I live in a semi-rural community with few internet options.

T-mobile become an option so I decided to give it a shot. It’s a decent price/performance option between DSL and cable internet.

As you can see I’ve made a fully custom hanging shelf with a piece of scrap 1/4" plywood and twine for optimal placement.

I then cracked open the unit and installed external antenna adapters. I placed a directional antenna on the roof.

I kept experiencing complete connection dropouts which became worse over time. After some research I found that other users said that the problem was the unit overheating.

I placed a 120mm fan on top. I wired up a barrel jack so it can be plugged into a normal 12v adapter and it just stays on all the time. I might clean this up and use a temperature controller in the future. It’s currently held to the unit with scotch tape.

Everything has been stable for now. Maybe I’ll find some more ways to tweak it to get better performance.

  •  cduke23   ( @cduke23@beehaw.org ) 
    2•1 year ago

    I just switched from Xfinity 1200 Mbps cable to Verizon 5GUW home internet @ 350Mbps. The Verizon plan has been consistently outperforming the Xfinity plan. It was really unreliable\flaky. I’d drop work calls and data transfers, or get booted from games multiple times a week. I opened so many tickets over the course of 5 years and it never really improved. My Verizon plan has been rock solid for about 6 mo now. Also the Xfinity plan was ~$120/mo. Verizon is locked in at $35/mo for 10 years and no data caps. I’m not gonna be looking back.