Obermuh
2022-04-01 20:35:43
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Since our fiber provider has not managed to send anyone to blow the fiber through the existing empty conduit in 18 months, I have been working since moving in with a Magenta Speedbox XL plan on an LTE outdoor router (Zyxel LTE7480). I do home office with several hours of WebEx daily and have about 40GB of data transfer per week.
Everything runs great with nearly 250 Mbit download and 50-90 up (the plan supposedly maxes out at 50, speed tests regularly show more). The only small drawback: the internet disconnects briefly every 6 hours, but the timing can be well controlled manually by restarting the router. For me, that is now 6:30, 12:30, 18:30, and 0:30. If it shifts, just restart the router manually at one of these times and you can prepare for when the network briefly goes down (e.g., because of calls).
We have 5G here, but I still see no point in spending hundreds of euros on another router again for marginally more speed. Moreover, the selection of outdoor 5G routers is relatively limited and the Zyxel NR7101 apparently has problems with the Speedbox XL plan.
Everything runs great with nearly 250 Mbit download and 50-90 up (the plan supposedly maxes out at 50, speed tests regularly show more). The only small drawback: the internet disconnects briefly every 6 hours, but the timing can be well controlled manually by restarting the router. For me, that is now 6:30, 12:30, 18:30, and 0:30. If it shifts, just restart the router manually at one of these times and you can prepare for when the network briefly goes down (e.g., because of calls).
We have 5G here, but I still see no point in spending hundreds of euros on another router again for marginally more speed. Moreover, the selection of outdoor 5G routers is relatively limited and the Zyxel NR7101 apparently has problems with the Speedbox XL plan.