Today, took the *jump* - to 5G Home Internet, away from wires inside and out [View all]

Last edited Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Have been a captive of fads and gimmicks in this category for 30 or more years - started with the gigantic satellite (Turner, Echo), stayed with the roof little dish for about 10 years (a bummer when I took down the thing by hand), then in the last 5 or more years cut the cable with DSL and outside antenna/locals.

So in the past month or two, as documented in traumatized OPs below, the DSL has been jerky and I've been doing the anxiety thing trying to decide about trying the inside plug-in 5G from my phone provider. Looked at several YouTubes of setting-up and reviews. The main cons were that might be slow for high roller users like for gamers, take care about overheating.

Had worked up a high state of anticipation, indecision, trepidation for target day yesterday or today, and it went down today. The store people did the actual set-up, needing only for me to plug in and then connect each device (laptop, tablet, smart tv) to the new wifi. Done and four hours later not a single down time.

No buried cable, no hole in the wall, we'll see. If all is tolerable within a month, will terminate the DSL. And might not be seen in these parts.