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Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by kllrnohj »

johncolanduoni wrote: post #69
kkapelon wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unifi is the Apple of networking gear. When something new is released the HN crowd is excited even when the same functionality existed already with another company.

For wireless, the prices aren’t much different from products with comparable feature sets/performance. For some niche combinations, they’re the only option that doesn’t force you way upmarket (Meraki, etc.). Most of the money they make is from small business and tiny WISPs, not HN boosters overdoing it on their home WiFi in what must be a bid to get their partner to divorce them. Their wired stuff is a total scam sin…

Netgear 5 port managed switch: $30 https://www.netgear.com/business/wired/switches/easy-smart/g...

Ubiquiti 5 port managed switch: $30 https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-switching/products/u...

Netgear 24 port managed switch: $260 (with a 1 year subscription included!) https://www.netgear.com/business/wired/switches/smart-cloud/...

Ubiquiti 24 port managed switch: $225 https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-switching/products/u...

Sorry, but what markup are you referring to?

I'm sure you can find price differences at different products & tiers, but quickly glancing around it sure doesn't look like Ubiquiti has any particular premium markup.

Regardless having a self-hosted, buy-it-and-own-it, non-business friendly product line absolutely has value. I loved my mikrotik switches when I was just messing around, but the single pane of glass, central management is not insignificant when time becomes a more precious resource and you just need it to work.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by harrall »

roflchoppa wrote: post #170

2Gbps?! I was testing out tmobile 5G service with their router and it’s only ~330Mbps down ~180Mbps up… Can it really be that much faster?

I get 650 Mbps with T-mobile in my city.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by slipheen »

marcosscriven wrote: post #172
matthewfcarlson wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep an old Starlink in a closet for this exact reason

Does Starlink have a temporary or “pay as you go” option?

Historically Starlink roam let you pause/suspend the service and restart it when you need-

In August they changed their plans so you’d need to cancel and re-subscribe.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by harrall »

huijzer wrote: post #125
sschueller wrote: post #31

I am confused, this is just a 5G router right? Like the 5 year old Huawei CPE Pro 2 but with wifi7, poe and eSim? [1] https://consumer.huawei.com/en/routers/5g-cpe-pro-2/

The big question is why do we need 5g? My phone doesn’t support it and my internet is fast enough as long as I have good coverage. Coverage problems are only exaggerated by 5G since the range for short waves is shorter

I’ve worked at companies with cellular failover for the most critical services.

5G in my city is 650 Mbps and is honestly cheaper than fiber, but my fiber has better jitter (and can go up to 2 Gbps). For a lot of people, 5G would be more cost effective.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by kllrnohj »

lwkl wrote: post #83
a3w wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, this is a Ubiquity product. That explains it. Why did AVM or Netgear Orbi not get this treatment for "works", though?

Because Unifi is more focused on the needs of businesses and enthusiasts. AVM and Netgear Orbi are products for the consumer market. So they miss a the advanced features Unifi supports. Unifi is used by the tech-savvy homeowner that needs PoE for their security cameras and wants to control and configure their network without needing a network engineer.

And also Unifi lets you just buy stuff instead of "contact a sales rep". If I go to Netgear and filter primary port speed to 2.5g, which is hardly an enterprise spec, all 3 options are "contact a rep" which... no thanks. Who on earth wants to contact a sales rep for a 10 port 2.5gb switch?

There is now also TP-Link's Omada line at least which seems like the most comparable alternative.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by kllrnohj »

alt227 wrote: post #126
tyteen4a03 wrote: post #123

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This is perfect for me, who want to avoid Chinese-branded devices as much as possible.

Right, but do you know what radio chips they are using inside? I would guess they are chinese...

Why would you guess Chinese? Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek are the typical answers for radio chips, no? None of whom are Chinese? There certainly are Chinese radio chips, such as from Espressif or Huawei, but they aren't especially popular in APs or anything

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by jmb99 »

roflchoppa wrote: post #170

2Gbps?! I was testing out tmobile 5G service with their router and it’s only ~330Mbps down ~180Mbps up… Can it really be that much faster?

I’ve seen 900Mbps with Bell in low-congestion areas at off-peak times, with an iPhone 13 Pro 5 years ago.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by cge »

Jnr wrote: post #179
kkapelon wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> direct competitor to the pretty good Mikrotik LHG series Is there a Mikrotik 5G version though? I am still waiting for that.

There is this now https://mikrotik.com/product/atl_5g_r16

That device is bafflingly LTE cat20 with 2Gbps downlink, and then has LAN connectivity only through a single 1Gbps ethernet port.

Actually, it seems one of the advantages of the new Ubiquiti devices over Teltonika/Mikrotik/Gl.iNet is that they actually have 10 Gbps SFP+ and 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by cap11235 »

roflchoppa wrote: post #170

2Gbps?! I was testing out tmobile 5G service with their router and it’s only ~330Mbps down ~180Mbps up… Can it really be that much faster?

I have tmobile and a local provider for fiber. 5G Tmobile caps out around 912, similar to my fiber.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by andix »

I thought it would create a private 5G network to extend the unify WiFis. But it's just a fancy 5G modem, right?
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