Do you know if you have T-Mobile 5G available? I ask because I know that for a bit T-Mobile would say that service was not available at an address if someone else had already subscribed in the area. Technically the service would be available, but they wouldn't provide it for fear it would potentially dilute their service.

About 4 months ago T-Mobile did a pretty big upgrade and they've been allowing new customers who had previously been denied for service. For example: My neighbor has asked not long after we got service and were told 'sorry'. Fast forward and they were able to get service a couple of months ago. Also, my service contact originally capped me at 50mb down. I just ran a test now and I'm pulling 138/34, which is pretty consistent to the speeds I get since the big update.

If you get even OK T-Mobile service in your area but you check your address in the service map and get a 'sorry about your luck', you might give them a call and see if there's a reason. I have no idea if T-Mobile is still trying to slow role their deployment, but if you haven't checked in a bit you might check again.

We live in the NEK, not very far from Newport. T-Mobile is the only cell service provider that has any coverage around our area, which is sort of a head-scratcher since the closest store is in Essex Junction. We were one of the first customers in VT to get home service and we feel pretty lucky with how it's worked out for us.

We use T-Mobile home internet and we've had good luck. We usually fall into up-speeds of 25-30mbps, which is pretty good. Both my wife and I work from home and regularly stream meetings at the same time with no issues. It's cheap and has been pretty reliable for the 2+ years we've been using it. T-Mobile has a service map where you can see if service is available for your address.

When I moved into my house the primary heating method was a really great wood stove in the living room. There was an oil furnace, but it didn't really work. We eventually updated the furnace with a new model and then oil prices started to rise. We had an apartment added over our garage this past year which included propane and split units so we had a split installed in our house as well to heat the back rooms.

We've probably spent about 11K updating the heating in our house, which is just under 2k sqft. I spend about $300 a month on wood (6 cords @ $275 - a pretty big increase this year), about $100 a month on oil (it doesn't run much) and I've estimated about $150 a month for the electricity to run the splits. We have a couple on plug in register heaters that get used a little here and there as well. The apartment belongs to my in laws and stays cold when they're not here, so the propane bill sits around 80 bucks a month, which they pay.

So all told, we're in for maybe $550 a month to heat the place. My wife and I both work from home and keep the place toasty. Paying half the bill in June, for the wood, helps take some of the weight off the monthly bills, but even still it feels like a lot.

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