Huh? This model has 5GHz. MiFi with dual bands already common since years ago.

TP-Link Deco X50 is using SD X62 chipset.

Not just big, it has built in fan. After a while earlier this year they finally stopped selling it because it was very sought after in the market. In UK, the NR5103E v1(big sized version) good condition unit can be resold for almost 300-400 pounds. 3 UK after that also took it down and reintroduced a cut costing Zyxel NR5103E v2 which is smaller in sized, has only 2 antenna ports and only comes with Gigabit ports unlike the v1 which has 2.5Gbps ports.

The MiFi IMHO is not worth buying. It has no Ethernet port which means you can only connect to it wirelessly.

Not recommended to invest for another 5G modem for time being.

DNB infra is showing its age already. It is now showing difficulty keeping up with upload speeds especially during peak hours. It does not only affect Yes but also Umobile and CelcomDiGi 5G. During peak hours I could get below 10Mbps upload speeds despite achieving over 50Mbps during offpeak hours.

Also DNB coverage is just meh for me, with Maxis, CelcomDiGi and UMobile having their own dedicated towers at my area, even their LTE-A/4G+ speeds rocks close to 200Mbps on a good day while DNB 5G infra can only deliver consistently 300Mbps during less traffic times. It is getting worst now as 5G adoption rate increases. I remember last year easily can achieve 700-1Gbps+ when it's less congested early mornings.

One thing I noticed, Maxis is at this point of time is silently digging trenches around my housing garden area and placing their branding manholes all around. It's like they are planning some sort 5G infra backhaul upgrade to their existing towers for a new 5G-Advanced network.

Wonder what they're up to. I know it's not for FTTH because my area is already served by TM's ageing and rotting Unifi when they can't even deliver reliable 1Gbps with their outdated network. Some of the FDP boxes are so badly maintained that they just leave the covers opened and exposed for rain water to get in and animals to make nests in them.

Will wait for the next generation of 5G Advanced fixed access modems to flood the market.

No ethernet port and a little too large to fit into the pocket.

Prefer to use a good 5G phone as hotspot.

Will wait for the next generation 5G-Advanced modems to be introduced to the market which supports multi carrier aggregation.

Only SD X65 above chipsets can support it.

Early results with CelcomDiGi, Maxis and Umobile show very promising results can reach above 20Gbps and the latency can match fibre already.

Current DNB old 5G equipment is slowly showing its age. We need 2nd 5G network to intensify the competition.

Oh, I didn’t know it has a built-in fan, no wonder it’s so big.

My speed is still consistently 500Mbps and above regardless if it’s peak hours but I use it in Seremban and not Klang Valley. I do agree our current routers are sufficient for now.

Late last year and earlier this year when 5G was still new, my area could consistently see speeds break 700Mbps during off peak hours.

It's getting slower and slower now with higher 5G adoption. I'm only getting around 300-200Mbps mostly now. My upload speed can drop below 10Mbps sometimes even below 5Mbps during peak hours observed with all the 5G telcos CelcomDigi, Umobile and YES making the wholesale network DNB the culprit.

This means it's due time for a 2nd 5G-Advanced network.

This post has been edited by petpenyubobo: Sep 4 2024, 11:00 PM

Yeah, my bad... I thought mifi would still be stuck under 2.4ghz to save power.

I saw got people sell off the umobile 5g modem for just RM200... why ya?

Not reliable for most... where do you see them for 200?

Inside telegram group... but accordingly, the seller's umobile has been barred due to no payment.

the buyer afraid the modem will be locked and unable to use. So cancel to buy.

This is very very true. When I first started, I was getting around 500-600 during offpeak. Now, it's about 300megs...

There was an article that came up in my Google Feed yesterday, (can't remember whether it was Ookla / Opensignal), but it stated that our 5G bandwidth had dropped on average for most users from 500 to 300 as more and more users connect in. And this was measured during 2Q...

This post has been edited by ultrageek: Sep 5 2024, 10:35 AM

Can the modem be locked like phone when it dont have imei?

I don't know. But modem has IMEI one.

If for phone, if someone didn't pay for the bill, the telco can barre the phone using IMEI?

Modem has imei as well? Hmm... then maybe they can do that as well but I wonder if they managed to incorporate it into the firmware. Unlike a phone with a huge memory storage, modems/routers usually has a pretty small ROM to store the software. Even when modders flashed custom rom, some hardware might not even be able to flash successfully due to the hardware limitation.

anything that connects to the telco networks has an IMEI

they can deny that imei from using their service

Deny it from their side? Not from the phone? I see... thanks for clarifying...

Nope. It's on 5GHz

G5010 got one ethernet port lah. I had to get this because 4G sucks really bad at my office (less than 5Mbps on a good day). Plus with 5G I can use wifi calling over very poor 2G/4G where I work so reaching me on the phone is no longer an issue.

This post has been edited by 9M-MAS: Sep 5 2024, 02:24 PM

Ya, same as my place, used to be able to get around download speed 500-700mbps easily, now stuck at around 200-300mbps daily..
Still happy tho, miles better than being stuck at 4G speed of 30mbps..

Came across this in Shopee (Dlink 5G Router):
https://shopee.com.my/D-Link-5G-NR-Dual-Ban...fc-3dcc0645edbb

This post has been edited by ultrageek: Sep 6 2024, 09:31 AM

Not sure what chipset it's using..