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Verizon 5G Home Internet Review

Get fast internet at a bargain price—just watch out for occasional disconnects.

Verizon Home Internet

Price: $35.00–$80.00/mo.*
Speeds: Up to 1,000 Mbps
Data cap: None
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Our Verizon 5G Home Internet review

Verizon 5G Home Internet uses the cell carrier’s 5G Ultra Wideband network to get you an impressively fast connection at a cheap price. A relatively new service, it’s not as time-tested as fiber or cable—and our experience with recurring disconnects suggests that Verizon still has some bugs to figure out. But it’s still worth a try because a reliable Verizon 5G Home connection beats out many cable internet providers thanks to its straightforward pricing, absence of data caps, and reliably fast speeds.

 Pros

  • Affordable monthly rates
  • No annual contract or data cap

 Cons

  • Occasional drops in connection
  • Limited availability

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Compare Verizon 5G Home Internet plans and pricing

PackagePriceSpeedView on Verizon site
Verizon 5G Home$35/mo. (for Verizon Unlimited phone plan subscribers)* or $60/mo. (for nonsubscribers, w/ autopay)Up to 300 Mbps
Verizon 5G Home Plus$45/mo. (for Verizon Unlimited phone plan subscribers)* or $80/mo. (for nonsubscribers, w/ autopay)Up to 1,000 Mbps

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Verizon 5G Home Internet speeds: What’s best for you?

Verizon 5G Home Internet uses a wireless signal to get you a connection, so speeds may vary depending on the quality of cell service you normally see in your area. In our experience, when we set up Verizon 5G Home Internet in our house, it delivered consistently fast speeds that typically ranged between 245–360 Mbps—even when we had over a dozen Wi-Fi computers, phones, and smart home devices pulling from the network.

Upload speeds are roughly equivalent to what you get from a cable internet provider: our uploads usually clock in at around 20–30 Mbps. Although you may want faster internet if you have very serious bandwidth requirements, these speeds are perfect for small- to mid-sized households in which users frequently game, stream, and make Zoom calls on several devices.

Pro tip: 

Use our “How Much Internet Speed Do I Need?” tool to see if speed of up to 300 Mbps are right for you.

Watch out for occasional disconnects

A few weeks into our service, we experienced regular issues with our connection dropping out on phones and computers, including in the middle of Zoom calls. Every time this happened, we had to restart the 5G router that came with the service—quite the hassle considering this became a weekly occurrence.

We’re not sure what the problem is, but we’ve read about these disconnect issues happening with other Verizon 5G internet users, and it happened frequently enough on our service that we may consider it a dealbreaker if we can’t get the issues resolved soon. Clearly 5G internet has some technical kinks that providers still need to work out.

Verizon 5G Home Internet data caps

Verizon 5G Home Internet doesn’t have any data caps. Although some internet providers still have data limits on their plans, Verizon 5G internet lets you stream, game, Zoom, and more all month long without worrying about overage charges or throttled speeds.

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Our favorite plan:

We think Verizon’s standard 5G Home Internet plan is the best pick. It’s quite affordable—this plan costs less than the average cable, DSL or fiber plan, and you get a 50% discount if you have a qualifying Verizon phone plan. And when the service works smoothly, it delivers excellent speeds. At our house, we consistently get around 245–360 Mbps on a Verizon 5G Home connection.

We love that the monthly bill comes at a flat fee—there are no hidden costs for equipment and installation. And you can get the plan for half price (a ridiculously low $25 per month) if you also have a qualifying Verizon mobile phone plan.

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Verizon 5G Home Internet ongoing deals

You get 50% a month off 5G Home and 5G Home Plus when you also have the 5G Play More, 5G Do More or 5G Get More phone plan.

Verizon 5G Home and 5G Home Plus come with a 10-year price guarantee. You can also get up to $500 credit to cover early termination fees when you’re switching from another provider.

Verizon 5G Home Internet fees

Cost
Equipment FeeNone
Installation FeeNone
Early Termination FeeNone
Unreturned equipment FeeUp to $500

No extra fees is one of Verizon 5G Home’s biggest selling points. You don’t need to pay for equipment or installation, and you can cancel any time without early termination fees.

Keep in mind, though, that you do need to return the 5G Internet Gateway (the modem/router device) that came with the plan when you close out your service. Otherwise you incur an unreturned equipment fee. The equipment you use ranges in cost from $200 to $300, and if you have both, you’re on the hook for $500.

