NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 5G Mobile Hotspot, Router with Sim Card Slot, Modem, Portable WiFi Device for Travel, Unlocked with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, WiFi 6, 2.5Gbps (MR6150)

Consumer Cellular does not (yet) sell mobile hotspot units, but they can provide a sim for an unlocked unit -- with no guarantees, of course. We recently transferred service from Verizon, where we had several mobile hotspots running for our work-from home needs. We live in a rather remote area, but have good cellular coverage, and no cabled internet. The cellular networks have worked exceptionally well for us. CC usually uses AT&T or T-Mobile networks, so we had hopes for the Netgear device. We took a chance on this Netgear device when the Inseego Jetpack unit from Verizon crashed and burned 2 days after moving it over. Conspiracy theories aside, the Inseego unit was great, but gave us grief with the Consumer Cellular sim right off the bat. One Inseego unit is still working -- don't know why. But, the second Inseego unit is now ready for recycling. Got the Netgear unit within hours from Amazon, thankfully. Moved the CC sim to the unit, fired it up, allowed it to do a firmware update, and we're now off to the races. Everything is connecting well to the unit. It immediately found the proper APN for CC and I think it is working better than the old unit. We may yet have to upgrade the remaining Inseego unit - we'll see if it crashes. Although the Netgfear is a little pricey, its reliability, connection, and wifi coverage is excellent. We're back to work! Note we have not experienced the issues some others there have noted. We did not have to use Netgear's app to set things up; it was immediately accessible via our laptop browser with plenty of configuration options. The APN can be manually configured, if needed. So, we certainly have no complaints. Had this unit updated and running in minutes.

July 2025 Update: I see that Netgear is still selling this model. They've provided no updates that improve battery, reduce overheating, or even bump the cpu or cellular modem and still selling it for the ridiculously high price of ~$500. Very few firmware updates. Slow to latch onto cell network (far slower than your $300 basic smartphone). In a nutshell, steer clear. Previous review: So far the product has worked well on T-Mobile and AT&T's networks. It has three strikes against it though, especially considering the price: 1. Poor color choice. These devices are often used outdoors for live streaming sports. On a summer day the black case gets quite hot and you run the risk of the unit shutting down with little warning. Had they mad the unit white it might keep the unit just a bit cooler. 2. Another poor design choice by NetGear is the battery cover. While the unit feels pretty solid the battery cover is a flimsy piece of plastic that just uses a friction fit to stay attached. While I've only had the unit for a few weeks the back cover has already fallen off several times just in daily use and transportation. Be prepared to use tape to keep it attached to the main unit. 3. Boot time: be prepared for the device to take far longer to boot up and get signal compared with your run-of-the-mill smart phone. It is slow to the point of being quite bewildering as to what decision(s) Netgear engineers made that resulted in this. With each firmware update I eagerly hope to see an improvement but so far they haven’t fixed it. It’s likely they went with older chip technologies to save money and give better margins, which means it won’t be possible to improve with firmware updates. So at a price point that is as high as many leading smartphones, this device deserves no more than 2 starts

Okay, this Hotspot is incredible! I use T-Mobile and am traveling between a small and big city. Depending on my location, I'm getting Download speeds between 125mbps - 450mbps, and Upload speeds between 7mbps - 25mbps. Update... Sitting in a parking lot, I just got 542.32mbps down and 17.98 up. I have successfully (with no lag) played Modern Warfare 2 and a few other online games with friends. I have been able to work and do video meetings for work with no disruption. This Hotspot is the real deal! The good: - Handles bandwidth and lots of data like a champ - Little to no latency (as far as I can tell) - Able to use antennas and connect via ethernet cable. - Battery lasts quite a while... at least 5 or more hours on a full charge and constant use. I haven't let it get to 0 yet, but 5 hours would be my estimation. - The feeling you get with a reliable connect - I'm telling you I've never been so excited to travel for work. The Bad: - Obviously the price - The battery does take a while to charge. But this isn't a huge deal since my other electronics tend to run out of battery before this does. A wall socket is almost always nearby. Update after 6 weeks: - A hard connection works way better for upload speeds than wifi. But ultimately depends on your location. - Yesterday I had packet loss issue with the device despite great speeds. I reset the device and it fixed it. Just fyi.

Sometimes disconnects and is hard to reconnect, at times. But when it does, it's wonderful. Quick to overheat so make sure the bottom/back is elevated enough. It lasts long enough without charging. I'm able to get close to 10hrs of work sessions per day, using this. It's very easy to setup. I didn't have any problems, at all. I travel with it everyday without incidences. I have a special case for it that it fits snugly in.

This thing costs it pretty penny, but it does the job, haven't had any network connection issues yet, and always keeps me connected on the go. If you have the funds, get it!!

So, when this works, it works really well. Strong signal, fast, and good battery life. The problem is that every so often, it goes into this loop where it shows strong signal then goes to connecting then signal then connecting etc. This is with Verizon 5g, and it happens in multiple locations, so it isn't an issue with the local cell. The only fix seems to be to pull the battery and restart it that way - which fixes it for quite a while. I had read similar comments in other reviews, so it is a problem with these in general, I think. I can mostly live with this, so I haven't returned it.

I was expected that this Netgear Mobile Hotspot would be returned - due the fact that I live in a rural town with weak cell signal. In addition to that - I was buying a refurbished unit to save $$. It ended up working pretty well - and the signal was slightly better than the phone hotspot I had been using. I don’t see a big increase in signal “bars” but the data speed is better than I had on phone only. I was able to get all my phone calls and text messages which was not happening before using this hotspot. Once I bought the external Netgear antenna - the data was solid enough to hold video calls without dropping off. I would recommend this device - just keep in mind that the signal may not be the maximum strength. For comparison: on phone, at home, I average 1-2 mbps download speed and astronomically high latency. With this hotspot - I average 5-7 mbps /down. )After adding the external antenna i started getting 12-18 mbps down.

Looks cool, nice feature to let you add an antenna, but it doesn't work well with T-Mobile (5G), and that's with me living in an area near a 5G tower. I had a frustrating experience trying to get it connected to T-Mobile 5G, but instead, all it ever did was connect to slow 4G LTE, and weirdly enough, it connects to AT&T 5G (on a T-Mobile SIM), but ran at speeds slower than T-Mobile 4G. Unlike another hotspot I got—the Inseego M3000 (unlocked), which does work with T-Mobile 5G/5Guc and lets you force connections ONLY to 5G—the Nighthawk only lets you select "5G & 4G" or "4G" instead of only "5G" alone. And because of this SEVERE limitation, it ALWAYS defaults to T-Mobile 4G no matter what. I also bought the antenna to connect to it, and it did not help in the slightest. I also talked to support, and T-Mobile, and no one could fix it. I had returned it and kept the Inseego instead. Despite its own issues, it's better at stability and speed.

Great

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Well functioning. Yet, it does NOT support the 5g services in KSA.

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