I should also add I had a weird bug when setting up the router after a factory reset. I changed the language during it definitely caused some buggy interface stuff for a moment.

Hello everyone, my wife and I are moving out to the sticks away from town where we have been with Comcast for years. Now that cable is no longer an option I’m faced with satellite or broadband WiFi. I’ve read through several posts and I’ve gathered that Hugh’s net is garbage, Starlink is expensive and EarthLink just piggy backs off of other providers and isn’t worth the effort. The following are my options for internet:

Viasat EarthLink Hugh’s net Consolidated communications (they go by another name currently but can remember what it is) Starlink

And

Always On

What is your recommendations, advice and experience with these providers. If you have any knowledge on T-Mobile or AT&T broadband services? Anything will help. Thank you in advance.

Property info: tree coverage with moderate exposure to the open sky, metal roof and AT&T is the best cellular carrier in the area with a tower 4 miles away.

I know what I know about tech, and nothing about the rest of it. My father recently passed away and we are hosting an estate sale in his home, but our phones do not have signals in this rural area and there is no internet there. What can we do that is cheap so that we can get a signal for people to pay for their items with Venmo, Zelle, etc.? Thank you!

Hey everyone!

My partner and I live in a rural area and so far we’ve been surviving with our mobile hotspots lol. The two internet options that service our area were trash.

My partner wants real internet connection again so we’re looking at our options. He shared this company to me, My Wave Wireless, not sure if I’m allowed to share links so I won’t.

I’ve been trying to look up reviews on this company all morning and have found nothing and I’m not trying to get scammed lol, has anyone heard of this company? Is it legit?

I live in the stix, and have dealt with 1.5Mbs, and then 10Mbs DSL, forever. Finally made the switch to T-Mobile cellular internet and a Cudy P5 router, with a WaveForm Quad Pro coming today. My first question, is does the Cudy P5 aggregate 5G bands? Right now it is running in 5GSA mode. Using cell mapper, I have N71 and N41 selected. The settings show N71 listed as the DL and N41 Im assuming as the UL. Im in a fringe area between 2 towers, and these settings get anywhere from 10Mbs - 60Mbs, depending on the weather. It did lock on to N25 one day, which was nice, as I was seeing 100Mbs.

I know the WaveForm will help clean up the signal (-107/-17/8 currently) and hopefully allow me to use band N25. Will the P5 aggregate the bands? If not, will it pick the strongest band automatically, even if its not the fastest?

Dont get me wrong, Im already happy, as Im seeing faster throughput than I have ever had. But of course, and throwing this much money at it, I want to maximize the connection. Thanks

i dont get how they are in business with this slow garbage wifi now they are metering the wifi and im sick and tired of it they should get sued and closed down the owner can go fuck a horse

I posted a while back about rural internet options. Where I understand the Starlink fans and die hands, it just wasn't in our budget. We eventually decided to go with viasat because it costed nothing up front.

We have been rather pleased, believe it or not, with what we get. We don't game online, but we do stream movies. My wife is working on getting her degree. We haven't experienced the lackluster never ending loop of Netflix buffering. Could it be faster? Yes. But at this moment, we really don't need more than we have. As I write this, Skyrim on our Xbox one is updating at about 50mbps. I know that isn't the fastest, but I'm ok with it.

With that said, I just want to thank those of you who did make recommendations. I humbly considered everyone's comments, and as my wife needed the internet quicker than we expected, I had to go with what we could afford. If my son gets really into something other than roblox, I will probably get something faster. But as it sits, it serves its purpose.

For those who had it a few years ago as we did, it has changed dramatically. It is faster and is truly not capped.

As of today my G4AR gateway is no longer connecting to LTE, even after multiple reboots, only N41 according to the HINT Control and T-Life apps. The speed and latency, I would say are the same or better than when I was using LTE in 5G NSA mode.

It seems to me that the G4AR is operating in 5G SA mode now, with N41 + some other band in CA mode, that the HINT app or T-Life app don't know how to show yet. Is there a way with the HINT app or the TMHI app or the T-Life app or something else, to confirm in what 5G mode (NSA or SA) the Gateway is operating?

I have a mofi 5500 that is set to reboot daily at 2am. For the past two days it's been offline and I can't access remotely. It shows that it's receiving a cell signal but this has happened in the past and I need to complete a hard reset (unplug and plug in) to get it back online. Is there anything I can do remotely to access to get it back online?

Want to monitor my weather station remotely. This is like 200 mb a month, probably less. Need something cheap don't care about speeds, 4g only.

open to aliexpress.

