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Price is too high for what they offer. I can not imagine they will find many takers. The only way I might be interested is if they got their price down under $50/mo, with equipment costs under $200 or free as part of the service.

So what does your network status> signal information say? As it is, without knowing your signal information, it is impossible to give any advice other than I would wonder about your APN and why you get errors over AT commands.

Two ways of seeing your connection. You can go to Modem>Network Status>Signal information or you can go to Modem>Miscellaneous and give the AT command: AT!GSTATUS?

Also in Miscellaneous there is Cellular Mode where you can select 4G only.

... This is the first I have heard anyone mention being charged. This is a speed test I posted the other day for the 5G version having record upload speeds: https://www.speedtest.net/result/1086895285 I have no idea if anyone would be charged other than what the CS gal said concerning the device be...

OK, after searching the 'net around this question of switch to router to give more ethernet connections it sounds like it will work. From what I can garner the Gateway will still assign separate DHCP IP addresses to each item connected to the switch. Now for a normal modem that was not a router it w...

I have on order a T-Mobile Nokia gateway for home internet. Reading up on it's specs it has only 2 ethernet connections to work with and it does not have a bridge mode for plugging in another router. I would like to have more wired connections since I am not a fan of wireless so I am attempting to s...

I just got off the phone after ordering the T-mobile home internet with the new Nokia 4G/5G modem router. Strange that you have to do it by phone instead of online. The process was I went to their website for Home internet and entering my location to check availability. It said it was eligible, took...

I got that. I just was pointing out that his solution to get a working T-mobile sim is subject to change. He seems to think it is still good though. All you can do is try it for yourself.

This stuff is changing fast though. What worked for someone yesterday may no longer work today.

Yeah the test drive sims would only work in the free hotspot they used for the test drive. Unfortunately the hotspot was a really crappy device with no external antenna connectors so in my very rural location it did not work satisfactory. It is the reason I am highly reluctant to try out their home ...

I see that others have noticed and there is a article over on rvmobileinternet.com about it dated Jan 24th https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/cricke ... m-routers/

As an update to this Thread. Cricket after January 19th stop accepting the EM7565 as being a compatible device. You can read about it here: https://www.cricketwireless.com/support/great-big-network/3G-network-shutdown.html My old Netgear LB1120 is also no longer usable on Cricket for new activation....

They might have been updating it yesterday. Works this morning for me in Firefox. However there is a new standard for DATA only devices. They must be HD voice compatible. I wrote about this in another recent Thread this morning. see here for requirements: https://www.cricketwireless.com/support/grea...

Reading through some of the stuff at the support page it looks like I have until February 2022 before I get shutdown even with a LTE compatible device If action is required, you'll be notified before February 2022. However, we encourage you to upgrade your 3G or non-HD Voice devices as early as poss...

Interesting I just checked my IMEI for the EM7565 that I had started on Cricket last month and it also now gives a incompatibility. Working fine though. I guess I got in under the wire. I do notice that AT&T has a comparable and cheaper option now for prepaid data only. 20GB per month for $25 if...

I do have a question, when you use your browser to navigate to 192.168.1.1 what does it say? It maybe that your browser is locking it out from display because of it not being secure.

You might not notice any change in speeds by going to a higher cat rated modem. But than again you might be very pleased. Always a gamble as your antenna change out was an example of. I think location and provider plan has more impact on what speeds you can obtain. Your phones speed might be differe...

No I am using the 2020-12-16 firmware. Thanks for the link to the latest. However I think I will stick to what I have now since it is working good. I do notice that my setup does connect to the 'net by itself if I give it a few minutes more time. It is proving to be very stable once connected. I als...

Although a better modem might produce a higher speed for you it also may be that you are maxed out now based on your location, service provider and signal capability (antennas are a big deal in this regard). If your tower does not have the ability to allow aggregation than the feature will not help....

One thing I notice is that from a power on to usable connection is slow and often does not happen until I bring up browser and go to Rooters web page. Not sure what that is but not a big problem. I do have a question for users of WG3526 though. How do you get the led status lights to light up for 3g...

