$50/month 5G Home Internet Unlimited - First 30 Days Free

spots01 wrote: ↑ I got this service last week. Currently with Bell Home Wireless, pizza box antenna outside, still paying promotional for a few more months. Before that Starlink. Bell advertises 50/10 and we consistently get that up to 450GB and then 10/2.

I really wanted Rogers to work. Up to 100 down for $50 and having the option to take it camping or anywhere else in Canada. I was sceptical because of weak cellular signal at my home. It does work but, no 5G signal, and weak 4G. I get a signal but it caps out at about 20Mbps down and 2-3Mbps up. It does not seem to lose connection. For comparison, I took it to both of my daughters homes, just a few kms up the road. One got 5G with speeds up to 95Mbps and the other got 4G with speeds up to 85Mbps. Both got very good pings, under 35. One of them is switching to this, the other likely. So it really does depend on cell signal. Also, at this time of year there are fewer people and no leaves on the trees. So I think a July test would be better. I do think Bell and Rogers have been adding capacity to the towers, different frequencies, etc

If you are rural and have decent signal, I would recommend. Last year I remember seeing YouTube reviews on the T-Mobile service that was basically the same and feeling jealous that it was not available in Canada. Now it's available and cheaper. You can place this on hold for $5/month, I don't know how many months/year you need to pay full price though. We are on that Ontario map rollout for wired service, but I am not holding my breath. This is likely going back for me, but it is great ammunition for me to tell Bell to keep my promotional pricing for another 12 months. I am going to get more details on the $5 hibernation price. For $5, that is a great price for backup and portability.

spots01 wrote: ↑ I got this service last week. Currently with Bell Home Wireless, pizza box antenna outside, still paying promotional for a few more months. Before that Starlink. Bell advertises 50/10 and we consistently get that up to 450GB and then 10/2.

I really wanted Rogers to work. Up to 100 down for $50 and having the option to take it camping or anywhere else in Canada. I was sceptical because of weak cellular signal at my home. It does work but, no 5G signal, and weak 4G. I get a signal but it caps out at about 20Mbps down and 2-3Mbps up. It does not seem to lose connection. For comparison, I took it to both of my daughters homes, just a few kms up the road. One got 5G with speeds up to 95Mbps and the other got 4G with speeds up to 85Mbps. Both got very good pings, under 35. One of them is switching to this, the other likely. So it really does depend on cell signal. Also, at this time of year there are fewer people and no leaves on the trees. So I think a July test would be better. I do think Bell and Rogers have been adding capacity to the towers, different frequencies, etc

If you are rural and have decent signal, I would recommend. Last year I remember seeing YouTube reviews on the T-Mobile service that was basically the same and feeling jealous that it was not available in Canada. Now it's available and cheaper. You can place this on hold for $5/month, I don't know how many months/year you need to pay full price though. We are on that Ontario map rollout for wired service, but I am not holding my breath. This is likely going back for me, but it is great ammunition for me to tell Bell to keep my promotional pricing for another 12 months. I am going to get more details on the $5 hibernation price. For $5, that is a great price for backup and portability.

Samshares wrote: ↑ It is 5G because it is a 5G standalone modem that utilizes the cellular network to provide you with Internet for all your devices. It’s similar to using the hotspot on your smart phone to connect your other devices but this is a standalone product and does not connect to Internet service provider via cable or fibre instead using the same cellular tower as your smartphone

MoreDealsPlease wrote: ↑
The solution (which might also work for you) would be to hack this device to connect an external antenna to it. I've researched a bit online and couldn't find someone that has done it yet with this specific model, but I'm sure soon someone will figure it out.

spots01 wrote: ↑ I got this service last week. Currently with Bell Home Wireless, pizza box antenna outside, still paying promotional for a few more months. Before that Starlink. Bell advertises 50/10 and we consistently get that up to 450GB and then 10/2.

I really wanted Rogers to work. Up to 100 down for $50 and having the option to take it camping or anywhere else in Canada. I was sceptical because of weak cellular signal at my home. It does work but, no 5G signal, and weak 4G. I get a signal but it caps out at about 20Mbps down and 2-3Mbps up. It does not seem to lose connection. For comparison, I took it to both of my daughters homes, just a few kms up the road. One got 5G with speeds up to 95Mbps and the other got 4G with speeds up to 85Mbps. Both got very good pings, under 35. One of them is switching to this, the other likely. So it really does depend on cell signal. Also, at this time of year there are fewer people and no leaves on the trees. So I think a July test would be better. I do think Bell and Rogers have been adding capacity to the towers, different frequencies, etc

If you are rural and have decent signal, I would recommend. Last year I remember seeing YouTube reviews on the T-Mobile service that was basically the same and feeling jealous that it was not available in Canada. Now it's available and cheaper. You can place this on hold for $5/month, I don't know how many months/year you need to pay full price though. We are on that Ontario map rollout for wired service, but I am not holding my breath. This is likely going back for me, but it is great ammunition for me to tell Bell to keep my promotional pricing for another 12 months. I am going to get more details on the $5 hibernation price. For $5, that is a great price for backup and portability.

Samshares wrote: ↑ This modem is similar to the T-Mobile, there is possibility to add external antenna's:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobileisp/comments/l93wym/


im active in my thread: https://forums.redflagdeals.com/new-rog ... t-2677737/

MoreDealsPlease wrote: ↑ I saw that but that's a different much older model. I don't think that method works for the model rogers is using.

Samshares wrote: ↑
It will, there is only slight design variant, Its still the Nokia FastMile series, 3 or 3.1 vs 3.2 (rogers). Still has the same internal antenna connectors.

Sadly, they didn't make external antenna ports from the get go.

EEE2 wrote: ↑ You buy connectors and make your own external antenna if you okay with drilling the plastic case and disconnect the Internal antennas. But lots of times these things are calculated from factory to work with the building amplifier. So even if you use external antennas things may get worst then better. Perhaps locate device close to a window or closer insight with cell towers.

Rogers also sells/devices exist that are designed to be installed outdoors.

Maybe I talk B's.. I do see it's possible to get kit and install antenna outdoors

https://www.waveform.com/products/mimo- ... l-antennas
But kit is very pricy. Really worth it?

Samshares wrote: ↑ It will, there is only slight design variant, Its still the Nokia FastMile series, 3 or 3.1 vs 3.2 (rogers). Still has the same internal antenna connectors.

Sadly, they didn't make external antenna ports from the get go.

MoreDealsPlease wrote: ↑ do you guys think something like this could work well as an alternative to hooking up an external antenna directly to the modem? https://www.amazon.ca/Phone-Booster-Com ... B0CM6D8BCG

MoreDealsPlease wrote: ↑ Another thing. It's interesting that Nokia themselves have outdoor modems/antennas from the same FastMile series, too bad those are not available: https://www.nokia.com/networks/fixed-ne ... er-5g16-a/

Samshares wrote: ↑ Got confirmation that external antenna work on the Nokia FastMile Gateway 3.2 Rogers unit. Someone I know that has one, went from getting 10-15Mbps to max speed on 4G/LTE because n78 isn't yet available on their rural tower.

Red sleeve connectors = 5G
White sleeve connectors = 4G/LTE antenna's so depending on what you are attempting to maximize, you focus on those.