No experience with Verizon but been using T Mobile 5G internet for a while. 100-150mbs download speeds works fine for streaming 2 TVs and web stuff simultaneously.

Gonna bump this older thread instead of starting a new one. Verizon home internet just became available in my area. Are you guys still happy with it? For the price it looks like I might give it a try.

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I’ve said it before: 5G is going to give the wired Internet guys heartburn.

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Originally posted by henryaz:

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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 went through that with their LTE internet service, as 5G is not available here. I talked with sales and asked them to open an engineering request for my address. I got a call from one of their engineers, sent him a couple of screen shots of speed tests on my phone and was approved for the service. We’ve been using it for a couple years now and it is way better and more reliable than the DSL offered by the local phone company.

Good luck.

I have the same service through T-Mobile for about a year now and it’s been solid. Recently moved to a “non approved” address and it still works but at slower speeds. I used to get 600/40 and now it’s like 150/20 which is still fine for streaming and normal internet stuff. Also kept going last storm that took out all the power and cable lines here. As long as the tower doesn’t lose its backhaul the internet will keep going (I have battery backup for important electronics).

If this is what I think it is, I have the same thing through Straight Talk, at the office in back of the hangar.

It's a box, approximately 6" cube, that gets the internet signal from a nearby Verizon tower. I consistently get 90 to 100 Mb download speeds and 12 to 20 Mb upload, which is fine for everything that I do at the hangar -- mostly email, and some bookkeeping work (the QuickBooks database is synced with the home system via Dropbox).

Cost is $99 to buy the Straight Talk box, which is a modem / router / WAP, and $45 / month for the service plan, all taxes and junk fees included. Straight Talk stuff is available for pickup at Walmart.



https://www.straighttalk.com/5g-lte-home-internet

Just ran the Ookla Speedtest, 470 down, 11 up, and the video test said the speeds support up to 4K, we have the 5GUC coverage. $40 a month since we're already T-Mobile Customers for cell.

ATT Fiber 1G is running $80 a month, they have a lower speed option will have to see what that runs.

T-Mobile would drop the speed in half but the cost as well.

Is there a good resource for figuring out how much of your bandwidth you are really using, I could be paying for 1G but in reality 500 would do without sacrificing any quality of internet access..

Last month data use was 102 GB broken down to 95GB down and 7GB up, that may increase if I drop DirectTV but not much since the wife watches Netflix, Hulu, et al.. more than Sat TV

Think I'll contact ATT and drop from 1GB to 300mb, that drops the monthly cost $25 which is still more than T-Mobile but I can get a feel for how it will impact speeds..

I had the Verizon 5G home service for a while, primarily as a backup to my 1 gig fiber connection. Since I work from home, I wanted some insurance in case of outages. it started off good, with decent speeds ranging from 50-150 Mbps. I live about 2 miles from the nearest tower and had the box near a window facing that tower. Over time, the speeds dropped to unusable, worse than dialup. I canceled it last month. I don't know if they have a capacity problem at that tower or what, but it's worthless for my case right now.

I just grabbed a NetGear 5G Hotspot and had ATT put on my account for $30/mo unlimited data. For what it's worth on most of the tests I ran on it I was seeing right around 35+/- Megs down.

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Originally posted by walker77:
Just ran this one this morning. Don't forget guys, there is a difference between 5G and 5G UW with Verizon.

Raw speed is good, but that loaded latency of 690 / 305 is HORRIBLE.

Of course it depends on what you are doing but even video conferencing may suck eggs with that latency. VOIP may stutter. Low latency gaming is out.

But if you are just watching netflix which will buffer anyway, then likely no big deal.