Here is my at!gstatus? results: at!gstatus? !GSTATUS: Current Time: 1646 Temperature: 29 Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE System mode: LTE PS state: Attached LTE band: B12 LTE bw: 10 MHz LTE Rx chan: 5110 LTE Tx chan: 23110 LTE SSC1 state:NOT ASSIGNED LTE SSC2 state:NOT ASSIGNED LTE SSC3 state:NOT ASSI...

Finally got around to ordering a sim from Cricket for my WG3526 build of last Summer. I had not been all that impressed with it when testing with a Red Pocket sim and my Netgear LB1120 was working adequately so there was no hurry to change. Just got it in yesterday and did my sim install activation ...

Since you are experiencing the same thing over several identical setups I would guess the problem is with Visible. Verizon is no friend to sim cards used in anything but approved phones and hotspots.

Glad you got it working.

I have seen that apn recommendations for Cricket online always mention ndo. Not sure why mine is mht but since it works I see no reason to mess with it.

Check your APN settings. My LB1120 has only one APN listing and that is Name: Cricket mht APN: mht Authentication: none PDP: IPV4 PDP Roaming: IPV4 I have been running my LB1120 on Cricket Simply Data since April 2020 without problems. But I got the sim from a Cricket store and gave them my Netgears...

When I first tried my WG3526 with EM7565 and a Red Pocket data only sim (AT&T is the carrier) it came up only as HSPA+. The only way it was corrected was for Red Pocket customer service to contact AT&T and get them to change it to LTE. Nothing I did made any difference. But within a day of m...

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I don't know about the Quectel but the IMEI from a Sierra EM7565 I have comes back as usable.

Based on your usage you could easily go with a Cricket Simply Data plan (AT&T) and compatible device. I use a Netgear LB1120 with the 20GB for $35/mo plan for my internet needs. If you already have a unlocked GSM hotspot or router you can check the IMEI to see if compatible at https://www.cricke...

It is rather complicated but the short answer is no it will not double your speed or double your bandwidth (which is just a fancy way of saying D/L, U/L speed). If you have a max data allotment than having two accounts would double your total data amount. There are ways to divide the work of transfe...

Might be great for some people but does not seem a good economical choice for me. I doubt that I would ever be interested in it. My data needs are low and I prefer as cheap as possible to obtain it. Maybe when they get there setup costs down to ~$200 and their monthly at $35-50 I would take another ...

I have never been lucky enough in my remote rural location to have good internet service up till the advent of LTE. Even than it has been severely data (and speed) limited til my recent Cricket plan. I have always striven to stick to the terms of service. I would guess that many people found out abo...

Based on your experience and requirements I think you have maxed out what you can reasonably expect using work arounds like consumer phone plans sims in routers. About the only thing I could suggest is you go to the business sections of the wireless company world and see what they might have for unl...

Your latency is terrible. I have read about others that also seem have bad latency with their wireless plans and setups. I have used AT&T wireless LTE for many years now. From there prepaid hotspot offering and now through Crickets Simply data plan and a Netgear LTE router. Through out that time...

I also had the user name being root that was persistent. It did not go away until I did a hard reset boot (on a Wg3526 build with the Chinese factory firmware) and reload of Golden Orb firmware. Once I did that the username would remain blank though I do not know if that is your problem with getting...

When I built my WG3526 with a EM7565 I had a similar issue. The problem is likely not with your setup but with how AT&T is handling it. For me I was using a Red Pocket data sim and I was able to get Red Pocket to resolve the issue with how AT&T was allowing it to connect. Nothing I did on my...

The Orbi wireless modem router is fairly recent but should work with Cricket since it is advertised to be AT&T complaint. I use a Netgear LB1120 with the Cricket Simply data 20gb plan (since April) and it works great. I did have to go through one of their stores to get it signed up and pay the e...

prideauxx wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:05 am Hello again,

A little clarification is likely in order here, as the first post was not an advice seeking column per se, but more sharing an idea to solve a problem ...

