T-Mobile is improving a lot of users’ 5G speeds with a swift (and totally free) upgrade

Don’t put the “trash can” in the garbage bin!

If you still use this device, you should look to replace it ASAP. | Image Credit — T-Mobile

Consequently, you’re all recommended to do the same thing if you’ve recently gotten a text message or email proposing a gateway upgrade “On Us.” If you haven’t just yet, but you know you’re still rocking a Nokia 5G21, you can give it a few more days or reach out to T-Mobile customer support to straight-up ask for a speed-improving freebie.

Worst case scenario, you’ll be denied the upgrade if you’re (somehow) not eligible. Best (and most frequent) scenario, you’ll be sent a zippy new gateway at home and asked to return your “trash can” by mail or in a nearby physical store. Yes, it’s that simple!

Double the speeds with no strings attached

At the risk of annoying you by saying this again, T-Mobile‘s latest 5G Home Internet upgrade will not cost you a dime. Not at the time of your order for your new gateway, not later via monthly payments or anything, and regardless of how little you currently pay for your service, your plan will not be changed in any way to “accommodate” this upgrade.

Now, the speed boosts you’ll obtain once you replace the 5G21 with a G4AR or G5AR might vary from location to location and even depend on your luck, but a bunch of Redditors are claiming their improvements have been surprisingly substantial.

The setup process is also generally described as a walk in the park, requiring a simple switch of your SIM card from your old to your new blazing fast 5G gateway.

Consolidating T-Mobile’s 5G supremacy one small change at a time

In the grand scheme of the industry, what Magenta is doing with this product replacement is definitely not what one would call a big technological leap.

There’s no catching up to Magenta on the 5G speed front anytime soon. | Image Credit — T-Mobile

But it’s precisely these small steps (made at the right time and in the right way) that have contributed to a major shift in power with the advent of 5G, helping T-Mobile overtake AT&T and challenge Verizon in terms of wireless subscriber numbers and making the “Un-carrier” a force to be reckoned with in the home internet field as well.

Despite so many missteps over the last couple of years, T-Mo continues to prove that it cares about the user experience and network speeds of all its customers, which can’t always be said about the competition.

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