T-Mobile Home Internet – priced at $50 per month — provides home broadband on the Un-carrier’s LTE network.
With additional capacity unlocked by the merger with Sprint, T-Mobile is preparing to launch 5G Home Internet commercially nationwide, covering more than 50 percent of U.S. households within six years and providing a desperately needed alternative to incumbent cable and telco ISPs…T-Mobile Home Internet expects to deliver average download speeds around 50 Mbps or more through fixed unlimited wireless service – with no data caps.
(Telecom Lead, July 8)
Jeff Fieldhack's Key takeaways:
- To sway US regulators to approve the T-Mobile / Sprint merger, the new T-Mobile promised to cover underserved rural America (90% of US POPs) with affordable fixed wireless broadband.
- Is the carrier using all that newly combined 600MHz, 2.5GHz, and mmWave 5G spectrum? No!
- Whereas Verizon and AT&T are focused on covering major metros with FWA using 5G mmWave, T-Mobile is starting with rural America and their LTE network. Good idea? Yes!
- Speeds will not be heroic — T-Mobile is marketing speeds of at least 25Mpbs and 50Mpbs. The price is competitive at $50 per month and no data caps.
- For rural America, this will be a welcomed broadband option.