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5G T-Mobile Home Internet - Pay fee and keep gateway for emergency use???
Tried doing a chat with a T-Mobile rep, but they didn’t seem to understand what I wanted to do. Since 5G T-Mobile Home Internet is available at my house now, I would like to test it out, but since 2 ...
magenta10539468 wrote:I thought about paying the non return fee and keeping the gateway for emergency use.
There could be a question of whether T-Mobile considers the gateway as lost or stolen, and would lock the gateway from service.
There have been gateways sold on eBay, that were locked and not able to be activated with T-Mobile.
An Amazon seller is selling refurb gateways for $200 with no reviews and unknown problems of activation, but would be less expensive than T-Mobile’s $370 non-return fee.
https://www.amazon.com/T-Mobile-High-Speed-Internet-Gateway-Renewed/dp/B09WF7BVBR
