Re: OT: M4MO antennas for 5G home internet
On 4/9/25 04:15, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
I'm planning to try T-Mobile home internet (both for myself and a
friend), and in her case, I think I might need an external antenna, and
I'd like to consider being prepared to do that during the 15 day free
trial T-Mobile offers.
The "gateway" (mcow) device is a Model TMO-G4AR and the recommended
antennas are M4MO devices (with, among other things, 4 coax leads (and
16 antennas, iiuc)).
I'm wondering if a single antenna (with one coax lead (and maybe 4
antennas?) would do any good? Any harm?
Thanks for any advice!
I have been ddging, and learned a fair amount, but so far haven't found
an answer to that question (i.e., does a less sophisticated (non-M4MO)
antenna do any good.
Do you have 5G in the middle of Siberia?
If you stated your location, and, the average (median) signal strength
of the 5G networking, at your location, it would be useful, when you
post queries such as the above (even if it is off-topic)
Where I am, in a suburb of the state capital of Western Australia, it is
a remote community - we are supposed (advertised) to have "good 5G
coverage", but, no telecommunications company has indicated any intent
of providing 5G coverage for this remote community, and, since the 3G
network was shut down, with the telecommunications companies maliciously
disabling fully operational 4G cellphones, even new cellphones, the 4G
networks have become erratic, with quality and consistency now being at
the level of tin cans connected by bailing string. This is an Australian
state capital...
And, in Australia, we are not supposed to use any telecommunications
device, for making emergency calls. It is part of the Terms Of Service
of telecommunications in Australia.
So, before you go into what devices you should get, you should check the
strength and consistency of whatever level of cellphone networking, you
have, in Siberia, or wherever you are located. It might only be 2G, with
the continuity, of the sound tone of Sputnik (the machine that went
"beep") - in other words, the signal that you get, could be
intermittent, like the 4G signal here.
Just because, "officially", 5G networking is supposed to be available
and of consistently good strength and quality, does not mean that you
should not check exactly what is present, before you go investing in
hardware.
Otherwise, it is like getting a mansion built, only to find that the
property on which the mansion is being built, is bottomless quicksand.
..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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