Choosing between T-Mobile Internet 5G Home Office WNC Router and ZTE mc889 5g + t5400

Question

I have to choose from T-Mobile WNC T-Mobile Internet 5G Home Office or ZTE mc889 5g + t5400 I live in the countryside, the nearest T-Mobile antenna is 5 km from my house I used a ZTE 286 router before and the internet was very bad, something around 1 MB/s I have a few questions Can the 5G...

dLogan · Answer

It`s not the processor but the modem version. Whatever you called Because it`s some antediluvian old router that would only be suitable for browsing Facebook, and only in the city XD It depends on the location, you would have to check the nearest BTS and in what bands they broadcast. Someone more familiar with these devices would have to comment. Although this WNC is supposedly an invention from Tmobile and I think even here (on the electrode) they wrote that they are terribly neutered. So I`m not sure if it would be better to just take this one.

Fifjdjdjd · Answer

4G and 5G work on the same antenna5G operates on the 2100 band

dLogan · Answer

Well, 5G should start on ZTE (it works, among others, on n1 according to the specifications) But let`s wait for someone else to respond, because I`m not 100% sure (I don`t know your region). Sometimes I don`t get 5G outside the city, and I encountered a situation where they took out a transmitter in the middle of the forest 25 km from the city and I actually got 5G there (after poor transfers of a dozen or so MB/s),

matek451 · Answer

Provide the location, perform the test outdoors on an LTE phone with a T-Mobile card and show a screenshot of the application and spedtest. At 5 km from the NetWorks BTS, without an external antenna for the router, you deprived yourself of the chance for faster mobile Internet.

dLogan · Answer

This WNC also does not have an external antenna and it is included in the offer, which is a total crapshoot. In his case, he would have to throw this router on the roof and from the BTS side XD And do you have to take what they offer you? Because I recently dealt with a similar topic and, without a good router with an external antenna, it didn`t work very well, but I didn`t care about transfers and a stable connection. If you must have it, take ZTE, and if you want to do it once and for all, do what the user writes above.

matek451 · Answer

Both are external 5G/LTE access points, i.e. they consist of an external MIMO4X4 antenna integrated with a 5g/LTE modem, this exotic WNC has an IDU router included, MC889 from T-mobile as IDU maT5400, which is one of the new MESH routers of this manufacturer. Both have similar antenna gain, about 6-8dBi. In T-Mobile, these devices are now available for rent, the offer is terrible, the SIM card is assigned to the set and the set to the location, interestingly, they can even reduce the speed to 0.5 Mb/s when you set it to another BTS. I do not recommend this offer, T-Mobile reduces speeds, limits band aggregation and 5G2100 does not matter at all, it is DSS with LTE2100.

dLogan · Answer

Well, out of curiosity, I looked at the one that had probably 4, if I remember correctly. So even worse. Tmobile works fine, but in large cities. I would go to orange or plus if possible.

Fifjdjdjd · Answer

I don't know if the change would help because T-Mobile and Orange operate on the same antenna Plus has a separate antenna, but 5G is also there on the 2100 band

matek451 · Answer

I asked a question about the location, Plus for 5g on TDD2600, i.e. N41, now in cities it launches a few base stations with 5g2100 on N1 for N78 + N1 aggregation, but n78 is still important.

Added after 2 [hours] 12 [minutes]:

As for PLUS, the Kadzidło station definitely operates on 5G2600, it has sector 1 at an azimuth of 50 degrees, but generally it does not work at high power, the last EMF measurement was performed yesterday, the station received 5G2100 and now works in the 5G2600+2100+ LTE1800 aggregation, there is also LTE800 .
NetWORKS has LTE2600+2100+1800+800+900 on the BTS in Kadzidło, and also has 5G2100 in DSS with LTE2100, the last PEM measurement was 2 months ago after modernization, sector one is yours.
Play has a BTS nearby with LTE2100+1800+800 on sectors 1 and 2, the first one on azimuth 30 to you, sector 3 also has LTE2600, the one on azimuth 270 on Kadzidło, it also has 5g2100 in DSS with LTE2100.
Have you tested T-Mobile at home?

matek451 · Answer

And what operator is it, also show a screenshot from the application on an Android phone with a card of this operator, test at home and outside.

Fifjdjdjd · Answer

The card is T-Mobile LTE. At home: Outside:

matek451 · Answer

A speedtesty ?

Fifjdjdjd · Answer

And where is this in this application As for the Ookla speedtest application, I can send them immediately Added after 7 [minutes]: >>20808675 Test at home Test away from home