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EE also has the biggest 4G+ network in the UK, providing faster 4G speeds across more than 150 towns and cities. We were connected to the M1 all day through a laptop, tablet and smartphone and still had about 35 per cent battery left at the end of the day. EE runs the UK's biggest and fastest mobile network, having pioneered the UK's first superfast 4G mobile service in October 2012 and was the first European operator to surpass 14 million 4G customers in December 2015. EE has more than 550 shops across the UK. EE's 4G coverage extends to more than 85% of the UK’s landmass (equal to more than 99% of the UK population) and EE has an ambition to extend 4G to 95% UK geographic coverage by 2020. Talking of your phone, if it runs out of battery while you’re out and about (remember those days?) then you can use the M2 as a power bank. You simply use its battery to top up your phone’s.
While it has had a few lower-cost ZTE hotspots on its books over the years, Telstra’s primary producer of hotspots in the premium space has long been Netgear, and the Nighthawk M1 is most definitively a Netgear product. That’s not to say that it looks like any Netgear hotspot that preceded it. For me, my needs are simple; I simply wish to try and increase the signal strength coming into the M1. The M2 also includes a USB-A port and a USB-C port. You use the USB-C port to charge the device, but the USB-A port (which is what most people mean when they say “USB port”) has a couple of useful functions.
Telstra’s Gigabit LTE network – developed in conjunction with Ericsson – is a world first and when combined with the world’s first Gigabit LTE device like the Netgear Nighthawk M1, it’s a match made in heaven. Media server capabilities: The Nighthawk M1 is primarily sold as a hotspot for Internet connectivity, but it’s also a fully capable router, and that includes acting as a tiny NAS via its microSD or USB ports. That could cover anything from media serving to simple file sharing via its 2.4 GHz WiFi 802.11 b/g/n or 5Ghz WiFi 802.11a/n/ac networks. On both these plans, customers are able to benefit from data caps – so they never go over their data allowance by accident, as well as UK & Ireland call centre support. That upload speed is pretty impressive when you consider the upload speed on our Optus cable home broadband connection rarely gets over 2Mbps.
The device can also be used as a travel router so you can share the hotel room’s connection with all of your devices. Customers can also connect a USB drive, external hard drive or microSD card to turn the Nighthawk M1 into an on-the-go media hub for streaming films and TV shows to multiple connected devices. When you add mobile data tariffs on top of that, there’s no question this an expensive safety net. If a day or two offline would be ruinous for your business, you might consider that a price worth paying – I’d certainly be glad to have one of these at hand if my broadband connection collapsed. The Nighthawk M1 runs on Telstra’s 4G LTE network and it’s theoretically able to hit speeds up to 1Gbps.
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And that speedy connection can also be used for video communication like Skype and Facetime. Our conversations were smooth as silk. The Telstra Nighthawk M1 is available on a range of Telstra Mobile Broadband plans over 24 months. Telstra Nighthawk M1: Specifications Telstra Nighthawk M1 The device is designed to keep you – and up to 20 other devices – connected on the move through the dual 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz bands it creates. Mobile hotspot products are arguably the best match for business users who need that kind of continuity of data. The practical reality for many consumers will be that it’s simpler and easier to just set up your existing smartphone as an ad-hoc hotspot as needs require rather than running a separate hotspot device. What the ‘External’ antenna connectors on the M1 can and cannot do is a real minefield after reading the many very technical posts on this forum.
On the battery side, we were not disappointed. Because the M1 is a little larger than other hotspots, it’s also got room for a larger battery.The Nighthawk M1 features a data usage meter, enabling customers to simply monitor their data, and with a 5040mAh battery, the device can charge mobile devices through the integrated USB port. The NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 can be controlled via an intuitive app, complete with parental controls.
To see if your router supports access from the Nighthawk app, see Which products support the NETGEAR Nighthawk app?. EE has received extensive independent recognition, including being ranked the UK's best overall network by RootMetrics®; Best Network for five years in a row at the Mobile Choice Awards; Best Network at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Mobile News Awards; Best Consumer Network at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Mobile Industry Awards; as well as Fastest Network and Best Network Coverage at the 2017 uSwitch Mobile Awards. Telstra’s Nighthawk M1 doesn’t quite live up to its lofty speed promises, but it’s still an incredibly capable hotspot device.The Nighthawk M1 even managed 105.69 Mbps at Wynyard Station with an impressive 55.88 Mbps upload speed. EE, part of BT Group, today announced the exclusive launch of the NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 – the latest addition to its range of 4G WiFi devices. NETGEAR is delighted to be working with EE to provide its customers with the new Nighthawk M1 4G mobile router, said David Henry, Senior Vice President of Connected Home Products for NETGEAR. This new category of mobile routers is destined to be an essential tool for those that need to provide superfast 4G WiFi to a number of devices.” The M2 certainly isn’t light on features. It supports both 2.4GHz (best for range) and 5GHz (best for outright speed) Wi-Fi bands and you can connect multiple devices – unlike the 4G USB dongles, which only provide a connection to the laptop/PC you’re using.
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