ZTE U50, 5G Portable WiFi Hotspot with SIM Slot Unlocked, Lowcost 5G Modem Router for 32 Home/Business Devices, 5G&4G+, AX1800 WiFi 6, up to 32 Devices

This is a review for the ZTE 5G CPE MC888.I live in the country and we have terrible wired internet, and no fibre broadband available here. 4G coverage is excellent, so we've been using '4G broadband' for a few years now, via a Huawei mifi device and a SMARTY card. We ended up needing two cards/devices as our walls are thick and the signal wasn't getting through. Wanted to get rid of having two devices, and use a better router with a mesh system......I did LOADS of research before getting this!! I'd tried a cheaper Archer MR 600 CAT6 4G device first, which just got very hot, kept dropping out and was disappointing! Sent it back, did more research and came up with this.I'm using a SMARTY card in it, and I'm on the edge of a 5G network, so thought I'd get the 5G capability, even if we can't get 5G just yet. As I thought, I'm only getting 4G, BUT the speeds I'm getting are still amazing compared to the old wired BT internet, and to the SMARTY card used in the mifi device. Setting up the device was easy. It works best in a very specific spot on a window sill in the living room. I moved it all over the house to see if anywhere else was better: upstairs was worse strangely.Bought a set of three Deco mesh hubs (TP-link Deco X10 AX1500, £144.99 on Amazon), as on its own the ZTE couldn't get through our very thick walls. The set up works perfectly. The first Deco hub connects to the ZTE router directly, and becomes Hub number 1 (hidden under an old 50's radio's shell in the photo!) which then sends the signal to the other Deco hubs. I now have a brilliant signal all over the house, with two Decos, and one extra one which we only use when people stay in the Granny annex.We've had this set up for a couple of months now, and we only lost signal once, when it was chucking it down with rain/stormy. We've had bad weather since then, and all has been well. Copes with three devices at once streaming films with no problem. No problems with Teams meetings for work, with lots of people on the meeting, and sharing presentations etc.It's fairly pricey (£212.49 when I bought it), but so far this has been money well spent.

This is a great gadget. We bought it because we have a house in Greece and need reliable and affordable WiFi. We tried it out in London using a Three data sim card and it was hopeless. For our area, apparently Vodafone gives a much better result than Three. Then we took it to Greece and used a Cosmote data only Sim card. We had tried the Vodafone sim card there last year and it was no use in our area. But with a Cosmote data sim card, the speed was excellent, in fact achieving better speeds than using the full fibre broadband we are used to in London from Virgin. If you can get a sim card with strong coverage for the area you live, this MiFi gives excellent, reliable WiFi 24 hours hours a day, 7 days a week.

Great device, powerful and lasts whole day usage if you have proper network simcard. Works grear with 3 in UK. Although, not the device's fault but there is no network known to me that does SA which is the fastest and this device compatible. UK is behind need ro catxh up with ZTE

What a brilliant device. I would like to talk about the situation that led me to going down the 5g router route. As a previous owner of a painful isp issue that led to me walking away following a service after months of being below the guaranteed speed weeks went by and bt and is; did nothing but take my money ,so after 8 weeks I terminalted the contact , this led to a deliberate sabotage of the service line locking th Ont to the previous isp , bt wholesale are now saying it will take 2 months to fix , as someone who was struggling using a hotspot or open office to work remotely this unit was a godsend. Normally people would think of going to three or vodaphone to get a device as part of a bundle but sadly if you live in an area with good 5g external coverage and rubbish indoor your choices are limited , three refused to sell me there’s due to them saying I wouldn’t get a good performance, they were wrong , first up before you do anything check your 5g coverage and what provider offers good coverage, , compared to the 813 it’s sadly lost its external aerial option, however if your looking for a quick and easy setup , this is a godsend , pick you sim ,pop out the nano card and plug it in , add. Power wait 3 mins to boot and your away. The internal wifi is good for a room and next door but not between floorsPlacement is key , don’t expect to just plonk it in a window and away you go your get a signal but it many not be any good so try to find out , where in house in relation to the antennas masts is key , for coverage I just took I took easy option and plugged in my old google nest , or old isp router configre configure it it as an ip mesh and hay presto every room has wifi once againI went from 5 or 12 down (depending on time of day) to 150-337 down up speeds are still limited with a high of up to 16 , but your location and experience may vary. (Who knew antennas decreased power usage at night )I took the unit on a brief business/ vacation where coverage was excellent , down speeds and up speeds rocketed to 500 -700 down 400 up using ee uncapped and alternating with smarty .If your picking a plan I can’t emphasise go unlimited , your really will be surprised much data you eat especially with zoom meetings and prime, next thing you know your chewing through 60 gigs in a day minimum . Gamers will easily double that usage . People living the van life or new age property’s that use old shipping containers may however want to look elsewhere, the lack of external areas out of the box without modifying for an external Antenna is a must.Whilst it may look like the 813 it’s internals really make s difference anyone thinking of taking out your isp basic package or even entry fttp 150 , this is s solid cheaper alternative and it allows a headset out as well voip calls are semless

Do not buy! Very good at the beginning, absolutely useless in a few months when connection starts to drop frequently.No response or support from seller.I purchased a ZTE 5G CPE MC888 router 10 months ago. Around 5 months ago, it began experiencing connection drops, and over time, the issue has worsened. Initially, I thought it was due to problems with my network provider, but after testing several SIM cards from different providers, I determined that the router itself is the problem. The same SIM card works well on an iPhone and provides similar speeds without connection drops, but on the router, drops are frequent. It is impossible to rely on it, and no point in keeping it.Just a money waste…