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Rv brand wifi. Can anyone give me an idea of whether there worth buying

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i see telstra has a 4G wifi modem for $49 at the moment.

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Thank you

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BasilB wrote:

i see telstra has a 4G wifi modem for $49 at the moment.


 More info please Telstra says no!!



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herks wrote:
BasilB wrote:

i see telstra has a 4G wifi modem for $49 at the moment.


 More info please Telstra says no!!


 telstra interwebz, internet, mobile broadband, prepaid, data devices. item in stock.



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This one.

Telstra 4GX wifi Plus 2 modem

I have the next level up with LCD screen. They are marked at $79 but show as out of stock. I note theer are a few on ebay. I have not looked to see what the differences are.

The downside with Telstra modems is that they are locked to Telstra. Unlocking will cost more than the modem - $80. Reduces to $25 after 6 months, Free after 2 years. Other telcos also have modems, but I am not familiar with them.

There are more expensive options, or you could just use your phone as a hotspot.



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Mrs Ford Ranger wrote:

Rv brand wifi. Can anyone give me an idea of whether there worth buying


 Do you want a modem router or just a router for wifi?



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RV wifi is an expensive old technology, then you have the comparison between the Telstra 4GX wifi hotspot made by ZTE and a few others and the Nighthawk 5G hotspot made by Netgear, the Nighthawk is the better unit but they are expensive.

The down side is these all required a Sim card and a data plan, unless you can get a data share Sim card from your service provider, the Telstra 4GX is available from supermarkets like Coles for $49, but remember they are in real terms old technology.

An example of how this can be done, I have a Telstra mobile on a plan, I added a data share Sim to my account, which cost $10 per month and adds 10gb to my data plan, my wife has a 12 month prepaid Boost mobile plan with 240gb of data.

We have a Telstra 4GX hotspot, initially the data Sim was placed in it, to give internet access to all our devices like phones, tablets, laptops, TV's and even our air conditioner, I set the limit of how many devices can connect to the hotspot. After a while I found the Telstra hotspot was lacking in performance, I upgraded my mobile phone and then used the old 5G phone as the hotspot, which improved the performance.

 

 

 



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