Review on Peplink Balance One Core: Ultra-Fast 600Mbps Dual-WAN Router (BPL-ONE-CORE) by Andy Syla

One of the features of this router compared to the BPL-20 is that it supports SpeedFusion, Peplink's patented bandwidth aggregation technology. If you have multiple 4G LTE lanes, SpeedFusion is a way to combine them for gigabit speeds like 5G NR. In theory. In practice, Balance One is artificially limited to a maximum encrypted bandwidth of 30Mbps even if you have a 200Mbps hotspot. This is a built-in software limitation, as the high-end BPL-210 has the same processor and specs but almost triples the VPN throughput (80Mbps). Peplink has structured its offerings to scam as much money out of the deal as possible: to get true gigabit speeds, you need to buy their most expensive routers, which can cost upwards of $10,000 each. However, the real reason I don't recommend upgrading isn't the slow speed. The SpeedFusion upgrade will cost you $900 and the WAN 3-6 upgrade will cost you an additional $100. The total is around $1500, which is actually less than the prices I've received from certified partners for the BPL-210 with WAN 3 upgrade. This is the only Peplink router that actually costs more for fewer features after a full upgrade. than the next model. There's no excuse for that, especially when you know that the performance is the same as the BPL-210. At a minimum, Peplink needs to increase the bandwidth of the SpeedFusion Balance One if they want to encourage customers to purchase an additional upgrade.