Tested: Does the Verizon 5G Gateway Hold up? Part 2!

Verizon is planning to use a 5G gateway in your neighborhood, and it's important to know if it will hold up. This 5G gateway is meant to provide faster internet, but is it really worth the switch? In this video, we'll take a look at Verizon's 5G gateway and see if it's worth the switch.
If you're thinking about switching to Verizon, be sure to watch this video to find out if it's worth it! We'll take a look at Verizon's 5G gateway and see if it's really that great. Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Looking to save money on home internet? Me too! This is Part TWO of my experience with the Verizon 5G Internet Gateway that costs $25 a month.
I am not sponsored by Xfinity or Verizon in anyway. Just a raw honest opinion.
Will it hold up to cable internet (mine is Xfinity Currently)? Will it save me money on my $280 a month Xfinity bill? I'm trying to find out and give you my honest opinion. I've done a side by side comparison using my Xfinity cable internet service VS the Verizon 5G Internet gateway.
Over 22 devices and over a far distance through the walls of my house will be tested for the next weeks to see if I can drop the high cost of cable internet. I'll be looking at reliability, customer service, and over all usabilty to see if I switch to Verizon for home internet.
I’m showing my process of how I hooked it up, utilizing the current Internet system that my house was built with. I had some pretty interesting findings. And testing is continuing.
Please subscribe and comment on this video so it will help me make the next parts and give my take on any questions you may have.
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[@theexile4694]

Upload speeds are for hosting servers. Web, game, etc. For gaming, it helps to have a higher upload to get host advantage when playing Peer to peer games. Its not really a massive requirement though. Generally for gaming you only need about 1-2 Mbps per gamer using the net in your home. Even download speeds aren't to important, 10 Mbps per gamer is probably a nice start, although you can do with less. What is important is the way the router is filtering and sending traffic, aka how it's traffic shaping.

[@batmore1]

Upload speed is important if you have to upload large files to an offsite server. Ping time is important for gaming. Thanks for the video. I appreciate your review of Verizon home internet.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Awesome thank you for the explanation! I appreciate it!

[@brandonlord15]

I just got mine Monday, and the picture quality streaming with Verizon is more crisp and I have fiber 1000/1000

[@AviatorsGarage]

That’s awesome! Had ours for 2 years now. Seems to work great.

[@ianbutler1983]

I am thrilled with mine. Before the Verizon 5g home internet, I was using a T-mobile phone as a hot spot. I got about 10mbps for the first day or two of my billing cycle, then got 600kbps for the rest of the month. The only other option was Hughes satellite. The speed with the Verizon 5g is all over the place. The lowest I have seen is 20, the highest is 350. It is almost always over 200. Whatever, 5 is enough to stream hp video, and I live alone. Total for my 5g phone and home internet is $95.00/month.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing your experience! Glad you are saving money in these highly inflated times!

[@MarwinnSalcedo]

lol Saw Part 1 and was wondering where Part 2 was and then bam today it appears in my recommended. Thanks for the video! I'm expecting my Verizon 5g gateway tomorrow and super excited. I have cable internet right now at home and though the speeds always show great of 500+ Mbps I notice that it isn't constant so playing video games lag and streaming constantly adjusts between 720/1080 and 4k while I live alone. I have spent years complaining but they just come out and say speeds are fine. I think the lines are just super old and there is too much noise. Then one night, last week, I decided to use my hotspot on my cell phone to play games and though I was only getting 25Mbps (as my phone only gets 4g) I actually had way better results lol. I have Verizon Unlimited and so I'm getting this for $25 per month and I think its a cheap enough price to add my house to compare for a bit and see if I can drop this cable internet which is $110 per month. I also see you uploaded part 3... :-)

[@AviatorsGarage]

Ya buddy! Thank you for the comment! Part 4 will be coming as well. As for now I’m averaging about 280-340 mbps. It’s been holding up pretty well minus a glitch here and there. Please let us all know how it holds up in gaming! I’m super curious!

[@MarwinnSalcedo]

@@AviatorsGarage Got my Verizon gateway last night was able to hook up and use no problems. Already getting 240-300 mbps. I played for about an hour of gaming and I was having no problems and no lag at all. I think I have become a Verizon fan after last night. I plan to continue testing for a few more week until I get rid of my cable internet but things do look promising. I also streamed HBO GO for another hour and the only thing I could notice negative, if really any, is that it maybe took literally and extra 2 seconds to load the video but once it was going I had no change in resolution or buffering like I saw with my cable internet. I know the say unlimited but curious how much this holds up to unlimited fast speeds. With last night gaming/streaming I used about 15 gigs so I will continue to use and see how it holds up after 150+ gigs of use.

