Thanks for the feedback, though that really bites.  Reminds me of Sprint wireless broadband circa 2001 using fixed antennas, it was great at first, but then only in the middle of the night, as it sucked entirely during the day as it couldn't deal with the capacity either. 

I'm not surprised, real 5g using mmwave technology is really only decent to around 700ft or so, as I've used a few products for fixed wireless point to point or multipoint as well.  It's also what drives ultrawideband technology used by apple now pervasively, marketed as a "personal area network" for short range optimized use.  It's simply not *good* as a wan technology.

That said, carriers use 5G generically whether they're talking real mmwave 5G or just some enhanced version of 4G they can't market anymore unless they call it 5G too, so who knows what you're really using.

My customer is starting to use 5g in a large local 1100-some store retail chain to get off the last remnants of the last of old T1's and other crap rural broadband providers as the only choice until now, it'll be interesting to see how they fare here and other region markets in the long run.

-mb


On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 3:44 PM Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

A while back I gave impressive stats and glowing praise on my switch to T-Mobile Home Internet.  It had a few limitations that I had to work around, but it was fast.  However, for almost a month now it has dropped to just above T1 speed most of the day and is pretty much useless.  I'll be switching back to DSL, which unfortunately is my only other option where I live.

Daniel P. Stasinski
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✞ Jesus Is King 
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