Wireless Broadband 240GB Plan - Upgrade Modem? 4.5G ?

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batdan

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#258610 12-Oct-2019 16:48

A new cell tower has recently gone live and the 240GB plan is now available to me.

Is there any benefit in upgrading to the current modem (B618 I think it is) from the B315? Does anyone know how to tell where 4.5G is available for which I understand the new modem is required?

The new cell tower is shown here:

https://gis.geek.nz/celltowers/@-41.2246618,175.4506569,17z

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#2336024 12-Oct-2019 16:54

That tower isnt 4.5G.

There would be minor gains for switching to a B618 there, but i'd have to ask... Is there actually anything wrong with the service you have on the B315?

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#2336027 12-Oct-2019 17:00

@hio77 so a new tower only has a single carrier?

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#2336028 12-Oct-2019 17:03

Linux: @hio77 so a new tower only has a single carrier?

You can see the Frequencies on gis yourself... It's a 2CA tower, that aint 4.5G! or was it back in voda days? ;)

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#2336034 12-Oct-2019 18:04

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Linux: @hio77 so a new tower only has a single carrier?

You can see the Frequencies on gis yourself... It's a 2CA tower, that aint 4.5G! or was it back in voda days? ;)

@hio77 The site has 850 and 1800Mhz so it must have CA on this band's? So it must be 4.5G not 4.9

Edit: oh 850Mhz is 3G only sorry so 4G 1800Mhz only

Edit: yes it has 700Mhz so it must CA the 700 & 1800Mhz and 850 is 3G only

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#2336036 12-Oct-2019 18:06

It's b28 + B3. With U5.

Not 4.5g...

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#2336038 12-Oct-2019 18:10

hio77:

That tower isnt 4.5G.

There would be minor gains for switching to a B618 there, but i'd have to ask... Is there actually anything wrong with the service you have on the B315?

No, nothing wrong with service on the B315. Just re-orientated external aerials and getting 110Mbps + on speedtest, 3 x what is was.

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#2336042 12-Oct-2019 18:35

@hio77 Thanks for your help. Out of interest, how would someone identify if a tower is 4.5G?