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@MarwinnSalcedo thank you for the update! Thank you for the comment!

[@jrodrigue341]

Look at videos on how to use the Verizon cube in bridge mode and connect it to your own router. That is what I did for mine.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Doing research on it now!

[@LeoVlog28]

They sent me one. I’m returning it. There is no 5G in my area on my phone so I won’t even connect it.

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@LeoVlog28 that would be a problem

[@mikee405OKC]

Good morning from Oklahoma City. My Verizon 5G will be arriving today so I can check it out and compare it to my Gigablast through Cox Cable. When it comes to gaming ping and latency is extremely important. The lower the ping means no lagging (rubber banding). I hope I can save money with Verizon new router though.... Cox $200 vs Verizon 5G $35.....we shall see.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Awesome sir! Let us know how it goes. So far 6 months straight for us and it’s working decent.

[@mikee405OKC]

@WhatWerksForMe I will and Thank You for this vid.

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@mikee405OKC absolutely and thank you for the comment!

[@altep8148]

How safe is 5G mmWave Spectrum throughout your home?

[@AviatorsGarage]

Not sure what you mean? 5G goes through tall homes in major cities which means it goes through one’s body (wether you use it or not). If you’ve been on a commercial airline- you’ve been exposed to 5G. There is really no hiding from it in todays current technological age. As far as the box- it uses this signal and gives my home internet via Verizon’s 5G network (that has existed for the last year in my area - there for, all persons in my area are having 5G go throughout their homes (and bodies) and living their lives normally. I just chose to try out this service and save over $275 a month from switching from Xfinity. My current performance has stayed consistently above 300mbps. I haven’t grown a tail - yet, but if I do, I will make a video about it. Thank you for the comment!

[@beanX21]

While I’m over here with 50mbps on a good day, this the fastest speeds we’ve ever had. We went to Verizon for other reasons and they told us we can get that box so we said sure why not now I’m excited to see those crazy speeds. Even if I get 100 I’ll be blown away lol. And ping is good for gaming the lower the ping the better

[@AviatorsGarage]

Awesome! If you have any issues with your speed, make sure you get on the chat with Verizon or call them and they did something to my signal and I was peeking at about 250mbps, and now it’s pretty consistent over 300. I hope it works out for you in your area.

[@uhoh7541]

How has the verizon held up in regards to reliability? Any issues connecting in bad weather or during peak hours?

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@uhoh7541 only had one issue when I first started using it. Internet would cut off at 1130pm three nights in a row. I got on the horn with Verizon immediately and it was escalated to the technical department and they uncovered a glitch in my area. Since then, smooth and zero issues. I don’t even have mine set up near a window. Works great!

[@justinra8487]

Where did you get that shelf from?

[@AviatorsGarage]

I got it from target a long time ago. Finally used it. It was sitting in my closet for years.

[@geraldthomas8241]

My Verizon 5g home internet was fine for the first month, then the nightmares began. While you're getting your 200+ and 300+ download speeds, I got less than 10 or less. I called tech support and they were no help. I finally figured out myself how to at least get 50-60 mb out of it. It's going back for sure.

[@AviatorsGarage]

I’m sorry to hear that man I would take it back as well!

[@EmoxXxProductions]

It's probably switching from 4G to 5G & that's when your signal drops & lags.

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@EmoxXxProductions great insights! Thank you for pointing that out.

[@uhoh7541]

Thanks for this as I'm looking to switch to wireless home when it's a reliable technology. Would you mind sharing your region or at least describe what type of area you live in? I'd assume the verizon service would work better near larger urban areas that'd have more towers than less populated rural areas.

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@uhoh7541 I live in Jacksonville Florida about 2 miles from a 5G tower. It’s going on 3 months with the service and no hang ups. Have over 3 devices on it. I’m not a gamer so I don’t know how it would hold up. I’ve currently shooting a video on Mesh wifi that I’m changing my network to that the Verizon 5G gateway supports,

[@tonykeltsflorida]

Upload speeds are important for sending videos to youTube.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Makes sense. I’m sure for gaming as well, but I have no clue. Thanks for the comment!