OK.

It does not sound like a solution that would last. If you are that dependent on large data amounts to work, and school your children, you need either a hard wired internet provider or one of the few home wireless internet plans like the T-Mobile one. If those are not available where you live than yo...

It ain't cheap but Netgear has their Cat 18 Orbi LBR20 4G LTE router available now. it supports Band 71 and about all the others for AT&T, Verizon and T-mobile. https://www.netgear.com/orbi/lbr20.aspx
I see that Amazon is listing it now also.

Just a heads up. Verizon has to have certified your phone before they will allow it to be activated. Many old phones ( and some new ones) are not usable on Verizon due to this requirement.

I hope it works out for you safely. Make sure you have a person around to call the paramedics if not.

If you started out all good than your issue is unlikely your setup. More likely AT&T determined that you were using Data at such a rate as to be violating their policy. Your MVNO might have a solution if they have a deal with AT&T for how much Data and in what type of device you are using it...

... ... I am just about to bite the bullet and write the Golden Orb firmware, but given the routers precarious installation location I wanted to make sure I had the rough steps correct before I try to hit the reset button while balancing on a make shift step. ... Any other I information you think w...

My Netgear Lb1120 is indoors but I have outdoor antennas. To get a good connection to the TS9 I bought these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082KLWVGD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to adapt for an sma connection. I found the TS9 connectors much better than others I have tr...

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I am unfamiliar with Traveldata but from the symptoms it sounds like this is an AT&T reseller - or atleast, the affected plans are AT&T. I can't point to sources but ATT is targeting $13/GB this quarter. ... AT&T may be cracking down on those that are using phone plan sims in data only ...

With out knowing if they enforce it I can say that Crickets Terms of Service prohibits moving sims to another device.

My feedback for speeds would not help since I am on the Cricket Simply Data plan that does not cap them.

Both Red Pocket and Cricket offer DATA only sims on AT&T as the carrier. I presently am on the Cricket 20GB for $35/mo with a Netgear LB1120. Previously I was using Red pocket of 5gb for $25/mo. on the same device. Cricket does require that your IMEI is approved and I had to visit their store an...

Problem is BillA is they often have conditions attached to the so called unlimited plans. In the case of this AT&T unlimited iPad plan (tablet) the plan was not authorized for other usage. At&T allowed it though for quite sometime. That the carriers make a lot of money is immaterial to someo...

Well at least your modem is detected and is attempting to connect. I assume you have the APN set. You should be able to use AT command under the Modem>Miscellaneous tab to get status (enter command: at!gstatus?). There is a Thread on the Forum here for troubleshooting connection issues. Might want t...

I had a similar situation after building my WG3526 router/modem using a Red Pocket (AT&T carrier) Data only sim. In order to have LTE hookup I had to contact Red Pocket and they had to get AT&T to change how they viewed the sim. The Red Pocket customer service rep had told me that they were ...

Without a sim card (or one that does not fit right) you are not going to show connected.

It may be you need better or an outdoor antenna setup. However it also could be AT&T and their push to stop people using unlimited accounts (see posts regarding canceled iPad plans). If they are de-prioritizing you it could explain your inconsistent speeds and connection. ETA: BTW can you set a ...

The Netgear M1 has a Cat 16 modem versus the Em7565 being a Cat 12. Chances are you would not see an improvement. Although that might depend on the antenna setups more than the modems. You also have to consider Carrier limitations. I recently did a build of a WG3526 with a EM7565 installed to see ho...

Enter the AT command: at!gstatus? In the Modem> Miscellaneous area.

A Forum tutorial on finding connection issues discusses how to interpret what you see. It is at: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=14

Looking through similar Topics I find this on the Forum. https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=201#p1333

Somebody correct me if I’m wrong but I believe this does not work on the Sprint network. It does not support any of Sprint’s bands but yes I agree it’s probably the best hotspot modem for the carriers it supports I did not notice that this Mobile Citizen was a Sprint service. My error. Hard to say ...

