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Ericsson mobile broadband routers: W30 and W35

Ericsson mobile broadband routers: W30 and W35

By: Peter Chubb | March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

Broadband networks have been around for a few years, but mobile broadband networks are still in their infancy stage. Mobile broadband networks are ok, but we know that more is yet to come as wireless carriers start to grow it s services.

IntoMobile say that these services will in the future offer greater data speeds as well is more bandwidth. As these speeds start to increase a number of mobile, broadband Wi-Fi routers are now making their way onto the market. A fine example of this is the new Ericsson W30 and W35 mobile broadband routers, and has just received approval from the FCC.

These mobile broadband routers look sleek, and we have to say that they look every bit as sexy as Novatel models. The Ericsson W30 mobile broadband data router will get onto a GSM network of your choosing and will allow your Wi-Fi enabled devices access as well. The Ericsson W35 has the same features as the W30, but also adds voice and cap.

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  • bosley70

    Yes, they look sleek, but this technology is still in its infancy. I tried a W35 from Rogers in ontario and found that in spite of having a 3G+ (i.e. HSPA) connection, the service was exceedingly variable and inconsistent. After taliking with one of their technicla agents he advised me that if there was a wired broadband alternative available I'd be better off using it. His comparison alluded to the as being better than a dial-up connection but not comparable to a regular broadband connection regardless of the claims of up to 7.2 MB/s speeds. Bottom line, I'd wait a while until the wireless telcos and manufacturers figure this out a bit better.

  • DRoiD

    I bought a W35 from Bell Canada and the unit keeps rebooting. The persistent log clearly states a WAN module crash and the internal watchdog resets the unit. This happens several times a day. Got a brand new unit, same issue.

    On top of the reboot issue, traceroute reports at least a 1% packet loss and extremely variable latency. That tends to interfere with VPN connections.

    Bottom line, this is cool for intermittent use, but you shouldn't plan a home office setup using this technology yet. Reliability is nowhere close to what is stated by the manufacturer.

  • Matt

    I use this in a small town where the only alternative is satellite or xplorenet for internet. In this situation, its the best of the 3 options.