[@moes548]

I had this gateway hopeful because it was pretty cheap but I couldn’t get past 30 mbps. I was pretty bummed so I’m low key jealous it works for you

[@AviatorsGarage]

Sorry to hear that, did you tell Verizon technical support?

[@moes548]

@@AviatorsGarage yeah they said there wasn’t anything they could do so I returned it

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@moes548 sorry to hear that. Hope there are other options that can save you some money.

[@daishi15]

Have you tried AT&T Internet Air

[@AviatorsGarage]

Nope, I had bad experiences with AT&T.

[@JayTee713]

One thing I found out is that I need to have the gateway nearby my PS4 if I want to play online. I tried to use a lan cable and wifi with the gateway being in a different room and I could not play online. I don't know why the gateway has to be near my gaming console for it to work online

[@AviatorsGarage]

I would ask the support people at Verizon. Might be a bad gateway router.

[@RV-ri8jk]

Got my Verizon 5g today -- before I saw your vids on this product. I got 250 Gb out of box. Supporting smart TVs and YT. Ultimate test is my PS4 multiplayer! I'm trying to get Cox out of my wallet -- they're constantly hiking rates!

[@AviatorsGarage]

@R V - quick tip - get on chat with Verizon, say your speeds are “slow”. Say maybe 120mbps or lower, they rebooted my 5G box and I’m getting consistent over 300 mbps now. Try it out!

[@timothylcorl6632]

I sure Never did

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@timothylcorl6632 did you talk to support?

[@bobbyg7552]

I have mine in my closet, it works fine

[@AviatorsGarage]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@F30XP]

For those blaming the Verizon 5g cube Is causing the slow speeds I highly doubt it. I think It has more to do with Verizon towers, your best bet is to call Verizon and let them know speeds are slow that happened to me too until I call them and the sent my ticket to technical support. After a few days I noticed my speeds became more consistent and more stable. I want to think they looked into my problem with the speeds and did something to the tower off course I'm just speculating.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Great points. Same for me.

[@bobbyg7552]

I have my own router fed from a modem from WOW. If I get the Verizon router, can I use a lan cable to connect my own router, (thus not having to change any devices that were hooked up?

[@AviatorsGarage]

That’s exactly what I did. Works perfectly. It was plug and play.

[@enricoderojassarson5596]

Your speed is dependent upon distance to cellphone tower, population near that tower and the number of persons streaming or gaming on that tower at the specific hour you are using the same tower. Once the kids come home for school, things may slow to a crawl

[@AviatorsGarage]

330mbps strong 8 months later. Streaming HD simultaneously on 8 devices. Zero issues. Thanks for watching!

[@TheTheboss175]

You should have xfinity upgrade your modem to an xb8 if you decide to keep them. Xb8 modem 100 times better . They also not charging for equipment anymore since none of the comp is when you get a new promotion

[@AviatorsGarage]

Thank you for the comment!

[@AviatorsGarage]

Chances are they will charge me for that lol. Xfinity has been horribly expensive!

[@dingdong6005]

Xifinity is rip off and want to charge for everything

[@Streeknine]

My speed jumps to 400mbs but then drops to 300mbs, it's hardware limited to 300 d/l and 20 u/l . No way around it. But.. that's still a good speed for the price. I got a $15 discount for customer loyalty, so I'm only paying $10 extra on my cell phone for it.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@Streeknine]

@@SteveSlotsNgaming Stealing someone else's WiFi doesn't count.

[@noeltorres28]

It’s not hardware limitation that’s the limit of Verizon put on it so it will bog down the network. Remember they’re only using 60 MHz C-Band to do this once they get the rest of C-Band about 160 to 200 MHz of that spectrum it’s gonna do over a gig

[@SteveSlotsNgaming]

@@Streeknine ACP

[@Streeknine]

@@noeltorres28 If they put a limitation on it, it's hardware limitation. Duh.

[@uhoh7541]

I don't believe Xifinity is available in my area. How did the verizon 5g hold up in regards to reliability (more concerned about reliability than speed for my personal use)? I've been hanging on to old/slow internet for longer than i should. Several reasons, it's fast enough for me living alone, it almost never goes out, and i figured wireless 5g would replace wired home internet at some point- so was waiting for that day before upgrading.

