Several months (maybe a year?) ago I picked up a 5G Home Internet router in anticipation of a new tower going up very close to me. Not long after I got it, the tower went up and became active. At first it was LTE only, but within the last few months it's been putting out 5G UW. My mobile phone (connected to Verizon directly) gets 300-400 Mbps download and around 30+ Mbps upload speeds, and a sub-30ms ping right outside (and inside) the window where the 5G router is sitting. My phone also shows 4 bars of 5G UW. Sometimes it'll drop into 5G instead of 5G UW, but the signal stays at 4 bars. Even with 5G I still get 200-300 Mbps, which is way better than the LTE speeds the router is putting out.
If I connect to the router's Wi-Fi and run a speed test, I get around 40 Mbps with around 4 or 5 Mbps upload. This seems like typical LTE speeds to me, and not 5G or 5G UW.
If I go onto Verizon's webpage and look at the device, it first shows as a 5G Home Router but when I click on it to get more info, the title switches to LTE Home Router.
The tower is less than 2 miles away with a decent line of sight (since it's up high and so is the land I'm on). I guess I'm wondering why the router won't connect at 5G speeds? The light on the front is white if that means anything.
Is my router provisioned for LTE instead of 5G? How do I get it to recognize and take advantage of the strong 5G signal?
EDIT: I checked the router system status and I'm seeing the numbers, below. The 5G signal fluctuates between -97 and -100.5.
Regards,
Brian
