With most people social distancing and having to work from home, NETGEAR has recognised the issues people are facing with unreliable internet connections and has highlighted 4G mobile routers as being a solution to this.
Up to 50 households are sharing the same data line from an ISP and the vastly increased load means that many are left with frustratingly poor performance.
According to a recent survey, only 10% of UK households have full-fibre-to-the-home broadband, while 83% of UK home broadband users experience poor reliability.
As our lockdown situation could last for many months, NETGEAR has suggested 4G mobile routers can be used, offering a second, dedicated, high-performance connection.
The survey also shows that four out five UK homes and businesses can get reliable indoor 4G coverage and, at an affordable price (smarty.co.uk offers unlimited 4G for £20 per month), a 4G modem could replace or supplement ISP connections, providing a dedicated internet connection for home workers.
NETGEAR’s Nighthawk M1 and M2 mobile routers offer fast 4G LTE connections, ideal for use in home office environments. Offering all the features of a regular Wi-Fi router, in many cases these devices also supply faster performances than a fixed-line broadband connection.
For example, the NETGEAR Nighthawk M2 supports up to 2Gbps download speeds with 4G LTE Advanced in supported areas.