The 4,500mAh battery lasts up to 9 hours, and the device weighs a light 200g. The Telstra 5G WiFi Pro offers 30 simultaneous WiFi connections, support for WiFi 6, and an ethernet port for wired gigabit speeds.
USE ARTCAM PRO WITHOUT A DONGLE PORTABLE
This portable powerhouse is a future-proof 5G modem that fits in the palm of your hand and a solid NBN alternative. Most Pocket WiFi and WiFi dongles listed below is available as an add-on to a mobile broadband plan while others are available for an upfront cost on a prepaid arrangement. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up the very best pocket WiFi and WiFi dongles you can get in 2021 for 4G and 5G internet on the go. Once a saviour amongst students, the humble dongle has more or less seen its day but it’s not quite ready to take its place in the Smithsonian next to the Nokia 3310.įamilies on the move and folks who regularly travel for work still require the kind of bandwidth, and consistency tethering can’t offer. In the age of widespread NBN, smartphone tethering and more recently, unlimited mobile data plans, the old WiFi dongle is becoming a bit of a fossil. USB WiFi dongles are most commonly intended for a single user while pocket WiFi devices encourage multiple connections. Then there are pocket WiFi devices, portable modems that generate a WiFi signal when powered on. Some WiFi dongles use a SIM card to generate a portable WiFi network when plugged in (effectively the same as tethering from your smartphone), others enable the connected device to access the internet, without generating a WiFi signal of their own. A WiFi dongle (or internet dongle) is a small device that is plugged into a desktop computer or laptop (typically via USB).