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Rural Internet

Kenneth H. East [view page source]

Notes taken while researching and installing internet service in the Texas Hill Country, west of Austin.

LTE

------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------
Carrier             4G LTE Bands             Frequencies
------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------
AT&T                2, 4, 5, *17*            1900, 1700 abcde, 700 bc
Verizon Wireless    2, 4, *13*               1900, 1700 f, 700 c
T-Mobile            2, *4*, *12*, 66, 71     1900, 1700 def, 700 a, 600
Sprint              *25*, 26, 41             1900 g, 850, 2500
Europe              3, 7, 20                 1800, 2600, 800
China, India        40, 41                   2300, 2500
------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands

T-Mobile

----------------------  ------  ---------------     -------
Frequency/Band          Band #  Radio Interface     Gen
----------------------  ------  ---------------     -------
1900MHz PCS             2       GSM/GPRS/EDGE            2G
1900MHz PCS             2       UMTS/HSPA+               3G
1900MHz PCS             2       LTE                      4G
1700/2100MHz AWS        4       UMTS/HSPA+               3G
1700/2100MHz AWS        66      LTE                      4G
700MHz Lower Block A    12      LTE                      4G
600MHz                  71      LTE                      4G
----------------------  ------  ---------------     -------

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_US https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988

Service

Unlimitedville

http://unlimitedville.com

The claim unlimited, unthrottled data.

Sprint - $99/mo.

Sprint claims excellent 4G coverage at my location.

T-Mobile - $149/mo.

4GAntennaShop

http://4gantennashop.com

$85/mo. No contract. Unlimited data, with 32GB before deprioritization. Apparently use T-Mobile network, with AT&T as a fallback.

I suppose this is the same as T-Mobile, but $10/mo. less expensive.

Update: It's now May, 2018. I've been using this since September, 2017, and it has been fantastic. Even with careful bandwidth usage, I am regularly consuming 80GB of data per month. To my knowledge, I have never been throttled and I've never received any sort of warning. The service has been rock-solid so far -- highly recommended.

T-Mobile One Unlimited

$70/mo. One line. Unlimited talk, text, LTE data. Tethering at max 3G speed. Deprioritization after 32GB.

Add T-Mobile One Plus International for $25/mo. Allows tethering at 4G speed.

So... 32GB of LTE for $95/mo.

T-Mobile One Unlimited 55+

Two lines. Unlimited talk, text, LTE data. $60/mo. Tethering at max 3G speed. Can't add International to this for 4G speed.