T-Mobile Home Internet
 

I’ve heard pros and cons about T-Mobile home internet. My next door neighbor has it and has had no problems. Looking for input from others in The Villages who have this service. Have you had any issues?
Just looking to dump Comcast.
Thanks

Working well here in Hillsborough.

Problem #1 is getting it. I have been waiting several months with no indication of when. They need to expand coverage capability

T-Mobile
 

Working good in Buttonwood. Only problem we have had since dumping Comcast internet is that we cannot use our voice selectors on Comcast to go to Netflix or Amazon Prime. We have to use our original television selectors to tune those channels. Had the tech guy out today and he said thats the way it is.

The only problem one might face is “It works great in my village of _______, but may not in your village.

Worked well at one house in TV, but not in another for us.

Generally needs to have line of sight to a T Mobile cell tower to be reliable.

Speeds can be reduced when the network is busy.

I used TMobile home internet for about 12 months. Initially speeds were great. But I always had problems with the internet dropping out. TMobile replaced the modem/router they supplied 4 times. I would also routinely lose service during thunderstorms. Then my speed started dropping as they rolled out the service to more users.

I ended up dropping the service … it was just not reliable enough at my location.

I think your experience is very dependent on how close you are to their tower. I was on the edge of their service area.

Perfect in Duval

Tried it in Pine Hills for a month. It didn’t work reliably. Dropped it and switched to Quantum Fiber.

I went online and it said that it was not available. I went to the T-Mobile store up on Wedgewood Lane and I was able to get it. I have no problems with it at all. I live in Virginia Trace

We have T-Mobil in Hawkins. Works great. No issues. Locked in price for life, free Netflix and AppleTV. What’s not to love if you can get it in your area?

I have never used T-Mobile; I am curious why you want to dump Comcast.
I've had them for years and have never had a problem.

We had Xfinity (comcast) for a few years with no technical problems at all. However, when they chose to raise their prices I chose to look at my options. Now I have T-Mobile.

We've had it for a few years now and like it. Originally we got it here in Indiana, but now we take it with us to our home in Amelia and it works fine there as well.
As some have said, proximity to a T Mobile cell tower makes a difference. Also you need to move it around the house to find the best signal.

Coverage gets weaker during the evening drive time when cellular phone usage is up, but I have noticed that effect only once or twice in six months. Otherwise reliable, fast enough, and more than sufficient bandwidth for two adults.

Don't do it
 

My boyfriend and I both switched to T-Mobile over a year ago. Nothing but problems ever since. Bad, slow, or broken internet connections. The cell phone service is even worse. Dropped calls, not receiving calls and texts, the phone service locks up, echoes on the lines, etc. I travel to CO to help take care of my mother, where it is even worse! Lots of time I can't even make a call or send a text. They charged us for things they said were "free" and our bills go up every month with no explanation. We called the company and they said that our stores here are not T-Mobile stores, they are authorized dealers so they can't do anything about what they promised. The closest real T-Mobile store is in Ocala, so don't do business with the ones here. Stupidly we signed a 2-year contract. The day it's up is the day we dump them. I had Xfinity for both previously with no problems. I also had Straight Talk for years for my cell with no problems. I advise you look elsewhere.

I have T-Mobile phones and internet. I did the 2 week trial with their modem prior to canceling Comcast. We stream all tv on this service. I get a periodic buffer, but while toggling between both services I got it on comcast also.
When I tried to get it at first it was not in area. They only allow a certain amount of customers as to not jam the system ( or so they say) I went online almost every day to check availability and got lucky 1 day. I have had it over a year now. I am in Liberty Park

Where are you located in Hillsborough? How many devices are using internet at the same time?

t mobile internet
 

I have t mobile internet and cell provider. T mobile does serve well especially the area where it has local branches that help us locally. The speed of the internet really depends upon the explorers you use. I used to use Google, but it usually goes slow so I decide to use Foxfire...it runs fast. I always use Foxfire as my explorer...don t know about Safari no matter I have 6+ Apple/Mac products including iphones, laptops, and ipads. Of course, T mobile internet costs cheaper (much) than Xfinity (Comcast, whatever). I am happy with Youtube TV with T mobile internet. Chas

Between Manatee and the Hillsborough postal station.

Usually, one firestick streaming high def, a laptop, an ipad, and a kindle reading online news are being used concurrently. Less active devices include a half dozen smart outlets, a few smart bulbs, a camera, a deadbolt, a few Alexa devices, the irrigation controller, two iphones, another firestick, a smart TV, three more kindles, and another laptop that is on but rarely used. I think that's about it.

I have never seen a lag/buffering that I didn't attribute to the firestick. These are very rare and I saw similar lags with Xfinity plus, the other devices work fine even while the firestick is having an issue.

Right now speedtest.net tells me 300Mbps download and 20Mbps upload on both my laptop and iphone.

If line of sight to a cell tower is all thats needed you could tell that with a T mobile cell phone customer. Know anyone that has there cell with T Mobile service.

T-Mobile
 

We went with T-Mobile mainly because of cost. Three months after we started our service with T-Mobile they raised our rates. I tried and tried to no avail to get in touch with them. Nope. I even have it in writing. Nope. The service is not so bad in The Villages or big cities but it is horrible outside of big cities. My phone service goes in and out all of the time and numerous times in one phone conversation. Every time that happens my friends and family just say “T-Mobile”. It’s horrible and we’re going to change providers. I could go on and on with the service issues with our watches.

T Mobile Internet
 

I looked into switching from Century Link Internet to T Mobile for a year. Century Link was just not fast enough and whole house coverage was inadequate. I made the switch about 6 months ago and could not be more satisfied with T Mobile. I purchased directly from the store in Pinalles Shopping Center. Customer service is great. They set everything up so it was easy at home to get started. You can test the product for 14 days at no cost. Coverage in my entire house is great. Speeds are more than needed. Some afternoons the speeds slow up but it still is more than needed. I highly recommend T Mobile.

We've had it for 3 years or so- thru a reseller.

Very few problems, we lose internet for a minute or so maybe once a month. We can stream two movies at the same time.

We are in La Belle North and cannot get T-Mobile Internet. Nor can our friends in Pine Ridge. We were disappointed because $40 a month for life sounded great! I wish they could have looked up our address at the store to determine if we could get it or not.