Review on 📶 Peplink MAX BR1 Mini LTE (CAT-4) Router: Reliable Hotspot for Home Businesses and Outdoor Activities by Cameron Aleman

We work full time on wheels and bought this to have a wired connection to our hotspot. After tuning, we were able to achieve a maximum download speed of around 5 Mbps. When testing the phone from the same location, it wasn't even close. The phone's Wi-Fi hotspot blew it away. I've tried jetpack sim and phone sim (with ttl set to 64, 65 and 66). Same result every time: 5 Mbps or less. I isolated the Verizon tapes and no improvement. I even drove as close as possible to the nearest cell tower, the result is the same. Well, 7Mbps. I eventually contacted tech support and they were able to get around 25Mbps after the change (the change was never explained to me), but I was never able to reproduce that speed. I've been told this will be escalated to support level 2 but haven't heard from them after 2 days. As a last try at using this thing, I tried a 30-day trial add-on to enable Wi-Fi as a WAN. Guess what? SAME RESULT. I ran to my local electronics store and bought a Linksys Wi-Fi Extender with an Ethernet port for $50 and was able to hit over 50Mbps straight away. Unfortunately I threw away the box of this pepwave so now I have a $300 paperweight. Stay away from this case. It's not worth the $50 I paid for an extension cord, let alone the price. I will say that the Wi-Fi signal is strong and gets good signal readings from the nearest tower, but beyond that it drops off completely.