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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3353762" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>You can also look up towers in an area here. <a href="https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp" target="_blank">https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp</a></p><p></p><p>The only thing you have to do is figure out who's equipment is where. One tower can hold multiple carriers and the owner could be the carrier themselves or a private owner who leases out space.</p><p></p><p>I am actually using Google Fi, <a href="https://g.co/fi/r/PTYJ9R" target="_blank">https://g.co/fi/r/PTYJ9R</a> if you use that and sign up you get 20 bucks off the first month. They have "unlimited" plans that can get pretty cheap with multiple people and you can actually have google split the payment in a way. Basically one person "pays" the bill and then the other people pay them back through google's payment system. I actually have the regular plan where you pay for your data up to 60 per month after which it's basically unlimited to a point. I have never went over 2GB so no clue on anything else there. I know that they automatically connect my phone to all of the different cable company hotspots you normally can only use when you have service and log in. The one thing I have read about Google Fi is that once it gets to a certain point of data it basically drops to 2G and is useless. You can get back to full speed but you have to pay for more data at 10 per Gigabyte so it will not be the best option for home use, they are an MVNO so they have to pay someone else for the usage somehow.</p><p></p><p>I previously had T-mobile and a couple years ago while sitting in OKC nearly got 100 download speeds, 5G will be nice but until more competition is available for which phones you can use do drive their cost down I have no need to even worry about it. I will say that if you have a Google Fi compatible phone that is 5G it is supposed to work. </p><p></p><p>I only found a couple cell modems that were 5G and they are about 650 on their own. The advantage of using one of the ones where you build your own or they are of similar design is that you can swap out the cell modem to a faster design later on like upgrading the cpu on a computer, get the cheap one now and then upgrade. All 4G devices have a LTE category they fall in to. <a href="https://www.cablefree.net/wirelesstechnology/4glte/lte-ue-category-class-definitions/" target="_blank">https://www.cablefree.net/wirelesstechnology/4glte/lte-ue-category-class-definitions/</a> gives a lot of information about it. Anyway for most people Category 3 or Category 4 are fine, Category 6 is great and Category 12 is overkill in most area's and there is a category 20 which is 2Gbps download and is overkill since you will probably have a faster connection to the tower than it has to the internet. <a href="https://ltefix.com/product-category/modems/" target="_blank">https://ltefix.com/product-category/modems/</a> can give you an idea of everything available if you have some DIY skills, if you search around for a particular product you may be able to find it for less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3353762, member: 29706"] You can also look up towers in an area here. [URL]https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp[/URL] The only thing you have to do is figure out who's equipment is where. One tower can hold multiple carriers and the owner could be the carrier themselves or a private owner who leases out space. I am actually using Google Fi, [URL]https://g.co/fi/r/PTYJ9R[/URL] if you use that and sign up you get 20 bucks off the first month. They have "unlimited" plans that can get pretty cheap with multiple people and you can actually have google split the payment in a way. Basically one person "pays" the bill and then the other people pay them back through google's payment system. I actually have the regular plan where you pay for your data up to 60 per month after which it's basically unlimited to a point. I have never went over 2GB so no clue on anything else there. I know that they automatically connect my phone to all of the different cable company hotspots you normally can only use when you have service and log in. The one thing I have read about Google Fi is that once it gets to a certain point of data it basically drops to 2G and is useless. You can get back to full speed but you have to pay for more data at 10 per Gigabyte so it will not be the best option for home use, they are an MVNO so they have to pay someone else for the usage somehow. I previously had T-mobile and a couple years ago while sitting in OKC nearly got 100 download speeds, 5G will be nice but until more competition is available for which phones you can use do drive their cost down I have no need to even worry about it. I will say that if you have a Google Fi compatible phone that is 5G it is supposed to work. I only found a couple cell modems that were 5G and they are about 650 on their own. The advantage of using one of the ones where you build your own or they are of similar design is that you can swap out the cell modem to a faster design later on like upgrading the cpu on a computer, get the cheap one now and then upgrade. All 4G devices have a LTE category they fall in to. [URL]https://www.cablefree.net/wirelesstechnology/4glte/lte-ue-category-class-definitions/[/URL] gives a lot of information about it. Anyway for most people Category 3 or Category 4 are fine, Category 6 is great and Category 12 is overkill in most area's and there is a category 20 which is 2Gbps download and is overkill since you will probably have a faster connection to the tower than it has to the internet. [URL]https://ltefix.com/product-category/modems/[/URL] can give you an idea of everything available if you have some DIY skills, if you search around for a particular product you may be able to find it for less. [/QUOTE]
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