Netgear Releases Nighthawk M6 and M6 Pro Mobile Routers

[TheLostSwede]

M6 Pro elevates secure, mobile WiFi as the world's first mobile router to support WiFi 6E. Beginning April 22, AT&T customers will be able to access AT&T's 5G Network using the brand new NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 and Nighthawk M6 Pro mobile hotspots. Harnessing the revolutionary power of 5G, we're collaborating with AT&T again to transform the connected lives of people on the go and at home with excellent engineering and multi-gigabit Internet speeds. As the world continues to explore hybrid and mobile living, coupled with remote work and learning environments, the need for efficient and secure Internet access has become an integral part of daily life. In fact, 10.9 million Americans described themselves as digital nomads in 2020—an almost 50% increase from the previous year-- with another 19 million planning to become one in the next two to three years. Answering this critical demand, we've once again partnered with AT&T to provide two-tiered products in the M6 series, both of which are ideal for mobile or fixed wireless access in the home or office setting, even providing 4G LTE support when 5G is not available.

The best-in-class M6 Pro offers advanced features such as 5G mmWave-Sub-6 dual connectivity, 2.5 G Ethernet port, switchable WiFi 6 and 6E capability, and 8x the capacity and speed of 4G, so users always have the fastest connection no matter where they are. The first mobile hotspot with WiFi 6E, the M6 Pro makes the 6 GHz band available for the newest, fastest connected devices. mmWave will serve users for many years to come, as data usage grows and 5G mmWave becomes more sophisticated. More people and devices can connect simultaneously to enjoy fast downloads, lag-free gaming, 8K streaming, and more throughout the home or office.




Nighthawk M6
The M6 features 5G Sub-6 and WiFi 6 connectivity with 4x the capacity and speed of 4G. Connecting to up to 32 devices at once, the entire household can enjoy smooth and crisp 4K steaming, gaming, and uninterrupted video calls. With either device, AT&T customers will be able to access 5G Internet on all their connected devices, even those that don't support 5G. The Gigabit Ethernet and USB-C ports make connecting easy and the robust battery provides many hours of on-the-go usage.

Additional Business Benefits
In addition to new consumer benefits, both mobile routers from NETGEAR offer leading-edge business solutions for the modern hybrid office environment. By leveraging NETGEAR Insight Pro Cloud Management, organizations can easily manage, deploy, and configure mobile routers for staff with complete visibility and simple control—centrally applying company policies, profiles, monitoring, and more for one or a group of devices. Business owners can also locate deployed devices, get reports on cellular and other usage, and more.

FirstNet Ready. The new NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 and Nighthawk M6 Pro Hotspots will be FirstNet Ready, which means first responders can use them to tap into specialized capabilities designed to meet their needs on FirstNet -- the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America's first responders and the extended public safety community. First responders maintain voice communications with always-on priority and preemption on LTE, while the intuitive FirstNet network determines the best route for data traffic, whether that's 5G or LTE.

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[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I'm sure traditional telecoms who provide Mobile service will seek to compete not only with traditional ISPs, but Starlink as well. So far, and admittedly I have not extensively researched this, but the 5G ISP plans I have seen cannot come close to competing with land based ISPs on price or speed and have either have extremely low data caps, or extremely expensive per GB price rate service plans.

There are still countless areas in the United States where broadband or even no internet service is available, yes I said "no" and it occurs more often than you'd think in the contiguous 48 states. This is where 5G could help IF the providers even attempt to service those area, though I don't think it'll be anytime soon.

This is where my hopes lie on starlink, specifically that it will finally present true competition to ISPs who have, by legislation in many areas, a de facto monopoly, and have actively protected them with a combination of legalized bribes (aka lobbying), propaganda, and corrupt legislation championed by equally corrupt politicians.... The example of Chattanooga, Tennessee serves as a perfect example.

The city, tired of slow and expensive service, when it was even available in the areas outside the city center, developed and deployed their own municipal (publically owned) broadband that offered speed many times that being offered by telecoms, so what did the telecoms do? Compete in the supposedly "free market"? No, they "lobbied" state politicians, spread propaganda to the public, and eventually got corrupt politicians to pass legislation that not only barred the public broadband from future expansion, but provided lavish subsidies from taxpayer's dollars to "encourage" the telecoms to expand their availability and upgrade their services. As you would guess, similar legislation followed suit in other states has effectively prevented what could have been the first true instance of serious competition for land based ISPs, but provided affordable and fast internet for those that never previously had it and will never receive it because providing service in more rural and poorer areas isn't "economically viable" According to the telecoms.

