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T-Mobile plan?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:05 pm
by lawnmowerman
After upgrading my antennas, I found I could get band 2 signal, which I think because it is higher 15 MHz is going to give me better speeds than my current band 4 on 10 MHz. Except band 2 on this tower is not my carrier (currently using Verizon) and after some research it appears to be T-Mobile. So I'd like to try a T-Mobile plan and see how it works... but not sure which is best for my needs and would work with Mofi 4500 sim 7.
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First off, am I correct that band 2 would be better than band 4? I'm on band 4 now because with my prepaid Verizon plan, band 13 gets too congested and slow.

If so, which T-Mobile plan should I get? My biggest needs are unlimited data and no video stream throttling.

Prepaid seems the most straightforward but is video streaming throttled? According to this, https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans- ... paid-plans, the prepaid unlimited plans can't be de-throttled. If so, any way around that?

Or can I get a post-paid plan? Would I just order the Magneta Plus plan for a single line and say I'm bringing my own device? I started to do this online and there didn't seem to be a point where they wanted an IMEI. If I activate the SIM they send on my phone, then change the TTL to 64/65, will that work? Or will they flag it for being the wrong device?

Any other T-Mobile network data plan options outside going directly to T-Mobile?

Thanks all! This forum has been a life saver... :D

Re: T-Mobile plan?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:22 pm
by gscheb

Re: T-Mobile plan?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:02 pm
by lawnmowerman
[quote=gscheb post_id=10391 time=1595460120 user_id=1402]
Post pay way to go:
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32 ... data#p7409

Perfect, thank you! Ordered magenta plus and SIM. Sounds like I can put the sim right in the mofi and it should work with ttl set right? Don’t need to activate it on a phone first?

Re: T-Mobile plan?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:16 pm
by gscheb
Did this for someone else and literally activated right in the router. It was a Sierra Wireless MC7455. If this works for you please post about it.

Re: T-Mobile plan?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:30 pm
by lawnmowerman
gscheb wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:16 pm Did this for someone else and literally activated right in the router. It was a Sierra Wireless MC7455. If this works for you please post about it.
Nice! Will do!