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Comparing ZTE MF286D vs. Huawei B818-263

Essex_Man

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Finally moved my B818 into the attic, similar location to the MF286D which I had up there for several months now. The B818 locked onto the same eNB as the MF286D (Three network).

Even after moving the B818 around a bit to find the best SNR (SINR) I could not get anything better than 8dB, but more frequently 3dB. The MF286D shows SNR between 13 and 16dB. Not surprisingly, speed tests on the B818 were around 15 Mb/s download, while the MF286D delivers 40Mb/s on average. Upload speeds are similar for both routers.

I am not particularly impressed with the B818 so far and swapped back to the MF286D pretty much straight away. Perhaps, the B818 works better on a different eNB, but for the moment I will stick to the MF286D.
 
As you've suggested it's likely eNB specific. Without wishing to jinx myself I've got my B818 sitting on a windowsill 6km from the tower and an SINR of 26dB (internal antennas). I'm still in the process of educating myself but I'm led to believe that's a reasonably good SINR??!
 
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I liked the B818, but I could just tell during speed tests that it waivered too much, as daft as that may sound. Just felt that the MF286D gave more consistent performance.
 
As you've suggested it's likely eNB specific. Without wishing to jinx myself I've got my B818 sitting on a windowsill 6km from the tower and an SINR of 26dB (internal antennas). I'm still in the process of educating myself but I'm led to believe that's a reasonably good SINR??!
26dB is excellent - what download speed do you get?

I suspect that the B818 picks up signals from more than one eNB, hence the low SINR. The MF286D internal antennas seem yo be more directive. Perhaps this is down to 4 antennas in the B818 vs, 2 in the MF286D.
 
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