I live in a semi-rural community with few internet options.
T-mobile become an option so I decided to give it a shot. It's a decent price/performance option between DSL and cable internet.
As you can see I've made a fully custom hanging shelf with a piece of scrap 1/4" plywood and twine for optimal placement.
I then cracked open the unit and installed external antenna adapters. I placed a directional antenna on the roof.
I kept experiencing complete connection dropouts which became worse over time. After some research I found that other users said that the problem was the unit overheating.
I placed a 120mm fan on top. I wired up a barrel jack so it can be plugged into a normal 12v adapter and it just stays on all the time. I might clean this up and use a temperature controller in the future. It's currently held to the unit with scotch tape.
Everything has been stable for now. Maybe I'll find some more ways to tweak it to get better performance.
Woah, that's a lot of mods! I had the same service for a couple years. It was actually more reliable than the copper in our old apartment, because they ran all the cables into an underground box filled with water (Florida). It was a good price too!