Netgear launches Nighthawk M6 Mobile Hotspot Router with WiFi6 and 5G
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Netgear launched today a new unlocked 5G mobile hotspot that lets you access a WiFi 6 wireless network when you’re in range of 5G service.
Netgear said the new Netgear Nighthawk M6 Mobile Hotspot Router raises the mobile broadband experience by upping the maximum 5G speed that can be supported and adding 160MHz capability to connect with the latest WiFi 6 client devices.
Netgear launched the world’s first unlocked 5G hotspot in 2021 with the Nighthawk M5. Now the company is building on that with the M6, which is 20% faster than the M5 at 2.5 Gbps over 5G. It has the capacity to hit a maximum combined WiFi speed of up to 3.6Gbps when connecting to 160MHz WiFi 6 devices.
I could have used this Netgear Nighthawk M6 Mobile Hotspot Router the other day when we had a power outage and my home cable modem went down.
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Regarding the M5 model, Netgear sees the majority of people using them for a primary internet connection in their homes, said Ravindra Bhilave, senior director of product marketing, in a press briefing.
“Essentially, people living in the rural areas in remote locations don’t have good alternatives for wired internet connection,” he said. “There are places where you can only get maybe DSL, and then you’re limited to a few megabits per second. You have satellite internet connections, which are pretty flaky. People do find that cellular Internet is a better option compared to everything else
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