Starlink vs. T-Mobile Home Internet: Which is Better for You?

Generally speaking, Starlink customers love their service, especially when it’s compared to other rural internet services that are also expensive and not all that fast.

“There aren't that many options for remote locations, and what is there is low speed and expensive,” says Lauren Morley, a Starlink Roam customer who uses the service in an RV. “It was very cool when we were traveling to set up the Starlink in the middle of a secluded forest and be connected!”

One customer, Debra Blumenthal, has used Starlink and Viasat, another satellite internet provider, ultimately finding Starlink a much more impressive service. Blumenthal uses the service on the farm where she lives with her husband in rural Montesano, Washington.

“We had started out with Viasat—but it was awful. With their plan, you had so much data that was fast speed, but once you reach that point it throttles down and you can’t even watch a Netflix movie. With Starlink, it is the same data straight across the board. No throttling down.”

Not every single customer is all that happy with their internet, though. Jonas Zuck Jr. from Pennsylvania says that he doesn’t love “the initial setup cost and the occasional service interruptions during severe weather. These interruptions, although infrequent, can be a drawback in the hospitality sector, where continuous internet access is often a given expectation.”

Customers of T-Mobile 5G Home Internet are very positive about their service too, though. That’s largely because the service offers an alternative to cable providers that would otherwise be the only option in a given area.

Steve Abbott and his wife 5G Home Internet customers in California who were previously stuck with a DSL connection.

“We could barely stream Lakers and Dodger games, let alone shows on Netflix,” Abbott recalls. He calls 5G Home Internet a “get out of jail free card” because it vaulted his home Wi-Fi out of the DSL dungeon. “Took us from low-quality streaming on a single TV to being able to stream two different shows in two different rooms with high definition,” he says.

Austin Aguirre is another customer who is a staff writer at HighSpeedInternet.com and subscribes to T-Mobile 5G Home Internet as a backup connection. Austin and his wife both work at home, meaning that solid internet connectivity is important all the time. He liked it so much that he even connected his Xbox and PlayStation 5 permanently to his T-Mobile network.

 “I've never experienced latency woes or lag outside of the norm while using T-Mobile as a primary gaming connection,” Aguirre says.

Not everyone is completely happy with T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. The service relies on 5G connections to provide internet connectivity to your home, and that can mean fluctuating speeds.

“I honestly gave up trying to game on this internet,” says Jordan Rivera, a T-Mobile 5G Home Internet customer in Las Vegas, Nevada. He lives close to a 5G tower, but he consistently gets high ping spikes in Apex Legends. “I would die before knowing anything hit me. I mostly play single player games now, ha.”

That said, generally speaking, customers of T-Mobile 5G Home Internet are happy with their service.