![]() I ended up getting the DSL in the first place during the big Spectrum outage at the end of 2019. I'd be interested to hear how it fares during extremely poor weather when there are both scattered power and Internet outages. I'm happy with both for the most part, but I hate spending as much as I am for the backup DSL, and might be inclined to make a change at some point. I'm currently using Spectrum for primary (400/20, consistent real-world speeds closer to 450/25) and CCI DSL as secondary (20/1, real-world is more like 15/3). The CGNAT is a hard dealbreaker for me in terms of primary connectivity, but this sounds highly viable for backup purposes. Happy to answer questions from those that are interested. ![]() ![]() I have just ordered an external 2x2 MIMO antenna and expect to see constant speeds over 100mbps with it. I'll likely just set this up on an EC2 instance with an SSH tunnel back home and do it that way. I am however not able to connect back to my OpenVPN server and reach my home devices. I have not noticed lag from the triple NAT. T-Mobile does Carrier Grade NAT, and I am NATing again so I can use my own setup. Out of this I run Cat 6 to my PFSense and internal network. Technical Info - T-Mobile sent me the new NOK21 5G modem. Moved it a little bit, got 110mbps down when I held it outside Occasionally, it seems like there's minor packet loss, but frankly, the distance from me to the tower is probably better quality wise than miles and miles of old as fuck Coax that's eaten to shit by squirrels. I've also had lag spikes with heavy downloads going on multiple machines, but that's a problem with cable as well. The Bad - Speed isn't consistent and placement is finicky. The service is $15 a month cheaper ($60 with autopay, vs $75) as well which is nice. I don't have very good placement of the modem right now. My download speeds are slower than Spectrum (averaging about 80mbps down), but I anticipate this will get up to over 200 once I install an antenna. My wife is able to stream a show, while playing Pokemon Go, while I play Counter Stike and stream on Discord. I have not noticed a real difference while gaming, or working, and I'd recommend the service to most people. I've had to make some minor technical compromises that wouldn't affect 99% of users. The bottom line up front - the T-Mobile home internet service is very livable. My primary hobby is also PC gaming, where I play twitch shooters while using and streaming over discord. ![]() I use over 1 TB of data a month and would classify myself as a heavy user. I work from home in tech, and generally have a desktop, small server, and two or three laptops going at a time. Specifically Rosemont, where I connect to the tower ending in '33' on top of the Embassy Suites at the JetPort. Portland has very good 4G LTE coverage, and T-Mobile is using that as a carrier for their 5G home internet service. After looking at maps of cell towers and 5G band coverage in Portland, I decided to try out the new T-Mobile 5g home internet service to see if it was a way to escape from Spectrum. I want to see more competition in the marketplace for internet because FCC pre-emption, but no utility-like regulation has let cable providers gain a defacto monopoly on internet service. Fingers crossed for an eventual Municipal Broadband ( shoutout to Maine Broadband Coalition). I've been looking for an alternative to my 100mbps down Spectrum internet because I feel like they are an extremely anti-consumer company.
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