Re: Cellular backup connections

[Ryan Wilkins <ryan () deadfrog net>]

You mention your connection is 4G.  On T-Mobile 4G is UMTS whereas LTE is, well, LTE.  Are you really on UMTS (which I 
would expect to have much crazier RTTs and jitter like you report) or did you mean LTE?

Ryan

> On Dec 28, 2018, at 7:06 AM, Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I finally got around to setting up a cellular backup device in our new POP. I am currently testing with T-Mobile 
> where the cell signal strength is at 80%. The connection is 4G. When SSH'ing in remotely the connection seems rather 
> slow. Ping times seem to be all over the place (for instance now I am seeing: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 
> 174.142/336.792/555.574/99.599 ms) . Is that just cellular or is that more related to the provider and the location 
> where I am? I could in theory test with VZ and ATT as well. With Verizon they charge $500.00 just to get a public IP 
> and I want to avoid that if possible.
>
> Thanks and sorry in advance if this is off topic.