Verizon 5G Home Internet Free Trial Review

Here’s what the process looked like for me to get Verizon 5G home internet set up at my house:

1. Let the sales bro into the house (or you could go to a Verizon store, if you want).
2. Share some basic information, including email, address, and *gulp* credit card information.
3. A few days later, receive the Verizon Gateway internet device in the mail.
4. Take the Gateway out of the box, plug it in, and suddenly have 5G home internet.

The whole process was infinitely easier than setting up Google Fiber. To quote Professor Gilderoy Lockhart at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, “It’s just like magic!” Seriously, that’s what it felt like. I just plugged the Gateway box into an outlet, and within a minute or two I had a 5G Wi-Fi connection point for any of my devices. No Ethernet or internet technicians required to get 5G home internet set up

On the bottom of the Gateway, you’ll see the name of the Wi-Fi and the password.

I took several different speed tests while using Verizon 5G home internet, and my average results were right around 150Mbps. There were moments when my download speeds crested over 200Mbps, and a few times in the early evening when my download speed hovered around 85Mbps. 

For every-day internet activities like streaming and online gaming, it wasn’t a dramatic difference from the fiber internet I currently use (I get around 500Mbps with fiber internet). The only time I felt the slower speeds was when I installed a big game (Baldur’s Gate 3) on my PC while my wife and son were streaming on separate devices. When the network was the most congested, I would occasionally have to wait a minute for Netflix to buffer before I could watch Seinfeld. But that didn’t happen often, and it was a minor inconvenience. 

Since I’m a bit of a technophile and regularly stream from my gaming PC to my handheld gaming device, I’m the type of person who requires faster-than-average internet speeds. Fiber makes more sense for me because it’s faster and more efficient than 5G home internet. But if you don’t have fiber in your neighborhood or don’t require ultra-fast data speeds, 5G home internet makes a lot of sense.

If you decide to keep Verizon’s 5G home internet beyond the 30-day free trial, you’ll pay somewhere between $25 and $70 a month. For those of you who already use Verizon as a cell phone carrier, you’ll get a discount on home internet service. And if you don’t currently use Verizon as your carrier, it would probably be worth switching for the internet discount alone (plus Verizon has awesome wireless coverage).

I should note that I only tried the basic Verizon 5G home internet plan with the free trial, so it’s possible the plus plan offers faster speeds. In fact, as I’m typing this, I’m curious if the 5G Home Internet plus plan could even beat my Google Fiber connection. I strongly doubt that 5G could compete with fiber internet, but I bet I could get decently close with the higher-tier Verizon 5G home internet plan.

Long story short, you should try the Verizon 5G home internet free trial. Just make sure to cancel your service before the 30 days are out and return your equipment to the nearest Verizon store if you don’t want to keep the plan. But if you’ve been plagued with slow internet speeds, 5G home internet can be your ticket out. My parents recently switched to Verizon 5G from a cable provider, and they’re internet speeds more than doubled overnight. If you feel like your current internet connection isn’t cutting it, 5G is like a golden ticket to a faster internet connection.

Make sure to check our Verizon 5G home internet review for more details on pricing, coverage, and deals.