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Is T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Still Worth It? New Plans Explained!
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Dec 18, 2024
T-Mobile has launched three new 5G home internet plans for 2025. In this video, I use my four years of testing the service to help you decide if it's worth it. šØ Find a better internet plan: https://michaelsaves.com/internet-plan-comparison-tool/ š¤ Get the latest deals and free trials: https://michaelsavesdeals.com/ š» How to choose a better internet plan: https://michaelsaves.com/internet/best-internet-plans/ CHECK AVAILABILITY: T-Mobile Home Internet: https://michaelsaves.com/recommends/t-mobile-home-internet/ Verizon Home Internet: https://michaelsaves.com/recommends/verizon-home-internet/ RELATED REVIEWS: Verizon Home Internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnxl-kWURiA&t NOW Internet (Xfinity Prepaid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARDIlJxMSPI CHAPTERS: 0:00 T-Mobile Home Internet Changes 0:32 New T-Mobile Home Internet Plans 5:03 Warning: Fine Print Gotchas 6:27 My Experience: Pros and Cons 9:23 T-Life App Changes
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new plans from T-Mobile 5G home internet
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but are they even worth it my name is
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Michael and I've been testing this
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service since 2021 comparing it to other
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lowcost options on the market and paying
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for those services with my own money to
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provide reviews that you can actually
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trust got some big changes to talk about
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in today's video here's everything I'll
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cover brought to you by the internet
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plan comparison tool on my website find
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a better internet plan visit Michael
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saves deals.com now T-Mobile home
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internet has updated its plans and
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pricing in the past this latest overhaul
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though represents some of the biggest
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changes to date there are now three main
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home internet plans to choose from rely
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Amplified and all in now these new plans
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kind of remind me of how the hardware
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store sells paint brushes there's a good
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brush there's a better brush and there's
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a premium or best brush now we're going
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to take a look at each of these plans
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keeping one question in mind why pay
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more let's begin with the rely internet
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plan this is the base plan basically a
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new name for the plan that I've been
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using the past few years and here's the
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new pricing $50 a month with autopay or
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$35 a month with a T-Mobile voice line
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and autopay for all three plans the best
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pricing it's going to go to people who
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set up autopay and then bundle internet
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and phone service however you can get
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home internet as a standalone service
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that's what I do the rely plan and the
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others that I'm about to show you will
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come with a price lock so your rate will
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not go up as long as you stay on that
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plan and here are more of the basics
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you'll get these with any plan unlimited
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data no contract and easy
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self-installation equipment is also
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included this is the Gateway that
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T-Mobile provided me I've got the name
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and model number on the screen there's
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an LCD panel on the front two ethernet
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ports on the back now there are three
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main differences between the rely plan
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and the Amplified plan that starts with
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the pricing this one is $60 a month with
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autopay or $45 a month with a T-Mobile
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voice line and auto pay the Amplified
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plan it also comes with T-Mobile's
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latest 5G Gateway and T-Mobile says this
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Gateway can deliver faster speeds I've
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got the ranes provided by T-Mobile here
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according to the Broadband facts labels
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the speed ranes for the Amplified plan
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are slightly higher than the r plan but
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really none of the T-Mobile plans are
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going to be best for people who are
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obsessed with the fastest data speeds
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I'm going to share my personal
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experience a little later on and the
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third thing about the Amplified plan it
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includes something called Advanced cyber
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security safe browsing to block
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malicious links and a anomaly detection
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to protect devices from cyber criminals
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I'll be honest I'm not sure how I feel
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about T-Mobile upselling for better
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security protections something about
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that just doesn't feel right to me
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especially given T-Mobile's track record
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with data breaches next to the all-in
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plan and this one Builds on what the
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rely and Amplified plans offer it also
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Builds on the starting price let's get
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into it $70 a month with autopay and $55
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a month with a T-Mobile voice line and
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autopay now this plan includes streaming
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perks add supported Hulu and Paramount
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plus together that's worth a couple
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hundred bucks a year but only if you
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paid regular price for both services and
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how many people are really doing that a
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lot of my viewers got that Hulu plan 99
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cents a month for a year on Black Friday
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now take a look at this the all-in plan
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also includes a Wi-Fi mesh access point
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now this can come in handy especially if
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you've got a larger home that has dead
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spots or buffering my home is about,
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1500 square ft single story living so I
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do not need one of these but if I did
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need one of them I would probably just
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purchase it from a third party lots of
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options on Amazon and then use it with
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my existing T-Mobile home internet plan
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the difference here is that with the
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all-in plan T-Mobile provides that mesh
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access point one more perk with this
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plan it comes with premium tech support
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from assuran and they're going to help
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you with all your connected or smart
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home devices it's available 24/7 now for
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most people I would recommend the r plan
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there seems to be a lot of marketing
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hype with the Amplified and all-in plans
