LB1120 Bridge Mode - No Connectivity

pwherman73, thanks for the suggestion. I considered setting up the edgerouter for load balancing my DSL with LTE, but went with the LB2120 modem to avoid that for a few reasons. First, I am not network savvy and feared (even with the template/wizard) falling into the rabbit hole of router configuration for load balancing setup. Second, I hoped the LB2120 would make this the failover setup a no-brainer for a non-network expert like me, and that would have been great. Third, I would lose my last open eth port on the router, Currently, eth0 is from the Netgear LB2120, eth1 is  from my desktop pc, and eth3 and eth4 are to unifi ap-lrs. My plan (if ever I could get a stable, usable internet connection) was to use the empty eth2 to begin a ubiquiti mesh network to cover my outdoor area - porch, dock, etc. 

As of today (LB2120 day #2), I'm leaning toward ditching DSL altogether because the LTE is working so well on its own. It's just the fear of throttling at 22Gb that stops me. In a pinch, I'd still have 10Gb more bandwidth for tethering from each of our two phones. 

For now, I'd just like to see the LB2120 use my DSL as it should, rather than showing a connection, yet reporting "wireline unavailable" even though the modem status lights are okay. Maybe my DSL modem should not be in bridge mode? I haven't tried that yet, but what ultimately works sometimes makes no sense to me, so I guess it'll be worth a try. 

In the meantime, I am LOVING the speed of LTE throughout my house, especially (as you pointed out) a respectable upload speed. I've learned to live with 4mbps down, and 0.4 up, so having 10-15mbps up/down is (to me) awesome. Darn that data cap.

By the way, the Cricket plan (I checked their site) sounds the same as the AT&T plan. Both unlimited plans say "After 22 GB of data usage ...may slow speeds." But you seem to also indicate that in reality, they don't enforce the cap. Still makes me nervous to contemplate ditching dsl entirely.

Ron