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Broadband Router with SIM Card

WHL · 2020-06-21 11:35:02

Hi. I have access to my old family house which is near the sea in an area that does not get a mobile phone signal easily. For the last couple of years I have had a Huawei E5577 dongle with an Eir/GoMo SIM. This works well enough but I need remote access so it is plugged in all the time. I had to replace the dongle battery…

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21-06-2020 12:35pm

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WHL

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Hi. I have access to my old family house which is near the sea in an area that does not get a mobile phone signal easily. For the last couple of years I have had a Huawei E5577 dongle with an Eir/GoMo SIM. This works well enough but I need remote access so it is plugged in all the time. I had to replace the dongle battery last summer as it has expanded.
I would like to get a router that takes a SIM but no point in paying huge money (which I would at home). I would also like a router that takes an external antenna. I have seen various ones recommended here like the Huawei B525 and B535, D-Link DWR-921 but they are in the range of £100 to £150 on Amazon. I see the B311 is £60 and has similar performance to the dongle (150 Mbps down and 50 Mbps up). Any good reason that I shouldn’t go for this?

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