The world’s fastest mobile router
What Is It?
Netgear's Nighthawk M1 - exclusively available through Telstra - is the first portable wireless hotspot able to achieve speeds of 1Gbps over a 4G network. It's able to reach these speeds by simultaneously connecting to four of the five bands Telstra's network operates on (700MHz, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz). Actual download speeds will however vary depending on congestion, your location, and whether Telstra's rolled out gigabit LTE in your area.
At present, gigabit capable LTE is only available in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane central business districts.
The Nighthawk M1 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X16 LTE chipset, can upload at 150Mbps, supports up 20 simultaneous devices, and will run for 24 hours on a single charge. It's able to stream media to connected devices from a microSD card, flash drive, or external hard drive, and there's also an Ethernet port in case you need to physically connect the Nighthawk M1 to a device or to a network switch.