Verizon 5G Home Internet installation, equipment, and contracts

Installation is super easy with this service. It’s a simple setup, and all you need to do is find a good location in your home (usually somewhere near a window) for wireless 5G signals.

Verizon 5G Home Internet installation and equipment

Verizon’s 5G Home plan comes with an Internet Gateway that you get in the mail after you’ve signed up. The gateway is a combination modem and router, and to get it going you need to download a phone app from the Verizon website. The app comes with a tool that helps you locate a spot in your home where the 5G signal is strong—usually somewhere near a window, but not necessarily.

Some equipment may require mounting on a wall or window, and some setups may require a separate router as well, which Verizon provides. Once you find a place for the gateway, plug it in and wait as it runs through the setup. The whole process only takes about 15 minutes max. You can even use the same password as your previous Wi-Fi network to keep all of your devices logged into the new system. However, it also might be a good idea to change your password just for security purposes.

Verizon 5G Home Internet contracts

Unlike many cable internet plans, Verizon 5G Home Internet doesn’t come with an annual contract. You can cancel any time you want, and you don’t need to worry about early termination fees.

Verizon 5G Home Internet customer ratings

Overall RatingSpeedPriceReliabilityCustomer service
Verizon customer satisfaction rating3.9/54.0/53.6/54.0/53.9/5
Average rating*3.7/53.8/53.4/53.7/53.6/5

Verizon gets top rankings in our annual customer satisfaction survey, landing in second place (just behind T-Mobile) for overall satisfaction and taking the top score for the crucial categories of speed and reliability.

Verizon’s 5G Home Internet customers showed positive opinions in last year’s survey, giving the provider high marks for price, customer service, and speed. This year, 5G home internet customers (who fall under the fixed wireless category) gave rave reports again for the connection type, even rating it higher than fiber for customer service and price.

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We like to collect data around customer experiences with their internet, and we’re especially keen to hear about Verizon 5G Home Internet since it’s such a new type of service. Please go over to our Customer Review form and let us know what you think if you use it, and if not, check out what others have said.

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How Verizon 5G Home Internet compares to the competition

ProviderPlan price rangeSpeeds (range)User ratingOrder online
T-Mobile$50.00–$70.00/mo.*72-245Mbps4.1/5View Plans
Starry Internet$30.00–$50.00/mo.100–1,000MbpsN/AView Plans
AT&T$55.00–$180.00/mo.25–5,000Mbps3.7/5View Plans
Xfinity$30.00–$299.95/mo.50–3,000 Mbps3.7/5View Plans
Spectrum$49.99–$89.99/mo.§200–1,000 Mbps3.7/5View Plans

Verizon’s 5G Internet is evenly matched with T-Mobile 5G internet on price—both have plans with similar prices, no annual contracts, and no data caps. But Verizon 5G Home internet delivers faster speeds. Verizon’s 5G home internet also beats out Starry Internet, another fixed-wireless option that uses 5G networks. Starry Internet isn’t a bad deal, but it’s slower and not as widely available.

AT&T’s fiber-optic plans deliver faster speeds (much, much faster in some cases) and gets you a far more reliable connection overall. But we like Verizon more than the rival cable internet options you can get. Xfinity has some cheaper internet plans, but you have to deal with data caps and annual contracts. Spectrum has higher prices for roughly similar internet speeds.

Is Verizon 5G Home Internet right for you?

Verizon 5G Home Internet is cheap, fast, and super easy to set up. That all makes it an excellent option for most internet users—and so long as you’re not getting regular disconnects like we are, then this should be a fantastic option. It’s especially great for netizens looking to get away from the excessive fees and Byzantine pricing structures of cable internet.

Granted, you might still want to spring for fiber-optic internet from a provider like Verizon Fios if you really need something powerful and reliable. Fiber internet is the fastest internet you can get, and you don’t have to regularly restart your router on a fiber plan either. We’re a little concerned about the recurring disconnects of Verizon 5G Home. But other than that, it’s an affordable and practical service.

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Methodology

Our HighSpeedInternet.com editorial team bases our analyses on customer input from our annual customer satisfaction survey, results from our speed test tool, and proprietary internet provider data on speeds and pricing. To strengthen our research, we look closely at provider contracts to get hard-to-find information on price hikes, data caps, and extra fees, and we keep tabs on the latest news reports and online reviews. When applicable, we also rely on our personal experiences testing these services.

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