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I live in a semi-rural community with few internet options.

T-mobile become an option so I decided to give it a shot. It's a decent price/performance option between DSL and cable internet.

As you can see I've made a fully custom hanging shelf with a piece of scrap 1/4" plywood and twine for optimal placement.

I then cracked open the unit and installed external antenna adapters. I placed a directional antenna on the roof.

I kept experiencing complete connection dropouts which became worse over time. After some research I found that other users said that the problem was the unit overheating.

I placed a 120mm fan on top. I wired up a barrel jack so it can be plugged into a normal 12v adapter and it just stays on all the time. I might clean this up and use a temperature controller in the future. It's currently held to the unit with scotch tape.

Everything has been stable for now. Maybe I'll find some more ways to tweak it to get better performance.

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[–] Xuerian 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Verizon is locked in at $35/mo for 10 years and no data caps.

Desire to know more intensifies

[–] cduke23 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s the offer out of the gate if you’re an existing Verizon customer.

[–] Xuerian 2 points 1 year ago

Bah, I checked and It's not even available in my area.

Thanks for the tip either way!