I'm figuring out whether or not I would be able to use the higher tier unlimited plan through Cricket (unlimited data with no throttle or deprioritization as they market it to be) with a Netgear Nighthawk M6 Pro MR6550. I have so many questions.

Would the usage pull from the unlimited data or from the included hotspot data? I don't care about the hotspot data. If it wouldn't use the unlimited data are there ways around that?

Would I have to reconfigure the APN? I can't find anything in the Cricket TOS that says anything about using the sim card in other devices.

I went to the AT&T list of approved devices and the exact model of hotspot device I would like to use is not on there, which makes no sense to me since Netgear put out an entire line of products that were certified with AT&T only.

I might edit as more questions come up but if anybody has any experience with either of these things and is willing to share pls do.

I am in a rural area and recently faced internet issues due to Hurricane Helene, which left my Spectrum service out of commission. After power was restored, I found myself without internet and uncertain about when it would be back. Thankfully, after searching for alternatives, I discovered Straight Talk Home Internet.

I checked several Walmart locations and eventually drove an hour to find one that had it in stock. The installation was incredibly straightforward, and within minutes, I was back online—much easier than my previous experiences with one of the major cellular internet providers.

Now, three weeks in, I can’t praise the service enough! My speeds have been consistently impressive at 195-200 Mbps down and 15-20 Mbps up. For the price, it’s an unbeatable deal! I’m seriously considering canceling my Spectrum service entirely. Highly recommend Straight Talk Home Internet!

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I'm at my wits end here. Our copper DSL service is absolutely horse shit and constantly goes out sometimes for days at a time. We have a metal roof on the house so we get no service at all. A technician came out here today to try and fix our DSL and lowered the speed to 3mbps which doesn't actually get 3, maybe 1.5. So he tried pusbing ATT Air on us. I wanna set something on fire. I do NOT trust viasat or hughesnet and I can't use starlink because our home is enshrouded by trees with one small view of the sky.

We have had a hotspot box before and kept having to leave it outside to get any kind of connection because of this damn roof. With ATT Air, what are some things I can do make sure I can get a signal into the house. Or am I just fucked?

Sorry for the language, I'm just tired man.

Alr so i moved into a dorm (first year of college) and the wifi speed is decent, everything runs normally but there is just one problem, Every 10 minutes or so it disconnects for a solid minute then reconnects, it's so annoying to a point i just resorted to using cellular data, But i dont want to use my data on my laptop and the same problem happens to it, i tried some youtube tutorials on how to make your wifi faster, even tho they semi-worked it didnt really fix the disconnecting problem.

Does anyone know if i can do something in my laptop (Lenovo) [Like play with frequencies or something, mb i don't know much about wifi that's why im asking] to fix this issue, because running even the simplest games like roblox isn't working, and studying gets annoying.

What kind of speeds are you guys getting using visible+ I’m debating that vs a proper Verizon contract because it’s so much cheaper I just realistically need 150-200 mbs down

I changed my 5 GHz Wi-Fi radio to a width of 20 instead of 40 which got rid of overlap with a neighbor but the channels in the middle of the spectrum are still not available apparently because some routers are concerned about radar activity in the area? Mine shows as CenturyLink

I live in central Calif foothills, just below Kings Canyon Nat'l park. I have Google Fi, which uses T-Mobile, and sometime it rockets! speed
We actually have Frontier DSL so thanks god, but... when it goes down NO help at all, just time and luck.

I work from home [also thank god] but i need decent internet for WebEx [and damn teams]

Thoughts?

not sure on posting photos but the allotment is around 852.85GB on my sim modem, would I be slowed by now or not.

I am trying to assist my mother (remotely) in getting her Firestick to work with her newly acquired TMobile Home internet (Gateway FAST 5688W). I see so much on the internet but have not found anything that seemed to have fixed the issue as of yet. The problem is the Firestick will drop out with a check internet connection message on the screen at random times. However, while I am watching the PC speeds are still amazingly fast (for her area 70mbps) at the time of a dropout from the FireStick. The gateway is about 5 feet away from the FireStick. I have created a second network for only 2.4ghz and lowered it down to WPA2 from WPA3 (all things that have addressed others issues that I read online). She was using her HOTSPOT on her Tmobile phone for the Firestick (Speeds around 3.5mbps) and never had these issues prior. I have read similar posts where the firestick would work off of a hotspot but would have similar issues with TMobile home internet, of course there were no follow-up solution's to those posts. If anyone has any other thoughts or suggestions it would be deeply appreciated.

Hi everyone. I've been using a cheap Huawei sim router with a 4g sim for years, since my location still doesn't have high speed cables for internet.

