When you live in Small Town, USA, it goes without saying that you forfeit some of the amenities that are readily available in larger cities. Take for example, high-speed Internet. Late last week I shared the difficulty I was experiencing in locating an Internet provider who thought tying into my prewired home was the best plan. They wanted to place an antenna high up on the tallest part of my roof line. They would then drill through the outside of the house and run a line across the attic and down the wall where it would come together with the other Internet wiring.
It felt like a sucker punch to the gut. Who wants to drill a hole through an outside wall of their new home? I had talked to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. All provide a device for in-home Internet service, but as I suspected it reportedly was not yet available in my area. They asked if I'd like to be placed on a waiting list to be notified when the service was available. Of course, I affirmed that I wanted to be contacted.
Consequently, I toyed with the idea of continuing to use the hotspot on my iPhone and simply waiting until one of the providers had coverage in my area. As I said, I shared my difficulties late last week in a blog. Several friends responded to the posting and said they were using T-Mobile with great success and unbelievable speeds.
I decided to go see for myself. There is a T-Mobile store eighteen miles from my home. I was prepared not to take no for an answer. I needed Internet capabilities.
As it turned out, the manager of the store was more than happy to assist. In fact, there was an Internet device on a display shelf. Reportedly, it would cost me $50 a month for the Internet service. That was considerably less expensive than what I had been looking at. In addition, there were no up-front costs. However, if I moved my cell phone service over to T-Mobile, in-home Internet service would only cost me $30 a month. In addition, the General and I could trade up to an iPhone 14 for almost nothing. How could I go wrong with a deal like that?
The real surprise was the speed at which the Internet worked. The download speed was 273.58 Mbps and the upload speed was 30.02 Mbs. I'd say that is a steal for the price I'm paying.
All My Best!
Don
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