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Mobile Hotspot Routers - any feedback on NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 Pro?
There are two amazon.ca reviews from Canada for this Mobile Hotspot Router.
One reviewer ('AMN' ... 01NOV23) recommends an ext. ant. (the device has 2 x TS-9 Connectors) .. the other reviewer ('Talys' ... 15JUL25) goes into much more detail, closing with: "Currently, in Canada, I'm not sure that there is any mmWave; TELUS is only on Sub-6."
This 21JUN25 reddit post talks about: "Right now only Telus has SA & the speeds are worse than LTE in the 2010s, nobody has enabled the 5G voice codec, & MM wave isn't even on any carriers timeline. Aside from 600Mhz which for the most part only Roger's has, my phone experience is worse than it was in 2018 with LTE"
... I found some of the follow-up replies to the above reddit post to be interesting.
I can find no ref. to this MHR h/w in this forum nor anything about the 5G mmWave spec here or on the TM website.
This MHR likely isn't my answer (my proposed usage case to follow as an Edit, or, as a thread Reply), given the current TM wireless plans offered, however, this approach seems more realistic now than ever before.
Thoughts? K_Mc
That device is not sold by or supported by Telus. Mobile hotspots also have dedicated plans and won't work with regular cell plans. Those plans also have a fraction of the data compared to phone plans. (Mobile internet Plans) Telus does offer a mobile hotspot of their own.
5G mmWave is USA only and in very very few locations. It has a lot of issues. Even though the Netgear is sold 'unlocked', most carriers won't allow it and will only use / authorize they hardware they sell. Hotspots are classed differently than phones so there are more restrictions on third party data only devices.
Have you tried google for reviews on the device? There are also a lot of other mobile hotspots that are cheaper than the Netgear one.
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Nighthawk ... thanks for stepping up ... you must be talking about the Mobile Hotspot device '5G MiFi M2000' ... I see what you mean about "a fraction of the data compared to phone plans" ... oh well, I guess I'll just have to find a suitable replacement smartphone for my Samsung GALAXY S7 edge ...
- Nighthawk
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That device is not sold by or supported by Telus. Mobile hotspots also have dedicated plans and won't work with regular cell plans. Those plans also have a fraction of the data compared to phone plans. (Mobile internet Plans) Telus does offer a mobile hotspot of their own.
5G mmWave is USA only and in very very few locations. It has a lot of issues. Even though the Netgear is sold 'unlocked', most carriers won't allow it and will only use / authorize they hardware they sell. Hotspots are classed differently than phones so there are more restrictions on third party data only devices.
Have you tried google for reviews on the device? There are also a lot of other mobile hotspots that are cheaper than the Netgear one.
Here's my usage case:
As a 1GB fibre (w. u/l data) TELUS home internet services subscriber ($75/mo [$88.80, gross]) and as a TM subscriber ($72/mo [$80.64, gross] - w. 150GB/mo data [my plan said to support "5G+ Speed (up to 2Gbps)"], currently utilizing a very outdated Samsung GALAXY S7 edge phone [runs Android 8.0.0 & connects via Network mode: LTE/WCDMA/GSM]) .. also gets used as a hotspot while onboard a remotely kept boat. I thought if I was going to replace my phone, perhaps I could finally kill 2 birds (subs) with 1 stone (TM only), alas, upon review, I find that I consume upwards of 500GB of data per mo while streaming at home whereas the mo data consumption on the boat tends to be erratic, mostly nowhere near my mo 150GB limit but occasionally almost getting there seasonally.
For those interested, the MHR h/w idea came from aussie Naomi Brockwell, in her video, 'No SIM? No Problem!' on YT.