Speed is not bad but not great and I reach better speed with my phone, so I was thinking of upgrading. I'll buy another router with an external antenna, which should be much better.

My question is: does it make sense to buy a more expensive Cat6 router with Dual band Wi-Fi? Regular old 2.4ghz WiFi reaches a maximum speed of 300mbs, which matches the speed of 4G+ mobile data. Is it worth it getting a more expensive Cat6 or it won't make any difference in daily use?

Right now, I have a multi-line plan with Verizon for $180/m (2GB, 5G nationwide, unlimited talk/text), but I no longer need the other devices and want to switch to a single line plan. I live in central Alabama, btw.

I'm considering Visible (by Verizon) as well as Mint Mobile.

For internet at home, I'm using a hotspot (a Netgear device from AT&T) for $109/m with 5G access and 30GB of mobile hotspot data.

I'd like to be able to have dedicated home internet plus a mobile hotspot so that I can take the hotspot with me and be able to still check my indoor cameras and such when I'm away from the house and, obviously, have internet access on the road without tapping into phone data.

I'd love to be able to whittle my monthly bill down to around $50 - $65 for a phone, home internet and hotspot plan. I do realize that I'm probably looking at using different carriers for each. My needs are pretty simple: I go to college online and I'm trying to build an online business so I need fast, reliable speeds. I only leave the house a handful of times per month just to run errands so I don't need a ton of data since I mainly rely on home WiFi and I do still need unlimited talk/text.

Any suggestions? Thanks so much!

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So I live in a rural part of Florida and fall under the Broadband expansion bill that was passed a few years back, and I'd like to know if there's a website that shows expansion plans and what ISPs plan on servicing my area. I currently have CenturyLink broadband and it's not cutting it, I work from home, and my internet is seriously affecting my productivity. I am planning on getting Starlink if nothing else, but wanted to hold off if any service providers are coming to my area. Thanks ya'll!

My cellphone (Consumer Cellular on ATT tower, the only cell service available at my home) is on 5G and when I turn on the hotspot, it's really fast and good (better than my att hotspot 100G monthly plan). It's also unlimited data. But if no device is connected to it, it turns off after 30 minutes.

I was wondering if I can make it run all the time and just stick it in a corner somewhere to have unlimited wifi. There's no option (that I can see) in settings on the phone (a Nokia G400) to do that.

Under "Hotspot and Tethering" there are also options for "USB Tethering" and "Ethernet Tethering" that are grayed-out (I can't select them) and "Bluetooth tethering" that looks like I could select it.

If you have an answer and could write it in a way that a non-techno person (me) could understand, that would be appreciated :)

Hi! At my hunting camp, we have cellular coverage 1 kilometers in straight line from the camp. But to drive there take 15minute because we need to take the long way around. I was wondering if anything can be done to repeat the signal over that distance. The camp is also 100meter lower in altitude From the spot with cell reception.

Hello, my friends.

Based on some reason, I need to use the sim plan for my home internet because my home can't install the fixed line internet.

I was looking at the router and did some research last week. Many people suggest UOTEK WiFi6 5G CPE Router LTE Wireless Router and Cudy New 5G NR SA NSA AX3000 WiFi 6 CPE Router, but I am confused about what is better about those routers.

I hope I can have a stable internet. In this case, what do you think about UOTEK and Cudy?

Thanks!

 I’ve been running a RUT240 Cradlepoint IBR-650C on a mountaintop site for a few years to service some IoT devices.  It works, but I lose some latency races that I don’t want to lose.  Am adding a few more devices to the pole and thought it would be fun to chase latency a bit as it matters for what I’m doing. 

Am looking to upgrade, ideally with a budget under $1,500 though if there’s some amazing piece of kit that bumps performance significantly I’d like to know about it, even if it’s more expensive.  

Right now latency is in the 180-250ms range.  On Cellmapper, the closest macro with clear line of site is about 8km away and has Band 41.  Other macros within 8-10km and clear line of site have band 71 and 25.

On the FCC National Broadband Map, my location is listed as having T-Mobile 4G LTE and 5G-NR (7/1).  Project Genesis is listed as 35/3.

I’m looking for recommendations to improve specifically latency.  

For hardware, I’m looking at:
Modems: MoFi 6500-5GXELTE-RM520, RUTM50 or RUTX50, ZTE MC888 Ultra, Peplink MAX BR1 Pro 5G
Antennas: Poynting XPOL-24 (seems like this is the best option)

Any recommendations on this, or avenues of pursuit I should also be considering?