mOrt
Casual Member
Hello 
(I've added a TLDR at the bottom if no one wants to read my waffle!)
I've been suffering with poor ADSL speeds for 4 years due to where we live and it never really crossed my mind to look in to 4G/5G as my giffgaff speed had never been better than the 15mb ADSL speed.
But then I got a new car which I put a Three SIM in as I just wanted a lump 20GB that woudln't expire for 24 months…and that instantly got 45mb.
So I bought a CPE Pro V2, CPE Pro V1 and B535 to test side by side on giffgaff, EE, Three & Smarty to see what the best solution was for an ADSL replacement.
I definitely can't get 5G so the CPE Pro V2 has gone back as with no external 4G antenna it seemed pointless keeping it.
The CPE Pro V1 manages to get 130mb on Smarty, 40mb on EE but my giffgaff SIM won't connect to the internet at all regardless of what network settings I try. But to get the best speed it means finding the perfect position for the router which seems like it will be a huge pain as at the moment the best speed is it sat in the middle of the floor upstairs.
So I'm now trying out the B535 with a Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0002 antenna. This does work with my giffgaff SIM (unlike the CPE Pro V1) and it gets a very strong signal looking at the numbers…but it seems to max out around 45mb.
Without the antenna the RSRQ/RSRP/RSI/SINR all significantly worsen, but the speed is pretty much the same at 40-45mb on giffgaff.
The Smarty SIM in the B535 seems to hover between 40-50mb but putting it in to the CPE Pro V1 next to it gets 120-130mb instantly. Is the CPE Pro V1 that much better than the B535 even with the external antenna?
I was hoping the B535 + antenna would be best so I could mount the antenna outside and run the cable to our media cupboard where the B535 could live.
Thanks!
TLDR; CPE Pro V1 is massively outperforming a B535 with Poynting XPOL antenna using a Smarty SIM, is this normal as I expected the B535 + Poynting to be as good as if not better?
(I've added a TLDR at the bottom if no one wants to read my waffle!)
I've been suffering with poor ADSL speeds for 4 years due to where we live and it never really crossed my mind to look in to 4G/5G as my giffgaff speed had never been better than the 15mb ADSL speed.
But then I got a new car which I put a Three SIM in as I just wanted a lump 20GB that woudln't expire for 24 months…and that instantly got 45mb.
So I bought a CPE Pro V2, CPE Pro V1 and B535 to test side by side on giffgaff, EE, Three & Smarty to see what the best solution was for an ADSL replacement.
I definitely can't get 5G so the CPE Pro V2 has gone back as with no external 4G antenna it seemed pointless keeping it.
The CPE Pro V1 manages to get 130mb on Smarty, 40mb on EE but my giffgaff SIM won't connect to the internet at all regardless of what network settings I try. But to get the best speed it means finding the perfect position for the router which seems like it will be a huge pain as at the moment the best speed is it sat in the middle of the floor upstairs.
So I'm now trying out the B535 with a Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0002 antenna. This does work with my giffgaff SIM (unlike the CPE Pro V1) and it gets a very strong signal looking at the numbers…but it seems to max out around 45mb.
Without the antenna the RSRQ/RSRP/RSI/SINR all significantly worsen, but the speed is pretty much the same at 40-45mb on giffgaff.
The Smarty SIM in the B535 seems to hover between 40-50mb but putting it in to the CPE Pro V1 next to it gets 120-130mb instantly. Is the CPE Pro V1 that much better than the B535 even with the external antenna?
I was hoping the B535 + antenna would be best so I could mount the antenna outside and run the cable to our media cupboard where the B535 could live.
Thanks!
TLDR; CPE Pro V1 is massively outperforming a B535 with Poynting XPOL antenna using a Smarty SIM, is this normal as I expected the B535 + Poynting to be as good as if not better?























