FarEl18:
Do you mean it's only the 20mbps you can do?

I currently use the Nokia receiver + router and use the same 20mbps unlimited plan. But I was thinking of switching and buying the Airtel 5G router and be using it for either the 20, 40 or 60 mbps plan because the router is more portable and has a power bank.

Do the other unlimited plans work on the 5G router?

bigl:
Noooo, stick with the nokia o cos even the highest speed i got when using the unlimited ultra (200gb data limit but speed is uncapped), was 160mbps which is still within the realm of 4G ....

Hope u get me?

Until they start giving us speeds like 600mbps, then u may consider switching but for now, stick with the nokia jare...

By the way, does this nokia router, have an external antenna? Cos the unboxing i watched was kinda funny: saw some cable sticking out..

FarEl18:


Okay Thanks. I

Actually, it comes in 2 units (at least mine, I can see some people posting a newer one that is just one unit). One is the receiver and the other is the router. You are supposed to place the receiver close to a window and it is what holds the Airtel sim. Then you connect the receiver to the router via LAN/Ethernet which broadcasts the WiFi signal.

Fyi, I sometimes connect from the receiver directly to my laptop using LAN.

bigl:
Ha? That's too complicated for me jare ... but thanks for the response...

Save money and stick to that for now ...

omotola90:
I would love to get the Nokia airtel 5g router, is it true you can't use it without electricity...though I have no problem with that

bigl:
I don't know o but I heard so ...

The one I have is the Airtel X25 5G Router and it comes with its own UPS ....

As a backup, I bought a usb to round port cable so able to use the router on normal power bank whenever the ups is out of power

omotola90:
Alright thank you...though, I don't have issues with electricity in my place though.
I will opt for this then. The unlimited plan is good one from Airtel tbh

bigl:
I'm telling u .... na airtel dey save boiz now o or else, MTN for don use our eyes see shege barawo ... u buy 100gb and e can finish in 5 days ... u will start questioning the usage ... but this one? Unless u hit 1 or 1.5 tb, it won't have issue (someone told me)

omotola90:
haba...wetin person wan use 1tb do for one month...I love football...Wifey na so so film. I give airtel their flowers tbh...

bigl:
I tire ... the max we've done is about 650gb and i was doing some heavy download - tuts, footages for editing, vfx, etc ... but on a normal day, just 250gb is what we normally clock and its super fair for 20k ....

megamindmaster:


Bro i need your help. MTN wan kill me!

For the sake of clarity, does the 20k 20mbps (or even the 200gb throttled one) work on this 4G pocket Mifi?

If yes, can I just do it on my current airtel sim card or is there a special way to do it?

I can't just buy the 5G router at the moment cos I've spend over 60k for data in my family just in a month+ on data...

BadMaster:

If you can get an Airtel broadband sim or have your current Airtel SIM migrated to broadband tariff, then it will work. I don't know how you are going to get either done. I have personally used the 20k for 20Mbps router sim on my phone and it works fine.

megamindmaster:


Bro i need your help. MTN wan kill me!

For the sake of clarity, does the 20k 20mbps (or even the 200gb throttled one) work on this 4G pocket Mifi?

If yes, can I just do it on my current airtel sim card or is there a special way to do it?

I can't just buy the 5G router at the moment cos I've spend over 60k for data in my family just in a month+ on data...

megamindmaster:


This is the sim that came with this MIFI and I've been using it for the past 5 months or so, is there a way I can know if it is a broadband sim?

bigl:
I tire ... the max we've done is about 650gb and i was doing some heavy download - tuts, footages for editing, vfx, etc ... but on a normal day, just 250gb is what we normally clock and its super fair for 20k ....

bigl:
Mtn? Na the name i fear most now o ... dem fit kee person with data billing and disappearance ... Its good to switch to airtel jare ....

And i think there's airtel plan for that your mifi o!

Best thing to do is to go to their website: https://airtel.com.ng and input that airtel no there, then click to buy bundle ... carefully look ... i've seen that plan there too ... afterall, we are not using the full power of the 5G sef so 20mbps go work wella with your mifi

BadMaster:

Log into 'My Airtel' app with the MiFi number, go bundles, see if the circled data bundles are available.

megamindmaster:


Ok let me try this...

Update: tried this and attached is what it shows, the regular data plans and not the unlimited ones... I am guessing it will be a new unlimited 5G sim that comes with the 5G router. I don't know if there is a way to upgrade a 4G sim to a 5G sim?

megamindmaster:


This is encouraging! Thanks bro

Update: tried it and it is showing the regular data plans when I put my mifi airtel number

FarEl18:


Okay Thanks. I

Actually, it comes in 2 units (at least mine, I can see some people posting a newer one that is just one unit). One is the receiver and the other is the router. You are supposed to place the receiver close to a window and it is what holds the Airtel sim. Then you connect the receiver to the router via LAN/Ethernet which broadcasts the WiFi signal.

Fyi, I sometimes connect from the receiver directly to my laptop using LAN.

teemac01:



Abeg attach pics for this device...thanks

BadMaster:

michlins:
how much is this

BadMaster:

I got it for 20k back in March, came bundled with the 20k/20Mbps unlimited plan. But I believe it's 50k now or there about. The flat one is the 5G/4G receiver and other one is the router.

twosquare:
Well that one is 60k (Airtel Nokia 5G), according to the man in charge (Osun state).

But I just got the Airtel Smartbox 5g router this afternoon, and it is 50k. Cheaper than Nokia own now...maybe location based sha.

BadMaster:

Wow... from 20k to 60k, that's a whole lot of difference.

BadMaster:

Wow... from 20k to 60k, that's a whole lot of difference.

Adeyinka1758:
I read through this thread and I was convinced enough to opt-in for the unlimited plan as mtn is draining me.

I just got the Hertz6 4G Broadband router today and it comes with 20k/20mbps plan.

It supports 5G too

BadMaster:

You mean 5Ghz frequency, right?

adibo:
Good afternoon all, this airtel unlimited plan, can it be shared to others? Like, can I send maybe 2gb to another person's simcard (I am not referring to Hotspot)?