T-Mobile Bands

[Jim1348]

I was checking my T-Mobile bands last night because I use T-Mobile for home internet.

I was getting the following 4G/5G T-Mobile Bands:

4G LTE:

B2
B12
B66
B71

5G NR:

n41
n71

Are those pretty typical T-Mobile bands? My download speed are generally in the 200 Mbps range and sometime up to the lower 300s. Are those pretty typical speeds for those bands? Will I pretty much have to wait for more 5G bands to be added at that tower? Is there anything else I can do to increase the speed or am I getting about the speed that can be expected from those bands?


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[bobdevnul]

I was checking my T-Mobile bands last night because I use T-Mobile for home internet.

I was getting the following 4G/5G T-Mobile Bands:

4G LTE:

B2
B12
B66
B71

5G NR:

n41
n71

Are those pretty typical T-Mobile bands? My download speed are generally in the 200 Mbps range and sometime up to the lower 300s. Are those pretty typical speeds for those bands? Will I pretty much have to wait for more 5G bands to be added at that tower? Is there anything else I can do to increase the speed or am I getting about the speed that can be expected from those bands?

T-Mo also owns band 25 from Sprint. I don't know how widely they have deployed it. IIRC, they also own some C-Band and mm-wave, but haven't deployed much of it. I don't know the band numbers for those offhand.

From many posts I have read about TMHI you are getting excellent speed. Some people are lucky to get 20Mbps or it doesn't work at all. Some people get like you do.

Do you have something you need more speed for or do you just want to see a bigger number?

[rpz1]

It's not always the bands that determine your speed, it's your location. I agree, what you're getting is excellent. And consider yourself lucky to even have Home Internet available at your location.

[formercanuck]

It's not always the bands that determine your speed, it's your location. I agree, what you're getting is excellent. And consider yourself lucky to even have Home Internet available at your location.

This is correct. If you're using the Arkadyan, you may want to try the positioning tool on your phone, as well as the metrics on the device to see which bands are in use. 300Mbps is very good, IMHO, especially indoors. I have been able to get faster, but it is VERY location specific. I will consider myself 'lucky' in that I can get 300/20 (listed as 'good' in the app) in most locations in my house. A few locations can push +450/50 (1 spot lists as 'Very good'), and +500Mbps/90 Mbps if I put it outdoors.

[Haas_Dave]

T-Mo also owns band 25 from Sprint. I don't know how widely they have deployed it. IIRC, they also own some C-Band and mm-wave, but haven't deployed much of it. I don't know the band numbers for those offhand.

From many posts I have read about TMHI you are getting excellent speed. Some people are lucky to get 20Mbps or it doesn't work at all. Some people get like you do.

Do you have something you need more speed for or do you just want to see a bigger number?

n25 is being deployed and lit up in markets now. They needed to get the Sprint network dismantled to use it but that is pretty much gone.

C-Band and CBRS isn't active but they do have some licenses to use it. Mmwave n261 is not common at all, almost exclusively at large venues.

As for speeds, it very much depends on spectrum spread in the market. I can get 100+Mbps download in areas and <10 in others. I haven't gotten onto 5G SA yet so my uploads are still limited to LTE speeds.

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[formercanuck]

N25 is in use in most locations that I've been to. The device that I have supports n66, n41 and n71


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[clonehappy]

Consider yourself very lucky to be getting those kinds of speeds, they probably won’t be that fast for very long as more people use cellular home internet.

If you need speeds faster than 100Mbps reliably, go for a cable modem or fiber connection.


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[formercanuck]

I still have my cable connection. I am lucky. This is a filler site, and the sector that I'm on is entirely residential, and only runs a few blocks. 5 months so far

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[clonehappy]

I’ve seen 800+ in a few select, cherry-picked locations but overall 200-300 is generally what I see in UC areas on average, which is amazing in my opinion.

Of course, where I live you’re lucky to break 20 on T-Mobile and AT&T and Verizon is sub 5-Mbps which is positively usable compared to the few hundred kilobits per second that was common before they deployed C-band.

I guess my expectations of cellular connections are skewed by the poor service in my subdivision due to NIMBY and terrain. I’m just of the mindset that if you want reliable and speedy connections, wired is the only option.


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[formercanuck]

I’ve seen 800+ in a few select, cherry-picked locations but overall 200-300 is generally what I see in UC areas on average, which is amazing in my opinion.

Of course, where I live you’re lucky to break 20 on T-Mobile and AT&T and Verizon is sub 5-Mbps which is positively usable compared to the few hundred kilobits per second that was common before they deployed C-band.

I guess my expectations of cellular connections are skewed by the poor service in my subdivision due to NIMBY and terrain. I’m just of the mindset that if you want reliable and speedy connections, wired is the only option.


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In general... you aren't wrong on the wired vs wireless for the majority of consumers. I just happen to live in an area where the local tower has a range of ~ 1/2 mile on my sector (hills + other sites). It won't go beyond ~800Mbps, while the other nearby sites hit ~1.5Gbps (cellphone 5G + LTE aggregated). I've kept it, as I got in during the holiday discount where it is $25/month for T-Mobile home internet.

AT&T at home is 5G, but puts out ~50Mbps in my sector, and maxes out around 300Mbps.