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[…]plan (which is grandfathered in at 300 Mbps), with auto-pay. I didn’t have any activation fees either. Is it a good deal? For me, it was a lot cheaper than cable.  I was paying $80/month for cable so I’m saving $30/month. The coax cable in my condo was bad, so it’s also faster than my cable, though it may not be for you. Is it easy to set up? It’s super easy to set up and get Internet access working. It’s basically plug-and-play. Setting up your account and auto-billing (to get the monthly $10 discount) on the Verizon website is […]

[…]Internet forums and social platforms is that the gateway cube will lose Internet connection, requiring a reboot to restore, or will reboot itself. For me, this happens a few times a month, max, so not a big deal. But for others, it happens once a week, once a day, or even every few hours, which is completely unacceptable! While I don’t have a magic fix for every situation, here are some tips that have helped folks with this problem. 1. Reposition Your Gateway This is easy to do and a good number of people online said this helped. Try moving […]

[…]dots and 4G towers like this: If you’re looking for 4G towers, you’re basically done. If you click on a tower, you can see the area covered by its cells: Finding 5G Towers If you’re looking for 5G towers, there are a few more steps. Close the popup and go back to the Provider menu popup. You’ll notice there is a pulldown labeled “Network” where the choices include “4G – LTE” or “5G NR”. If you choose “5G NR” for T-Mobile, you’ll see their 5G towers. However, Verizon and AT&T currently do not have a lot of dedicated 5G towers, […]

[…]own Wi-Fi router to get better range. In my case, the Verizon Gateway’s built-in Wi-Fi was sufficient for both floors of my condo, but it didn’t reach my outdoor Ring cameras. So, I found it necessary to plug in my trusty Netgear Wi-Fi router into my Verizon 5G Home Internet gateway. The Easy Way Technically, you could simply plug your router into one of your Gateway’s Ethernet ports. As long as the Wi-Fi names on your router are set to different values than your Gateway, that setup should work for everyday web browsing. But, that means your Gateway is unnecessarily […]

[…]the ASK-NCQ1338 Internet Gateway with Firmware Version 222656 Fortunately, someone on Reddit publicized a harmless website hack that will enable you to see your gateway’s signal strength. This is because the signal strength bar graph is actually being sent to the web portal, but it is hidden by CSS code for some unknown reason. This hack works with firmware version 222656 only. By navigating to the web portal and entering some code to remove the “hide” class from the bar graphs, you can unmask the signal strength meters! Here’s how to do it. Armed with these meters, you can now […]

After years of rising costs for Internet access, I believe we are at a point where prices will stabilize due to new technologies like fiber and 5G home Internet. If you live in or near a big city, I believe you shouldn’t be paying more than $50 per month for unlimited high-speed internet. If you’re paying more than that, keep reading for ways to save. 1. Check out 5G Home Internet It’s only available in a select list of major cities, but if you’re on cable Internet now, you might be able to increase your bandwidth and lower your costs. […]

[…]was stupidly easy. I plugged in power and waited for it to boot up and configure. When it was done, I connected an Ethernet cable from the gateway to my computer and used the web app to set up my Wi-Fi network name and password. Voila! I was up and running in minutes! Wow! You can also set up the box via Wi-Fi using the settings printed at the bottom of the unit. Aside from the quick start card, no manual was included with the unit. But you can download the manual for the ARC model or for the ASK […]