the tower theory is plausible, and these points don’t rule it out, but they are worth noting:
- i have two ATT LTE business plan which are supposed to get a higher priority and QoS vs. consumer and other traffic, and i don’t live in a highly populated area
- the modems i used prior to the peplink (a mofi and a cradlepoint) didn’t have this problem, and it’s the same sim cards/plans. granted those modems were inside, and the peplink modems are in a different physical location and outside - but peplinks are at a higher elevation with a stronger signal…
i’ll see if i can get ahold of my rep at ATT to find out if they can tell me anything; not holding my breath.
interesting news about the ports; next time the problem happens i’ll see if i can test that out and communicate via other ports. tnx