Review on 🚀 Boost Internet Speed with NETGEAR LB1120 LTE 4G Broadband Modem - Enjoy LTE as Your Primary Connection by Leonard Henry

We live in a rural area and being so far from the main road our local cable company almost doesn't serve ours 200 year old house. This meant our only internet connection was the phone company's DSL service, which was far from reliable and fast. I bought a Netgear 4G LTE modem as a test replacement for this expensive DSL service which can only do 11MB downstream and 1MB upstream at best and constantly requires restarting the DSL modem to get it working again. With 4G from T-Mobile. LTE I was able to get the modem up and running in minutes with no setup (essentially plugging in a micro SIM card and turning it on) and the signal strength LEDs on the unit showed 3 out of 5 bars. After setting the router to bridge mode via the router's web interface (shipped in router mode), I then connected it to a dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) WiFi router and started testing . Running Speedtest on an iPhone 6s with Wi-Fi connection, I was able to connect 51MB Download and 18MB at 5GHz and about 18MB Download and 6MB at 2.4GHz. I already had faster internet speeds than my current DSL service. My next test was to see how it would work with HD video streaming (1080p) on my Roku 4, knowing that it would use up most of the data of all my normal internet. Activities. Initially, Netflix and Revain videos took a very long time to load, and as we streamed, the quality continued to drop to the point where the picture became blocky and dark. Even with my slower DSL service this hasn't happened so I'm a bit confused as to why. After some online research I found out that in T-Mobile with the "binge on" video streaming feature (which is on by default) you can watch all the videos you want without considering your 4G LTE allotment, but the downside is that it only broadcasts at slower 3G speeds. However, you can disable this by enabling HD video on your T-Mobile account (if you have that option on your service). Please note that video streaming will count towards your monthly 4G LTE limit if you do so and disable binge-on. In addition, T-Mobile considers this router a mobile hotspot. So when you reach the monthly data limit on the 4G LTE hotspot, the internet speed on the hotspot will be reduced to a minimum (512 Kbps). I found this out quickly after watching a bunch of HD shows and movies on my Roku 4 and using up my 10GB a month on a mobile hotspot in two days. However, it is interesting to note that they do not limit the LTE speed on your mobile devices, only the speed of your hotspot. This resulted in my current settings being used as follows: After they lowered the hotspot speed, I ran Speedtest on my iPhone while connected to Wi-Fi and still got great download and upload speeds (no throttling was detected). Then, when I ran Speedtest on both my Mac and PC while connected to the same Wi-Fi, these results were terrible (0.3MB less and 0.1MB more, for example). So the connected mobile devices are not affected after throttling the hotspot via this modem with T-Mobile, only PCs and computers seem to be affected. I'm thinking of getting a T-Mobile CelSpot (which T-Mobile currently provides for free with a deposit) to see if I can get 4 or 5 bars on the router to see if that improves my internet speed . reached a data usage plateau (>32GB/month) where T-Mobile says they can "deprioritize” LTE data usage, meaning LTE data speeds could drop as other customers' DSL data usage takes precedence over mine Has. However, I will provide an update once I have more time to test this device as a viable solution for replacing home cable or DSL internet. PROS: Small footprint Easy setup High-speed 4G LTE data Router placement is independent of cable or phone line location CONS: Number of data usage compared to your mobile hotspot plan (T-Mobile) For a better LTE signal, you have to possibly changing your location Routers around your house