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> I have the T-Mobile 5G gateway What, if any, are the caps on that service? A quick look at the T-Mobile site doesn't say one way or the other.

giobox 4y ago
It appears to be entirely at T-Mobile's discretion; they reserve the typical mobile carrier rights to shape any traffic they find unfavorable. I expect you will see the usual mobile industry reductions in throughput once you pass an arbitrary line each month. While I love the theoretical performance, until that performance is documented and guaranteed I am out. "You can use your Home Internet for all the homework, streaming, and video conferencing you need! But to ensure that our network is available for all customers, there are some restrictions on activities that can damage or disproportionately congest the network. For example, Home Internet is not intended for unattended use, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections, or uses that automatically consume unreasonable amounts of available network capacity." I think its fair to assume my definition and T-Mobile's definition of "unreasonable" will not be in alignment. https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/faq https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/faq
ramesh31 4y ago
>What, if any, are the caps on that service? Anecdotally, I have been using multiple TBs/month of transfer with zero issue or throttling. I'm in HD Zoom calls 4-5hrs a day and do heavy gaming, torrenting, and streaming.
- topspin 4y ago
  Thank you.
- giobox 4y ago
  So much of what you receive is going to fall down to classic contention to backhaul ratios too (how many people connected to your tower, sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth etc). Just the presence of the "5G" signal tells you not much about how it will actually perform in your own neighborhood vs somewhere else. I would still take a substantially slower but reliable copper connection over this service, but thats a matter of personal preference. FWIW, you don't need to search too hard to find evidence of throttling on T-Mobile's cellular network. I still think the concept is great and the idea has merit though, it's just early days in the "unlimited" wireless home internet market.

giobox 4y ago

It appears to be entirely at T-Mobile's discretion; they reserve the typical mobile carrier rights to shape any traffic they find unfavorable. I expect you will see the usual mobile industry reductions in throughput once you pass an arbitrary line each month. While I love the theoretical performance, until that performance is documented and guaranteed I am out. "You can use your Home Internet for all the homework, streaming, and video conferencing you need! But to ensure that our network is available for all customers, there are some restrictions on activities that can damage or disproportionately congest the network. For example, Home Internet is not intended for unattended use, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections, or uses that automatically consume unreasonable amounts of available network capacity." I think its fair to assume my definition and T-Mobile's definition of "unreasonable" will not be in alignment. https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/faq https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/faq

ramesh31 4y ago

>What, if any, are the caps on that service? Anecdotally, I have been using multiple TBs/month of transfer with zero issue or throttling. I'm in HD Zoom calls 4-5hrs a day and do heavy gaming, torrenting, and streaming.

topspin 4y ago
Thank you.
giobox 4y ago
So much of what you receive is going to fall down to classic contention to backhaul ratios too (how many people connected to your tower, sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth etc). Just the presence of the "5G" signal tells you not much about how it will actually perform in your own neighborhood vs somewhere else. I would still take a substantially slower but reliable copper connection over this service, but thats a matter of personal preference. FWIW, you don't need to search too hard to find evidence of throttling on T-Mobile's cellular network. I still think the concept is great and the idea has merit though, it's just early days in the "unlimited" wireless home internet market.