ZTE 5G CPE MC888, Unlocked 5G WiFi Home Router, Fast WiFi 6, Up to 3.8Gbps, Premium Design with Low Power Consumption, UK Plug + UK Warranty (White)

This is a review for the ZTE 5G CPE MC888. I live in the country and we have terrible wired internet, and no fibre broadband available here. 4G coverage is excellent, so we've been using '4G broadband' for a few years now, via a Huawei mifi device and a SMARTY card. We ended up needing two cards/devices as our walls are thick and the signal wasn't getting through. Wanted to get rid of having two devices, and use a better router with a mesh system...... I did LOADS of research before getting this!! I'd tried a cheaper Archer MR 600 CAT6 4G device first, which just got very hot, kept dropping out and was disappointing! Sent it back, did more research and came up with this. I'm using a SMARTY card in it, and I'm on the edge of a 5G network, so thought I'd get the 5G capability, even if we can't get 5G just yet. As I thought, I'm only getting 4G, BUT the speeds I'm getting are still amazing compared to the old wired BT internet, and to the SMARTY card used in the mifi device. Setting up the device was easy. It works best in a very specific spot on a window sill in the living room. I moved it all over the house to see if anywhere else was better: upstairs was worse strangely. Bought a set of three Deco mesh hubs (TP-link Deco X10 AX1500, £144.99 on Amazon), as on its own the ZTE couldn't get through our very thick walls. The set up works perfectly. The first Deco hub connects to the ZTE router directly, and becomes Hub number 1 (hidden under an old 50's radio's shell in the photo!) which then sends the signal to the other Deco hubs. I now have a brilliant signal all over the house, with two Decos, and one extra one which we only use when people stay in the Granny annex. We've had this set up for a couple of months now, and we only lost signal once, when it was chucking it down with rain/stormy. We've had bad weather since then, and all has been well. Copes with three devices at once streaming films with no problem. No problems with Teams meetings for work, with lots of people on the meeting, and sharing presentations etc. It's fairly pricey (£212.49 when I bought it), but so far this has been money well spent.

Decided to try this router after my ISP had a price increase and have to say am not disappointed. Very easy to set up, excellent WiFi signal around my house. Using a Voxi (Vodafone) unlimited data sim & getting around 500-600MB download & 30-70MB upload speeds. Had to change the APN settings as kept dropping connection with the auto setting used when inserted the Sim. Bonus that you can plug a landline into the router so can make & receive calls using unlimited calls included with the sim plan, though caller ID does not work which seems strange why the router cannot send this info to the phone. Highly recommend much better then paying for a overpriced landline service where you only get 40-50MB

It turns a weak signal to decent speed and improve download speed significantly but upload speed is slow but much better than other routers (if not the best). I tested portable ZTE router, 2 different TP link routers and a Huawei router and this was the 5th. I used to live in an old flat building that was blocking the signal. I used it with SIM from Three (which might not be good everyday and every where). You should investigate it with other SIMs before committing to long term plans. It's extremely useful to have 2 connection ports in this router for my PC and laptop to give me stable internet connectivity. try placing it in a room with good 4G or 5G signal and test speeds in different places in your home then you might want to connect it through cables to your PC/Laptop When I moved flat, I didn't have down time in my internet connection using this router and SIM card and I rescued myself from long contracts with TalkTalk which increased prices after contract and they didn't offer better terms, they just kept taking a lot of money every month from my bank account without letting me know if there are better contract terms. Leave alone the issues I had with OpenReach to connect the new fibre and had to reschedule and didn't get a satisfactory solution.

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Simkarte wüsste ich nicht sicher wie rum sie rein gesteckt wird. Aber hab es nach dem 2 Versuch geschafft. Ansonsten alles besten funktioniert einwandfrei. Und sieht gut aus.

Constantly on, actually forgotten in the corner - meaning its work pretty much good

Interfaccia semplice. Operatività essenziale ma buona

Commandé car la fibre passe à côté de mon habitation depuis plus d'un an mais toujours pas raccordé et pas prêt de l'être. Notre ligne ADSL est catastrophique, elle oscille entre 3 Mb/s et 8 Mb/s (génial en 2023...). Au préalable, je vous conseil de vous rendre sur le site cartoradio.fr et de bien regarder les antennes 5G les plus proches de chez vous et qui diffusent de la VRAIE 5G (5G NR 3500). Pas comme Free avec sa fausse 5G NR 700... La mise en place du routeur est très simple. L'interface du routeur est très simple également mais suffit largement à un usage domestique. Personnellement, je l'ai passé en mode bridge, comme ça c'est mon routeur UniFi qui porte la connexion et encore une fois, très simple à mettre en place (pensez bien à noter le mot de passe si vous le changer sinon c'est reset). Concernant les débits, j'ai un abonnement 5G 200 Go chez SFR (RED By SFR). L'antenne est à environ 1,7km de mon domicile mais la vue est bien dégagée. J'ai une moyenne de 100 - 120 Mb/s dans les heures creuses et une moyenne de 60 - 80 Mb/s quand il y a du monde. Du coup je recommande vivement le routeur pour ceux qui comme moi, recherche une alternative à l'ADSL sans passer par StarLink. C'est sur que ce n'est pas comparable aux débits d'une fibre mais ça dépanne bien en attendant... Reste à voir si les 200 Go seront suffisant pour le mois.