Curious about T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet after that Super Bowl ad? Check out our impressions here:
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Looking at that picture, you may be just as excited as I was when you see that there’s a USB-C port. I have no idea why the router’s manufacturer, Nokia Solutions & Networks, put it there, but it and the RJ-11 phone port are currently non-functional, according toAfter you plug the router in and turn it on, it’ll prompt you to download T-Mobile’s app using a QR code displayed on its screen.
The app doesn’t make it clear if you’re using LTE or 5G, but digging into the router’s web GUI, you can see what cellular bands it’s making use of. After Googling band designations, I was able to determine that, at time of writing, the router was primarily connected to LTE and was using 5G as a secondary connection. Of course, as T-Mobile says on its site, that could change based on “signal strength and availability, time of day, and other factors.