Netgear Hotspot Nighthawk M1
Question about Netgear Hotspot Nighthawk M1
Good morning community, does anyone already have experience with the device in the USA and Canada in terms of frequency bands ? Last time I was in the USA I had to buy a box from AT&T with a SimCard to make it work (I was using a TP HotSpot at the time).
I wanted to write something about that anyway ;-)
Does NOT work with this version! Tried it out on the US West Coast in May 2018.
AT&T sells over there (but IMHO only in the online store) a US version with other bands which is SIM-locked.
The (European?) version that Digitec sells here does not fit the AT&T or T-Mobile LTE bands in the US.
Swisscom in CH works fine with top speed.
Since this is a flagship model with a corresponding price (and supposedly the best modem on the market) I never thought of checking the frequencies. Today, every iPhone supports 20 or more LTE bands and works practically everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, this hotspot does not. A huge minus point.
It is also clunky and heavy (but the battery is great). Ethernet is nice but rather a niche feature.
The advertised functionality with use in the hotel/airport (offloading) does not work in practice because captive portals are not supported (and which hotel has a fixed WiFi password?). -> Almost none - not in the USA anyway).
Conclusion: For the USA, it will probably be something like this next time: Huawei E5788U-96A
As far as I can see, the thing supports AT&T and T-Mobile LTE bands.
I hope the feedback helps you and you don't have to pay a lesson like I did.
Does NOT work with this version! Tried it out on the US West Coast in May 2018.
AT&T sells over there (but IMHO only in the online store) a US version with other bands which is SIM-locked.
The (European?) version that Digitec sells here does not fit the AT&T or T-Mobile LTE bands in the US.
Swisscom in CH works fine with top speed.
Since this is a flagship model with a corresponding price (and supposedly the best modem on the market) I never thought of checking the frequencies. Today, every iPhone supports 20 or more LTE bands and works practically everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, this hotspot does not. A huge minus point.
It is also clunky and heavy (but the battery is great). Ethernet is nice but rather a niche feature.
The advertised functionality with use in the hotel/airport (offloading) does not work in practice because captive portals are not supported (and which hotel has a fixed WiFi password?). -> Almost none - not in the USA anyway).
Conclusion: For the USA, it will probably be something like this next time: Huawei E5788U-96A
As far as I can see, the thing supports AT&T and T-Mobile LTE bands.
I hope the feedback helps you and you don't have to pay a lesson like I did.
For the sake of correctness: T-Mobile CDMA frequencies were supported in San Francisco. But only with 3G speed according to the display. In practice, however, it was unusably slow (just enough for WhatsApp chats).
And I don't know whether T-Mobile also uses CDMA everywhere --> you need LTE, everything else is rubbish.
And I don't know whether T-Mobile also uses CDMA everywhere --> you need LTE, everything else is rubbish.
I travel frequently, does it work with SIM cards and in countries: Switzerland, Ukraine, Thailand and China?