Port Networks got back to me and said they looked at my address and determined that they don't have line of sight to one of their towers so couldn't provide me with service.

Did not know this existed. I sent them a message. Their website has some info but I need to find out more. Thanks for the tip tho!

It is based on local tower capacity. The T-mobile rep I talked to today said as they put up more 5g towers it'll become more available. My closest tower doesn't have enough capacity apparently so I get capped data. I'm supposed to get an email when unlimited becomes available and then I can call and switch.

Yeah why in the fuck are the numbers 800up/20!down. So crazy the disparity

Yeah, that's a good point. I own my own equipment so would be interested to see when the faster download speeds become available. I'm signed up to try T-mobile. If it sucks I'll go back to comcast. I'm past my contract with them so it was easy and didn't cost anything to cancel. I'm sure there will be fees or whatever to reconnect but yeah. Just felt like trying something different I guess. Thanks for the info though

Not available at my address. Womp Womp. Thanks tho

Do you have the unlimited plan? I could only get the data cap plan

Yeah this is the speed tier I currently have. I'm going to try my luck with the T-mobile deal. It's $50/month and hopefully the speed will be enough to do what I need it to do

Yeah I called them just now and the best they could do was $65 down from $80. I told them I'm going to try the T-mobile thing and they let me pick a day to cancel my xfinity service. I picked a week after my trial period is up with the T-mobile deal so I'll see how it goes and then figure out what my best option is.

Haha sounds like fun. I'm going to see how the T-mobile thing works out, but I should have thought of switching back and forth before

Do you know of an app or something that lets you locate your closest tower? Or is there a way to figure out which tower you're connecting to?

Right, that's what I figured. Definitely a good tip on placement in the house, thanks

Cool thanks. I know cable internet slows down during high use times and wondered if mobile does the same. Good to hear it doesn't seem to

Nice. Thanks!

Very interesting and makes sense. It's basically like a cell phone with a better antenna as I understand it, right?

Interesting, thanks! I'm in Harwood right down from Waverly so we probably would connect to the same tower? 42 down is not great but would probably be fine for streaming and zoom calls, right? And thanks for the recommendation for the t-mobile sub! And the tip about getting a fan!

Haha no, not my fiance, but I did see that thread on the sub after I posted mine

Also wondered if your speeds slow down at certain times. Do they?

Someone else mentioned connection dropping issues. Do you have issues with it dropping out? Are you on an unlimited plan?

Nice. Thanks, that's helpful. I signed up for T-Mobile but I have to get the capped plan as the unlimited is not available at my location yet

Dang yeah thanks that's actually really useful info. Yeah I'm signing up with T-Mobile and I'll see how it goes. I only work from home a couple times a month and stream shows/movies a few times a week. I do have security cameras that need internet to connect and that would be my issue if the internet drops a lot.

Haha yeah no doubt. I use the rocket money app and they can do a negotiation with service providers but they want a huge cut off the savings and I'm like F that

Awesome. I'm looking into it now. How are your upload speeds? I work from home sometimes and would like the upload speed to be better than my current 20mb

Gotcha, yeah checking on T-mobile 5G home internet now. Depending on how good it is I might cancel xfinity anyway. My fiance suggested calling and threatening to cancel and it seems like that usually works for people. So I guess I'll see. Thanks