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Internet providers have left rural Americans behind. One county is fighting back
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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Before I moved back to the city, I used to use T-Mobile Home Internet in a very rural area and it was the absolute best internet you could get out there. It was about 70 MBPS down while the DSL in the area was max 10.The only other choices for the area was dial up, which was obviously even slower or satellite through HughesNet, which was super expensive and extremely data limited.
I currently have T-Mobile. I cracked their unit open and attached an external antenna which is installed on the roof. I'm getting about 250 stable. Fiber just became available in my area, but the price is more than what I'm paying now.
I have T-Mobile too. Would you mind explaining the process of adding an external antenna? I’d like to get 250 Mbps stable.
You have to open the unit and disconnect at least two of the internal antenna and plug in antenna adapters. Then you can run the coax from the exterior antenna to the unit and plug them in. Then you use an app to locate your closest tower and point the antenna towards that using the T-Mobile app to see your connection strength.
https://youtu.be/wXSpbP8NuWw?si=oyJdwfuJSwcKvdcj