• Speeds are anywhere from 60Mb to 200Mb down and 20Mb to 80Mb up.
  
• No data cap, unlike Comcast-would've had to pay an extra $30/month for unlimited.
  
• $50/month
  

The Negative:
I have had my TM connection drop several times this year and had to restart the T-Mobile modem to fix it.

With my Comcast, I was on the 300Mb down & 10Mb up but they raised the monthly and wouldn't offer any promotion so I dropped it to the 50Mb plan and am using it as my backup connection.

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Originally posted by DCFD4:
I moved to the sticks in 2016 and our verizon service is almost nonexistent at the house. We used the only local available internet service which was through the land line. Not dial up but not much better. About 6 months ago a neighbor learned that Tmobile was offering the same thing you're speaking of. A home internet cell tower had been placed somewhere close so I jumped on the bandwagon. $50 and no other fees a month. Works great and I have no issues whatsoever. I had nonstop issues with the landline so I couldn't be happier now.We use wifi calling at the house and the internet is fast enough for anything we use it for. I say go for it.

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
Anyone have the Verizon 5G?

I tried, but I cannot get past the "not available at your address" part. This despite the fact I recently used my iPhone 13Pro as a hotspot, and got decent 5G speeds (100+Mbps down, 80Mbps up verified several times over a two day period). The sales reps hem and haw, saying I cannot get it until the database says so. It seems to me that since 5G is widely available in Wickenburg (I am just NW of town, but there is a tower very nearby), a 5G modem should work nicely. So, I have to wait until they update the database.

I get Verizon 5G UW on my phone around parts of Kansas city. I just ran this test at my house. I get mixed results. Depends on time of the day (area usage on the tower) and distance from the tower. At home I usually get 200 to 350 on 5G UW. But our tower is next to a busy highway and there are a TON of houses in our small town. Best speed I've seen is 1.5G but I was next to the stadiums.

Just ran this one this morning. Don't forget guys, there is a difference between 5G and 5G UW with Verizon.

I don’t have the home service. I have Verizon and a 5g capable iPhone 12 Pro. I’ve driven/flown from my house in Florida to the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan and back 4 times since May and checked the 5g speeds on my phone every time I’ve seen the symbol. Top speed was the airport in Detroit at 1.46gbps with 5G UW and the lowest was 70mbps. Most of the time the speeds weren’t much different than what I’ve seen for 4g, 100-200mbps.

My point being, the only question that really matters is how does the service performs at your house? If you have a 5g phone and Verizon, figuring out what speeds you’ll likely see should be simple. If not, see if there’s a trial period. If so, give it a shot. A week with the service will give you a fairly good indication of how it will work for you during peek hours, off peek hours, the weekends, etc.

Two examples. Example one: high school parking lot at 5am I get 4g at 150mbps. At 2:15pm in the same parking lot, I get .6mbps. That’s what happens when 1,893 kids turn their phones on at the same time. Example two: northern Michigan, 100mbps Monday-Thursday, 20mbps Friday-Sunday, and 1-2mbps around the 4th of July.

Had the 4G LTE box from Verizon for a couple of years. They put a box on the house that has a much better antenna than what can be fit into a phone - they can get better speeds/signals than your phone does.

It was good service, a little pricey back then. Dropped it for economic reasons (started powering my house by sharing my old-unlimited-service-contract phone's connection) but the Verizon box itself worked great.

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Originally posted by henryaz:
I tried, but I cannot get past the "not available at your address" part. This despite the fact I recently used my iPhone 13Pro as a hotspot, and got decent 5G speeds (100+Mbps down, 80Mbps up verified several times over a two day period).

Probably a capacity issue.

I have the exact same problem. It isnt a capacity issue, they would just throttle it for a time.

This is more likely a contract for home internet county contract. Here in Central Va. our address (our whole neighborhood) is locked out of these mobile plans.

We can go with the 3rd party vendors Like, ubifi or ladybug etc. But dang that is some real money.

AT&T, Tmobile, Verizon all three list our address as "service not available".

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Originally posted by mikeyspizza:
Details say download speeds of 25-50 Mbps and typical upload of 4 Mbps.

That's for 4G LTE internet.

OP is asking about 5G, which is significantly faster.

^^^ Thanks. Verizon says 5G Home Internet not available at my location.

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Originally posted by redstone:
I have the exact same problem. It isnt a capacity issue, they would just throttle it for a time.

Thus annoying all the customers that are paying for the 5G performance promise? That's not how such things work.

Yes, like road systems, they design for "average" demand, but there's a limit. They can't be designing-for and over-subscribing to the point where, when there's regular expected peak demand, they're always having to throttle. "Well, yes, we know we told you 250Mb/s down, but that's only during off-peak times" wouldn't cut it.

That's the same reason some people remain on the waiting list for StarLink: Capacity.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by redstone:
I have the exact same problem. It isnt a capacity issue, they would just throttle it for a time.

Thus annoying all the customers that are paying for the 5G performance promise? That's not how such things work.

Yes, like road systems, they design for "average" demand, but there's a limit. They can't be designing-for and over-subscribing to the point where, when there's regular expected peak demand, they're always having to throttle. "Well, yes, we know we told you 250Mb/s down, but that's only during off-peak times" wouldn't cut it.

That's the same reason some people remain on the waiting list for StarLink: Capacity.

Where do you guys see where they said they will throttle?

After what seems like years, I just got the text that it's now available:

"Hi. It's Verizon. 5G Home Internet is now available in your area starting at just $25/mo with
Auto Pay and select 5G mobile plans."

I went ahead and ordered the $35 plan. The router should be here tomorrow. I'm currently paying ~$100/mo for 1GB fiber, but if this works well, I'll be happy to drop the fiber. It's been a little less than reliable lately. Fingers crossed!