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Three MC801A or NR5103E ?

Bigyinuk

Super Pro Member
Hi.

Popped into my local Three store earlier today to get some 5G broadband and much to my surprise they gave me a MC801A not a NR5103E.

Reading some of the posts about the NR5103, I'm beginning to wondering if that's not a good thing?

Are there significant downsides to using a MC801A to the NR5103?
 
The NR5103 is better spec'ed than the ZTE but if Band or Cell Locking is your thing or required then the MC801A will do this with ease (3rd Party Apps required). just try and not Brick the ZTE.
 
I've got both at the moment and the ZTE is way more stable, maybe my Zyxel is faulty but the red lights come on quite often requiring a reboot.
 
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I've got both at the moment and the ZTE is way more stable, maybe my Zyxel is faulty but the red lights come on quite often requiring a reboot.
My three signal only indicates 3 bars, it goes down to 2 on heavy rain days, sometines 1 bar but still dont get any red showing.

Is your signal strength showing better than 3 bars pollax?

Only 4G here for me though.
 
Hi all.

Out of the box and with the ZTE sitting on my window ledge, I'm getting 300mbps / 98mbps. Not incredible but much better than my 40mbps Plusnet FTTC and £12 per month less.

Stats here:
4G Frequency 99
4G Connected Band 2100MHz(B1)
4G Signal Strength -90 dBm
4G ECIO/SINR 9.6 dB
4G PCI 308
4G Cell ID 3295817
5G Frequency 640548
5G Connected Band N78
5G Signal Strength -66 dBm
5G SINR 33.0 dB
5G PCI 723
5G (SA) Cell ID --

Seems to be B12 firmware on the box.
Please could someone post a link to the scripts so I can have a look at the bands etc.
Tx
 
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My three signal only indicates 3 bars, it goes down to 2 on heavy rain days, sometines 1 bar but still dont get any red showing.

Is your signal strength showing better than 3 bars pollax?

Only 4G here for me though.
Signal strength seems fine, I have tested it in two different cities. Not far from the 5G transmitter either.
What about the download speeds?
The Zyxel seems slightly faster but it's pretty marginal, pings are also lower compared to my ZTE which I'm still perfectly happy with anyway, usually 25-30ms. The Zyxel can dip under 20ms but there's not a lot in it. I used to get over 700 Mbits 6 months ago but it's more congested now, it's maybe half that now. Upload has been pretty steady at 140 Mbits.
 
happy with my ZTE...can get 900 meg+ with a network cable straight out of the router into a laptop...position is critical, windowsill upstairs...turn the box at an angle etc... very stable...turn off daily reboots...enable UPNP...bingo.
 
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