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forum thread Posted by BabyBubba • Oct 20, 2024
forum thread Posted by BabyBubba • Oct 20, 2024

T-Mobile 5G Wireless Home Internet 130GB/Month For $20/Month Includes 5G WiFi Gateway $20.00

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T-Mobile has Backup 5G Wireless Home Internet 130GB/Month at a new lower price of $20/Month. Unlimited data throttled to 3G speeds (~600kb/s) after 130GB per month is used. Includes 5G WiFi hotspot and free 2-day shipping. No equipment rental fees and no contracts. Setup in 15 minutes or less.

One-time $35 connection fee for this plan. Autopay required to get this price.

T-Mobile markets this as a backup for when your primary internet connection is down, but the 130GB/month of premium data may be plenty for a single user or a second home, field office, or workshop.

https://www.t-mobile.com/home-int...et-options
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T-Mobile has Backup 5G Wireless Home Internet 130GB/Month at a new lower price of $20/Month. Unlimited data throttled to 3G speeds (~600kb/s) after 130GB per month is used. Includes 5G WiFi hotspot and free 2-day shipping. No equipment rental fees and no contracts. Setup in 15 minutes or less.

One-time $35 connection fee for this plan. Autopay required to get this price.

T-Mobile markets this as a backup for when your primary internet connection is down, but the 130GB/month of premium data may be plenty for a single user or a second home, field office, or workshop.

https://www.t-mobile.com/home-int...et-options

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This is actually a great price. It might be enough for some people for primary internet.
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Quote from huge :
This is actually a great price. It might be enough for some people for primary internet.
Thanks for commenting. I thought it was a great price as well, although with a limited subset of potential users. For some reason the SD community doesn't seem to like it.
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This should work fine for a landlord to monitor cameras and doorbells, no?
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Quote from DJ_SAMMY_D :
130GB data enough for 7 days of typical use.Yeah not paying 20 per month x 12 for maybe 7 days a year.. sounds not that great
Following your logic, your Math is off.
The 130GB data (5G speeds with unlimited 3G speeds after) is per month NOT per year.
Therefore it would be 7 X 12= 84 days per year.
No offense intended.
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Quote from JohnnyRingo315 :
This should work fine for a landlord to monitor cameras and doorbells, no?
I would think so. For me the only downsides are the $35 connection fee (might be waivable with a phone call or chat with T-Mobile) and T-Mobile's somewhat limited service area footprint compared to AT&T and Verizon. It's apparent that 5G will soon take over the home internet space as costs continue to drop.
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Quote from sunray123 :
Following your logic, your Math is off.
The 130GB data (5G speeds with unlimited 3G speeds after) is per month NOT per year.
Therefore it would be 7 X 12= 84 days per year.
No offense intended.
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But it's a backup in case your main internet goes down

So you expect it to go down monthly so then you can use this to make use of the $20 you paid?

I am saying my internet never goes down, but based on the wording on the site

130GB data enough for 7 days of typical use.

Means they only give you an average of 7 days for an outage before they start slowing down your speeds..

So to me to pay monthly for something that I'll barely use but once a year and then only 7 solid days of decent speed when I do suddenly need it… not worth it

Maybe $10 a month… big maybe
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Quote from sunray123 :
Following your logic, your Math is off.
The 130GB data (5G speeds with unlimited 3G speeds after) is per month NOT per year.
Therefore it would be 7 X 12= 84 days per year.
No offense intended.
😉😇
I thought the same, but held my tongue. Sorta figured that his primary internet is down a week per year on average, and that's where the math came from. To me this plan is way better suited to applications other than backup use.
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Quote from DJ_SAMMY_D :
But it's a backup in case your main internet goes downSo you expect it to go down monthly so then you can use this to make use of the $20 you paid?I am saying my internet never goes down, but based on the wording on the site130GB data enough for 7 days of typical use.Means they only give you an average of 7 days for an outage before they start slowing down your speeds..So to me to pay monthly for something that I'll barely use but once a year and then only 7 solid days of decent speed when I do suddenly need it… not worth itMaybe $10 a month… big maybe
I agree with you 100% in your conclusions, but the way you worded your original post ... you get where I was coming from. Right? 😇
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Quote from sunray123 :
I agree with you 100% in your conclusions, but the way you worded your original post ... you get where I was coming from. Right? 😇

Yes… I do get it…. that's when you put your T-Mobile salesman hat on..

"You more getting this much bandwidth per year at this cost "

In reality you're paying this much but your actual usage will not be what you're paying for.. this thing is essentially T-Mobile's version on the $10 gym membership
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Xfinity has backup internet through Verizon. With unlimited data. Free if you get the higher speeds. Worked great when the hurricane destroyed the mobile towers and we had to walk 2 miles to get service.
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Quote from BabyBubba :
I thought the same, but held my tongue. Sorta figured that his primary internet is down a week per year on average, and that's where the math came from. To me this plan is way better suited to applications other than backup use.
I agree with you as well in the sense that this plan seems a better fit as the primary broadband access for someone with very low usage vs a backup plan.
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Quote from DJ_SAMMY_D :
Yes… I do get it…. that's when you put your T-Mobile salesman hat on.."You more getting this much bandwidth per year at this cost "In reality you're paying this much but your actual usage will not be what you're paying for.. this thing is essentially T-Mobile's version on the $10 gym membership
Agree again, see my other post - this plan seems a better fit as the primary broadband access for someone with very low usage vs a backup plan.
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Quote from sunray123 :
Agree again, see my other post - this plan seems a better fit as the primary broadband access for someone with very low usage vs a backup plan.

last year they had unlimited home internet for $25/mo for life -- https://slickdeals.net/f/16285891-t-mobile-internet-for-25-a-month-for-life-25?src=SiteSearch


my kid got in on that deal


then black Friday I think the deal became $30/mo -- https://slickdeals.net/f/17103046-free-amazon-fire-tv-with-t-mobile-home-internet?src=SiteSearch
Didn't realize $30 option exists now for existing customers - https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/plans

We can only hope such a thing happens again ($25/mo that is ) since it is now available around me
Last edited by DJ_SAMMY_D October 20, 2024 at 06:24 AM.

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