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and that's to be expected to an extent
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when you're dealing with T-Mobile and no
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matter what you get there's a 15-day
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test drive so if you try out this
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service and it doesn't work out you can
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always get a refund don't sign up just
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yet if there's one thing we know about
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T-Mobile it's that there's a lot of
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details hidden in the fine print well
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I've reviewed it all and I'm going to
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share what stood out to me first and
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most importantly when the T-Mobile
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network is busy home internet customers
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may experience slower speeds this is
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called data
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deprioritization and it does happen I've
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tested the service for years and
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documented that at ious points and
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although these are unlimited data plans
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households using more than 1.2 terab of
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data in a month they will experience
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even further speed reductions I
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mentioned that equipment is included so
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a few notes about that there's a
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one-time $35 device connection charge
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the Gateway it's for inhome use at a
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single location you can't take it on the
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road and if you cancel you must return
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the Gateway or pay up to $37 $70 some
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live TV streaming services they may not
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work with T-Mobile 5G home internet
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T-Mobile has said Hulu live and sling TV
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are two live TV services not compatible
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with the service YouTube TV it is
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compatible know this a credit check is
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required for T-Mobile home internet and
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if you want that autopay discount you're
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going to need to pay through your bank
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account or a debit card not a credit
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card I've shared a whole lot about my
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experience with T-Mobile home internet
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in some other videos so this time I
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thought I'd take a different approach
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I've got four pros and four cons based
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on four years of testing why don't we
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start with the pros I know we've talked
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a lot about pricing today but this is
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the number one reason why T-Mobile home
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internet has gotten so popular for a lot
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of people it's offering an affordable
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alternative to cable internet that just
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didn't exist before unlimited data also
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a big Pro some competitors still have
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internet data caps equipment included
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I've had this service for several years
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and I've had several gateways never have
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I paid an equipment rental fee finally
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an easy setup the marketing is true here
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15 minutes or less the t Life app is
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going to guide you through the process
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help you position your gateway where
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it's going to get the best signal
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usually this is higher up and near a
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window and if you need customer support
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you can also will begin that Journey
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Through the T lifee app so those are the
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pros my list of cons it begins with
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availability unfortunately you cannot
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get T-Mobile home internets unlimited
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plans everywhere I'm going to leave a
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link below that's how you can check
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eligibility another con data speeds they
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can be inconsistent especially during
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Network congestion and while we're
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talking about data speeds I've got my
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phone in my hand let's run a quick speed
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test it should be completed by the time
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I wrap up this section let's go I'm
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curious about your experience in the
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comments below but I'm typically in the
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middle of T-Mobile speed ranges for both
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download and upload speeds latency or
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ping also usually within the ranges but
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that can be more volatile working from
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home streaming TV some gaming and using
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smart home devices you can do it all
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with T-Mobile 5G home internet but this
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is not fiber internet with the fastest
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speeds and the lowest latency so set
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your expectations let me show you the
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results of that speed test I just took
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actually a little bit lower than normal
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for me around 100 megabits per second
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download 20 megabits per second upload
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the Ping right around 30 I'm recording
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this during the middle of the day
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usually when I get the best speeds when
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I've experienced the slower speeds it's
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usually at night let's keep it moving
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another con the speed reductions for
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households using more than 1.2 terab of
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data in a month this is a limit on a
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plan that's advertised as unlimited and
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finally the incompatibility with live TV
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streaming services it's something you
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can usually get around by switching
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providers but it can still be
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frustrating especially if you just
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weren't aware of it before signing up
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for one of those Services hope you're
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finding this helpful and I've got
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another change I want to fill you in on
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the t Life app has really become a
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onstop shop for managing your account so
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payments troubleshooting as well as
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support this is also where you can check
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out other perks like T-Mobile Tuesdays
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sometimes there are discounts on gas and
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food recently I picked up this free
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T-mobile holiday pint glass I'll have a
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link below for you to check eligibility
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and also get the latest limited time
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sign up offers thank you for watching
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today I'll see you next time and on
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Michael saves deals.com