Sorry for the off topic rant, but I try to spread the story of Chattanooga and the possibility of publically owned broadband in the distant hope seeing more of it in the future.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I'm sure traditional telecoms who provide Mobile service will seek to compete not only with traditional ISPs, but Starlink as well. So far, and admittedly I have not extensively researched this, but the 5G ISP plans I have seen cannot come close to competing with land based ISPs on price or speed and have either have extremely low data caps, or extremely expensive per GB price rate service plans.

There are still countless areas in the United States where broadband or even no internet service is available, yes I said "no" and it occurs more often than you'd think in the contiguous 48 states. This is where 5G could help IF the providers even attempt to service those area, though I don't think it'll be anytime soon.

This is where my hopes lie on starlink, specifically that it will finally present true competition to ISPs who have, by legislation in many areas, a de facto monopoly, and have actively protected them with a combination of legalized bribes (aka lobbying), propaganda, and corrupt legislation championed by equally corrupt politicians.... The example of Chattanooga, Tennessee serves as a perfect example.

The city, tired of slow and expensive service, when it was even available in the areas outside the city center, developed and deployed their own municipal (publically owned) broadband that offered speed many times that being offered by telecoms, so what did the telecoms do? Compete in the supposedly "free market"? No, they "lobbied" state politicians, spread propaganda to the public, and eventually got corrupt politicians to pass legislation that not only barred the public broadband from future expansion, but provided lavish subsidies from taxpayer's dollars to "encourage" the telecoms to expand their availability and upgrade their services. As you would guess, similar legislation followed suit in other states has effectively prevented what could have been the first true instance of serious competition for land based ISPs, but provided affordable and fast internet for those that never previously had it and will never receive it because providing service in more rural and poorer areas isn't "economically viable" According to the telecoms.

Sorry for the off topic rant, but I try to spread the story of Chattanooga and the possibility of publically owned broadband in the distant hope seeing more of it in the future.

The economically viable part is a problem in most countries, but in the US there are apparently laws against publicly owned and operated broadband operators in some states, which is just plain insane.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Growing up in the UK where lines have always been monopolized, to living in a country I can pull my own fibre line from my sister in laws house 5km away and have Lan over SFP is a funny thing to me. competition is great for consumers like us, so the faster things like 5g enter the fold the better.
Ive looked at the GL.inet travel routers a few times and been interested but I just don't need anything better than my phone's WiFi hotspot when out and about.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

The faster we go, the higher they will charge for already limited data usage.

 

[bonehead123]

tired of slow and expensive service, when it was even available in the areas outside the city center, developed and deployed their own municipal (publically owned) broadband that offered speed many times that being offered by telecoms, so what did the telecoms do? Compete in the supposedly "free market"? No, they "lobbied" state politicians, spread propaganda to the public, and eventually got corrupt politicians to pass legislation that not only barred the public broadband from future expansion, but provided lavish subsidies from taxpayer's dollars to "encourage" the telecoms to expand their availability and upgrade their services

^^THIS^^ was/has been essentially outlawed in many areas in & around where I live. In my town, the ONE and only ISP that is allowed to operate here has an EXCLUSIVE 100 YEAR LICENSE with the town, which makes it illegal for any other ISP to come in & install any new service lines, be it copper, fiber or otherwise... and guess what, the service is expensive and only moderately fast, unless you choose their highest tier plan, which carries an ungodly price of $350/month !!!!!

Fortunately, we somehow have decent 5G cell service most of the time, and I have seen a few ads in my mailbox promoting home 5G for $80/month (but only if you have one of their cell phone plans also), so maybe that will eventually wake up the cronies at the town office to consider reworking their agreement with the ISP... doubtful, but just maybe

 

[dayne878]

I know this is for "mobile" use, so not likely intended to be used as the home ISP modem/router, but I want to make a comment.

I've looked into hotspots like this for when I'm not at home, but they're all either A) very expensive for the amount of GB you get or B) saddle you with data caps and then reduce your speed to kilobytes per second after you go over the cap.

If these mobile phone providers want to compete with Starlink or other companies like that they've GOT to find a way to drop the data caps or reduce the price (preferably both) because it sounds like Starlink could replace your ISP, while these mobile providers could never with their current offerings.

While I wait for fiber to come to my area I keep my eyes open for alternatives to Xfinity, though I'm pretty happy with their service (1200 mbps down, crappy 30-40 mbps up). I'd just like to see some competition to keep prices "reasonable."

 

[Sabishii Hito]

The economically viable part is a problem in most countries, but in the US there are apparently laws against publicly owned and operated broadband operators in some states, which is just plain insane.

Brought to you by state legislators bought and paid for by big ISPs!

 

[eidairaman1]

The faster we go, the higher they will charge for already limited data usage.

I will stick with copper or fiber thanks. LTE/5G are for light use