Third, you can subscribe to Philo TV for $15 a month for one year ($10 off monthly). T-Mobile also offers new customers six months of SiriusXM (a $66 value) and a full year of the Spanish-language streaming service ViX Plus. In addition to its consumer-friendly simplicity, T-Mobile is sweetening the pot for potential customers.įirst, families with eligible Magenta Max plans can save $20 monthly. T-Mobile Home Internet: Promotional offers These are all appealing aspects of this service and make it very enticing to try T-Mobile Home Internet if it's available in your area.Īll that said, there is one additional fee you'll have to pay once at the start of your service: a $35 'device connection charge' similar to the activation fee you pay with many ISPs. It also requires no annual service contracts, so you don't have any early termination fees looming over your head. There's no equipment fee for the Gateway device, so you don't have to figure out an additional monthly cost to tack on to your regular bill.

T-Mobile Home Internet features no data caps, so you don't have to fear data overage fees.

ISPs are notorious for their hidden fees and trap pricing - they try to lure you in with enticing promo prices but then stick you with a larger bill after those terms expire. One of the significant wins for T-Mobile Home Internet is its straightforwardness. T-Mobile Home Internet: No hidden fees (with one exception) Still, T-Mobile's FAQ section promises customers will 'see typical download speeds between 72-245Mbps.' So, that may be plenty of speed for many but don't expect the higher download speeds you might get with fiber internet or cable plans.

Anecdotally, we've heard of some users seeing download speeds as high as 300Mbps. That's why my CNET colleagues averaged just over 40Mbps download speeds with T-Mobile Home Internet, and some households may get up to just over 100Mbps. The farther the distance, the less speed on the top end.įor T-Mobile to hit the road running with availability to over 30 million households at its launch, it needed to lean on its 4G LTE network and its growing 5G network. In summary: Faster 5G speeds come with shorter ranges. My colleague Eli Blumenthal has wonderfully detailed the basics of 5G and how not all '5G' is the same. The hope and promise of 5G and its capabilities have not yet been fully realized. T-Mobile T-Mobile Home Internet: Why isn't it faster? T-Mobile utilizes much of its 4G LTE network to expand its availability, so don't expect full 5G capabilities all the time.

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