If you are living in a rural area and have trouble getting high-quality internet but 5g At&t service available, try to find att internet air.

[Dftodd]

We lost out landline and internet due to a wildfire on Aug. 18th. Finally got the fibre optic cable into the house about a month ago. I spent an hour and a half on the phone making arrangements for the new service and to include TV only to have the appointment cancelled by e-mail 1/2 hour later. Haven't heard back since then. I've been using a hot spot on my cell phone. It's expensive and very annoying to use. With no landline, I need to keep my cell in my pocket in order to hear it and every time I don't touch the computer for a minute or two or leave the room for a few seconds it disconnects and I have to spend a couple of minutes getting it going again.

Wife's had to pass on a couple work from home gigs due to lack of internet.

We could go with a wifi box from a cellular provider, but we are in a black hole for cell service.

Internet on my cell phone is equivalent to dial up.

 

[jkk04]

How much per month is it? Does it have a cap or max data download?

$55 per month with auto pay.
No data cap.
The down & upload speed between the 150-100 mbps & 30-40 mbps.
It has been very reliable.

 

[MattB4]

Although I have been using AT&T LTE for my home internet in pay as you go data only plans since 2015 AT&T does not recognize my address as having service. At the moment I am on Cricket 20gb/mo Data only for $35/mo plan. Cricket uses AT&T as carrier. Not bad speeds with an outdoor antenna and Netgear M1 mobile hotspot. About 50mb down and 1-3mb up.

Likely never be 5G in my rural area. Not enough people or towers.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Been on an AT&T tower for the last 6 years at $85 a month with less than 20mbps which was about bare minimum to stream. We were down for 3 weeks last March due to water infiltration at the tower they could not reach because of heavy snow in the mountains. Cable is unavailable (could pay $7,500 to extend service) and the DSL was a nightmare having to re-boot 20x a day. We just switched over to new Fiber direct system being installed via the Gov't grants and we're getting slammed at 1gbps and it's amazing.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The AT&T map shows we have 5G, but not 5G+. When I type in my address on their webpage, it says they don't offer it here.

We have a unique situation whenever a hurricane threatens the Houston/Central Gulf coast. Our roads get grid locked with mass exodus. All cell phone use almost stops. You can get a short text through sometimes when this is going on.

So, if you want to see the radar when this happens, you're SOL.

 

[denchen]

I am not an expert on mobile phones [cell phones] but my understanding is the phone companies are allowing a lot of misinformation going out to the public. I understand that 5G works at much higher frequencies than 4G and the old systems. This means much more data transfer but much shorter distances. 5G transmitters will be lots of small transmitters spread evenly about communities but sited every few hundred yards or so, The big towers that are at line site to the user for 5G are a thing of the past. Some companies are upgrading 4G and calling it 4Gplus, but allowing the public to think it's 5G. To install 5G throughout small rural town cost money, and the mobile companies may be asking 'when will we get our money back?' and I think they are reluctant to roll out 5G in the country side. A lot of people seem to be buying 5G phones but are only getting 4G or less. I stand to be corrected.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

We had att wireless internet for 2 years.

They may have a tower by you but there is a fixed number of users per tower. Our area was full. I checked the website weekly and the second that it said available I got it.

Wasnt bad but wasnt good.

We got fiber now


I would recommend IF you can find a cell phone plan with un capped tethering, do that. Just make the phone a permanent hot spot. You can then connect to a pc to forward it on to a switch or turn it into a wireless access point

 

[mrmikey]

At this moment I'd be satisfied to get decent cell coverage where I live. I don't live in an isolated area by any stretch of the imagination but the cell coverage (Tellus/Koodo/Bell/Virgin) is terrible or non existent.
Last wind and rain storm we had there were alerts sent out that we in this area didn't get, missed, dropped calls, texts etc are spotty at best. I complained to tellus...twice and never heard a peep which I expected so on a whim I filed a complaint with the telecommunications dept of the feds. Surprise, within a week I got an actual call from a Tellus rep with the usual BS but at least he was honest enough to say they weren't upgrading coverage in this area.
He asked me what I wanted and my reply was better coverage, since that wasn't going to happen, I got $15 bumped off my bill...but just for a year and a one time deal aka hush money.

This means much more data transfer but much shorter distances. 5G transmitters will be lots of small transmitters spread evenly about communities but sited every few hundred yards or so

......and I think they are reluctant to roll out 5G in the country side.

That was my understanding as well. In my mind 5G is not the end all of cell phone coverage. Heck, I'd be satisfied with any data coverage.

 

[Alan W.]

Both ATT and Verizon do not offer their wireless internet in our area but you can get it from third parties easily.
We have been on it for a few years now. Hugesnet sucked. Cable is suppose to come into our area next year.
We have no data caps and the speeds are usually 40-60 down and 10-20 up. I declined Starlink when they said it was available because for the price and what we do this is great.

 

[jkk04]

We had att wireless internet for 2 years.

They may have a tower by you but there is a fixed number of users per tower. Our area was full. I checked the website weekly and the second that it said available I got it.
Wasnt bad but wasnt good.
We got fiber now
I would recommend IF you can find a cell phone plan with un capped tethering, do that. Just make the phone a permanent hot spot. You can then connect to a pc to forward it on to a switch or turn it into a wireless access point

The at&t is no longer offering unlimited tethering nor data only plan that I know.

I used to have an unlimited data only plan that I connected to my router as a home internet for several years after switching from HughesNet (the connection was a nightmare)

I feel very lucky to get the actual permanent 5g internet by At&T that I was waiting for a long time in my area.