Boosters work fine for getting usable phone service... They are not so hot for LTE modems... ... Could you explain why? A LTE signal for your phone or a device is the same radio frequency signal. If you have real world experience in this or can point to something that explains it I would be interes...

Cell phones, mobile hotspots, wireless modems routers. All run from cellular signals. They get assigned a phone number even if you do not have voice service. Your wireless modem would not need a direct antenna connection. Just its own antennas to pick up the piped in signal from the booster antenna ...

Taking a quick look at the Terms of Service over at Mobile Citizen I see this, 2. Equipment You must purchase all necessary Equipment through Reseller. Rental arrangements are not permitted without Mobile Citizen’s prior written consent, nor is the use of third-party equipment. You agree not to tamp...

* In regards to your signal strength though you might have to go to a signal booster. Don't buy the cheap Chinese ones. Not worth the money. You can find a rundown on the best boosters over at https://www.ubersignal.com/4g-lte-signal-boosters *Doing some searching I see that you can not set TTL in a...

Numbers don't look good for reception. Being AT&T you most likely would want to have Band 12 as your primary LTE band. One thing I have a question about is what AT&T plan are you running? Also do you have a TTL value set on the Cradlepoint? You might have to repoint your antenna until you ge...

One thing I have noticed ,is that in certain areas of the house, if I HOLD the device, I will get full bars. When I set it down in the same location, it goes back to 1 or 2 bars. You make a good antenna. :) Might be able to replicate that with a external antenna. Reception is a funny thing. Many ye...

There are several Tutorials on this Forum for a DIY approach. I would read them and see if you feel comfortable with giving it the attempt. I am not one of the Forum experts on it as I just recently built a setup myself and have been reading all that I can on the subject. I have used battery powered...

Doing some looking at what you have it appears to be a small battery powered hotspot made by ZTE. It does have a external antenna connection so it would be possible to add an external antenna. I could not make out if it was MIMO with two antenna option however. My experience with external antennas a...

What is the APN recommended for the PC's for People sim? You might be able to get it from the hotspot that they supply with the service if you can not find it online. Don't assume it is either a T-mobile or Sprint APN. Now as to whether it will work where you live? That would be a function of towers...

It is no longer just by invitation only. You can sign up for it at the web site I posted. It however is location dependent so you may not qualify. And by location they do not intend this to be a mobile service. It is fixed location. Funny enough those locations may not be remote areas but areas wher...

Interesting thread. Seems some people really abused the AT&T iPad unlimited plan (Some with over a TB in a month!). It also appears the AT&T allowed them to do it until recently. What I find sad is AT&T does not offer a compromise plan for those that rely on a wireless connection for int...

I do notice one interesting difference after reflashing the firmware. Before I did I could not get a speed reading from OOkla just the latency number. I had to use testmynet to have that. Now after the reflash Ookla is working normally. I will see if this bodes better for how things work. One other ...

That is the firmware I am using. It may be I will need to reflash it. I did a complete reset of the Chinese supplied firmware by holding the reset button as detailed here on the Forums Tutorial and than installed the GoldenOrb. The problem may be more due to Red Pockets AT&T implementation. Cert...

Thank you for the information. One of the issues with all these carrier companies is the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. Often times you only know about a special offer by happenstance and luck. Nor can you rely on anything to stay the same down the road. I hope your community ...

In my browsing on the subject of possible wireless Home Internet providers and data only plans I happened upon the website that T-mobile has for unlimited wireless home internet. It is not at there regular wireless pages. It would depend if you are in their coverage area and they supply the hardware...

Unfortunately you could lose your Grandfathered service by swapping the sim. The IMEI of your new device would have to be acceptable to AT&T and the swap approved by them.

Reading up on Crickets Terms of Service I find they prohibit moving sims from one device to another without going through a upgrade process. I do see that the IMEI for my Sierra modem is accepted by them and I could order a sim and account for it. I may do that at some point. One thing I notice in t...

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