09-11-2019, 12:27 AM
Well the T-Mobile Test Drive Kit arrived today. In the box is a Coolpad Surf hot spot that you activate for free for 30 days or 30 gigs. The fact that it is free and I could test it right in my living room without finding a friend with T-Mobile is good.
What's not to like? The service sucks at our house, even more than our current provider, Verizon.
The Coolpad could only hold a poor connection, based on the yellow light on the device. When I tested for download speed, the speed was about 0.82 Mbps, which is pretty darn bad.
For comparison, Verizon regularly shows only 1 bar of service at our house. I tested the Verizon speed immediately following T Mobile and the download speed was 5.8 Mbps, which is still poor, but way better than T-Mobile.
We generally use wifi on our phones when home, so that is no big deal...until the power goes out and you only have cellular internet. We will not be switching to T-Mobile, even though we could save $50 per month on 4 lines.
I still am hoping that the T-Mobile Test Drive device will carry me through the Lost Sierra Hoedown next week. I do all of the merch sales for the event, so it would be nice to be able to process Square transactions without doing the "Square dance" looking for a Verizon service.
What's not to like? The service sucks at our house, even more than our current provider, Verizon.
The Coolpad could only hold a poor connection, based on the yellow light on the device. When I tested for download speed, the speed was about 0.82 Mbps, which is pretty darn bad.
For comparison, Verizon regularly shows only 1 bar of service at our house. I tested the Verizon speed immediately following T Mobile and the download speed was 5.8 Mbps, which is still poor, but way better than T-Mobile.
We generally use wifi on our phones when home, so that is no big deal...until the power goes out and you only have cellular internet. We will not be switching to T-Mobile, even though we could save $50 per month on 4 lines.
I still am hoping that the T-Mobile Test Drive device will carry me through the Lost Sierra Hoedown next week. I do all of the merch sales for the event, so it would be nice to be able to process Square transactions without doing the "Square dance" looking for a Verizon service.