My suspicion is we should not dismiss this as a mobile hotspot. I think it's their fixed wireless offering, or their challenge to the cable companies when combined with their TV service.
https://www.t-mobile.com/isp Verizon tried fixed wireless years ago with the outdoor "cantennas". More recently I think both AT&T and Verizon have offered self-install indoor LTE modems. Now apparently it's time for T-Mobile to do it. They all claim that's part of their 5G strategy, to challenge the cable companies, but T-Mobile seems to be doing it with 4G LTE and outside of urban areas. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:47 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TVision If it's the T-Mobile TV Service on the T-Mobile 'hotspot' Does it not count towards the datacap? Don't I see TVads for T-mobile that like Netflix or hulu or something doesn't count against your data because it's 'included'. On 5/20/2020 9:44 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: It's beginning to look like they actually have the 50 Mbps for $50 T-Mobile Home Internet, I see other places where they talk about typical speeds being 25 Mbps. Unclear if there is no data cap, or if its gets "deprioritized" when you use too much in a month, or at peak usage times, or relative to mobile users, or is truly unlimited data. The mobile industry usually takes some liberties when advertising speeds and with the term "unlimited data". I talked with a computer tech who has a T-Mobile tower literally in his back yard, he said he got 25 Mbps speed and had a 50 GB/mo data allocation. I assumed he has a mobile hotspot, but maybe it's this. If T-Mobile/Sprint markets this heavily in exurban and rural areas, it could cause a lot of trouble for WISPs. Especially if they are marketing it as a bundle with an alternative to cable and satellite TV, including local channels. I find the high cost of DISH and DirecTV satellite Internet is the major thing driving customer decisions these days. From: AF <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:23 AM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] TVision Yeah I was gonna say a soft disconnect seems warranted in this case because they're going to call you right back. On 5/19/2020 6:36 PM, Nate Burke wrote: Do they also have TMobil Phones? I think they might be confused. Turn off their Ethernet port and see if their TV Still works. On 5/19/2020 5:29 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I am confused, can someone enlighten me? Customer says he is cancelling because his wife signed up for T-Mobile TV and they said you had to get their Internet. I did a Google search and found a service called TVision which launched a year ago and was based on T-Mobile's acquisition of Layer3 TV. But the articles from April 2019 talked about it using your existing wired broadband. I still see traffic on this customer's connection, so I am wondering if he has really switched to T-Mobile Internet. Does this T-Mobile TV service come with its own Internet? And is that whole house Internet, or just for the IPTV service?
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