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Weak Signal
I have t-mobile internet for less than a month but since first setting up I have always had weak signal. Download speed is between 15- 45 mbps and upload is less than 5 mbps. Does anyone have any sug...
Sometimes it helps to see a comparison. We only have the n71 channel but that does pretty good given we are 5.3 miles from the tower. From the information you have posted where both signals are on the weak side, is probably due to distance from/to the tower. The RSRQ on the secondary channel you have is at the lower end of good. The quality of the 5G signal seems to be suffering probably due to the distance of travel. The signal to noise ratio your router has in the medium range is not terrible but if it were cleaner the performance would be improved. With the tower location known better expectations could be established for actual delivery. The coverage area maps may be a bit overly optimistic to encourage subscribers.
When they are working on the tower equipment it is just as likely they are making configuration changes in the switching equipment vs. the antennas. Some of the changes can probably be done remote too.
My connection metrics just for reference:
Primary Signal ← the 4G LTE signal (B2) [reports 3 bars in graphical display]
Connected
RSRP -95 dBm ← Not great but sufficient for 4G LTE
SNR 19 dB ← Not in the excellent range but at the top of the good range so positive.
RSRQ -8 dB ← in the excellent range so a good quality signal
RSSI -65 dBm
Secondary Signal ← the 5G NR signal (n71) [reports 4 in graphical display]
Connected
RSRP -80 dBm ← At the excellent
SNR 19 dB ← Not in the excellent range but at the top of the good range so positive.
RSRQ -11 dB ← in the good range so a fairly reasonable quality signal
