DTV says it is a T mobile problem and when I called T Mobile they claim it is a DTV problem, that they need to find a better way to track my location……@scottyj: I basically concur with @Jrinehart76. Yes, it’s definitely a DirecTV problem in terms of how they’re attempting to “secure” legitimate access to their service. But T-Mobile isn’t exactly making it easier, either. My static IP address from T-Mobile resolves to Bellevue, WA, which is about 1000 miles (and a whole timezone) off from where I am in Colorado.Because of my need to access various network services at my home while I’m away, it’s important that I have publicly accessible IPv4 addresses. (I don’t actually care if they’re static or dynamic, but I need durable port forwarding.) So with my Starlink connection, which, like the conventional T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, uses CGNAT and only a public IPv6 address, I need to make sure that individual connection is always VPNed. So I bought a static IPv4 address from my VPN provider
@zookybear:t-mobile small business internet throttles ALL streaming services WOW...that is just so...wildly unacceptable. I don’t even know what to say.I probably haven’t noticed becauseI’ve had this all set up for less than a week so far. I’m in a rural mountain town, so I’m getting a few tens of Mbps upload/download at most through my T-Mobile connection, even with a high-gain antenna booster pointed directly at the (LTE-only) T-Mobile cell tower that I can see with the naked eye… I’m loadbalancing across 4 ISP connections (2x Rise Broadband, 1x Starlink, 1x T-Mobile) using my TP-Link ER605 multi-WAN router, so not all streams go over the T-Mobile connection.I vaguely recall a flyer plastered to the counter in the T-Mobile store that said something about how they had some commitment to not do anything of the sort, but I didn’t read the verbiage carefully, nor did I snap a photo.Ugh.T-Mobile has been quite the unpleasant experience for the last several months of just trying to get int
The ~20-hour ordeal that I had to go through for all this is worth a separate writeup, but yes, you can get a static public IPv4 address on your T-Mobile gateway/router. Here are the requirements:Set up a T-Mobile Business Account using a Federal Tax ID Number (also referred to as an “FEIN”). You cannot set up the business account as a sole proprietorship under your social security number (SSN). You’ll have to do this in a physical store. Ask your in-store sales rep to add the following add-on to your account: ZSIPV4MI "Bus Static IPV4 MI $3 Chi" That is the product code / SKU for a static IPv4 address for an extra $3/month. (There’s a similar one for IPv6, if you need that for some reason.) Make sure to request an Inseego FX2000 device as your gateway/router. They are unlikely to have these in-store. (I had to do a horrific rigamarole to get one of these by calling Business Sales ahead of having the right kind of business account set up.) Call Business Tech Support and request that th
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