[@AviatorsGarage]

It’s been holding up great! Average speeds of 210-250 Mbps and 13-31 upload. Pings up 45! I wasn’t convinced that it would do well so Verizon gave us a 30 day free trial. So 3 months strong and we ditched xfinity totally. Saving 300$ a month. (Xfinity was our TV, Internet, and home security)

[@dingdong6005]

I am trying to decide going to Verizon from xfinity . Do you recommend it ?

[@EmoxXxProductions]

Xfinity can't beat Verizon whatever they advertise 10G Comcast is misleading & if you can hold that speed with no Drops Yes You can Definitely Game.

[@AviatorsGarage]

Thank you for the comment that really helps. Ever since I’ve become a father, my gaming life has completely been nil. A lot of people of that questions about how that would work or not. Thank you.

[@EmoxXxProductions]

@@AviatorsGarage If You get a Dynalink WiFi 6 Router you can make the MTU Packet Size Smaller to where you can lower your Ping & increase your speed 😉. Not Financial Advice 😉 😜

[@AviatorsGarage]

This is all great stuff. I really appreciate your comments.

[@dingdong6005]

Xfinity sucks

[@rubendelarosaii5713]

I think you will have a much better experience if you get a mesh wifi system that has wired backhaul capabilities. Especially since you have a 2 story home. In my house i was having signal degredation since the routes was on one end of the house but now with just 2 APs that are wired together, it is seamless when roaming the house, no need to choose which router im connecting to, the system just chooses the one with better signal. I think since you already have ethernet cables run, all you would need to do is get creative about the placement. Most APS have 2 port for the network signal and another to supply a device (which could be a switch). I appreciate your videos, I am for sure going to give Verizon a shot when my stint of travel for work is over so i can be home to test it.

[@AviatorsGarage]

I’m definitely going to look into the mesh network. Wondering if I can just name all routers the same SSID. That way I can use the equipment I have. Cause it is a pain switching all the time. What do you think?

[@rubendelarosaii5713]

@WhatWerksForMe I think there are videos on how to do that. I think there is a little more involved but it isn't to bad. I went wifi mesh for simplicity and being able to monitor each AP from my phone. I have the demo m9. We set up the m5 at a friend's and it works well. He didn't do the wired backhaul and it works fine. But since you have the infrastructure already I'd do the wired solution

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@rubendelarosaii5713 awesome! I will look into it!

[@timothylcorl6632]

I had Verizon Mobile Internet and it was very slow . I still have their mobile service Mobile Home. And Cell Cell but their mobile internet didn’t work for me period!

[@AviatorsGarage]

What area are you in? Maybe there isn’t a 5G tower yet? I’d reach out to the support people at Verizon.

[@naybrown8755]

Yea you gotta know which service is good for you area if you don’t always go with xfinity

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@naybrown8755 just remember Xfinity is horribly expensive! Glad it’s gone for me! Saving over $270 a month now!

[@timothylcorl6632]

@@AviatorsGarage I did and they told me that the building I live in isn’t in sight of their towers

[@timothylcorl6632]

@@naybrown8755 i went back to Xfinity from Verizon mobile internet which worked a lot in my location!

[@Kevintec01]

Good job

[@AviatorsGarage]

Thank you for the compliment and comment!

[@mikez1r]

Ping is more important for gaming. You are not showing the ping.

[@AviatorsGarage]

I figure out how for part 4. Thank you for the comment.

[@apprenticebill7116]

50Mbps. disneyland vicinity. going back to att.

[@AviatorsGarage]

That is terribly slow service! I’d call Verizon. I did and they did something to keep me at 300mbps.

[@shad2851]

@@AviatorsGarage ya verizon is limited to about 300 down / 20 up

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@shad2851 I’m getting 310-350 mbps some times and 15-45 mbps upload. I’m sure it varies ona bunch of stuff.

[@timothylcorl6632]

I sure didn’t Slow as a turtle.

[@AviatorsGarage]

What area are you in? Just curious

[@timothylcorl6632]

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area

[@AviatorsGarage]

@@timothylcorl6632 crazy, and Verizon had no help at all?

[@JAG6.7]

1st😂😂😂

[@AviatorsGarage]

Ya buddy!!!

[@JayTee713]

One thing I found out is that I need to have the gateway nearby my PS4 if I want to play online. I tried to use a lan cable and wifi with the gateway being in a different room and I could not play online. I don't know why the gateway has to be near my gaming console for it to work online

[@AviatorsGarage]

I see. Thank you for the comment. Have you tried using the Ethernet ports?