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D-Link’s new router is designed to bring 5G into the home

01/04/2019 at 9:31 AM by Brad Linder 5 Comments

Wireless carriers are busy building out 5G networks and chip makers, phone manufacturers, and other tech companies are busy adding 5G support to their hardware. But while 5G promises faster speeds, more bandwidth, and the ability to get more devices online at once than ever before… I’ve often found myself wondering what benefit consumers will see.

In countries like the US where cellular customers can typically opt for a choice of a cheap plan with a tight data cap or a more expensive “unlimited” plan that puts strict limits on how you can use data, it’s always seemed to me like faster speeds just make it possible to burn through your data cap in seconds rather than minutes.

But networking hardware company D-Link seems to believe there will be a market for 5G in the home. The company’s new DWR-2010 5G NR Enhanced Gateway is designed to bring mobile broadband into your home, offering data speeds of up to 3 Gbps.

Hopefully service providers don’t decide to charge an arm and a leg for the service.

D-Link DWR-2010

D-Link is announcing the new router ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show, but the company says it won’t be available until the second half of 2019.

While the DWR-2010 looks like a router (and it is a router with AC2600 WiFi support and 5 Ethernet ports), this isn’t something most folks will buy from a store. Instead it will likely be sold by wireless carriers.

The gateway has a Qualcomm SDX55 chipset, an embedded 5GNR NSA module, SIM card support, and 4 external antennas, and support for connecting to 5G NR and 4G LTE networks.

It also supports Voice over LTE technology, so you could theoretically use it as a home phone line. And the system supports D-Link’s WiFi mesh technology so it can be paired with other D-Link routers for whole-home coverage.

I’m still not sure if US wireless carriers are planning affordable 5G home internet service, but it’s easier to imagine a gateway like the DWR-2010 being used in countries where mobile broadband pricing is already more affordable. It could also be an option for bringing internet access to remote areas that are harder (and more expensive) to serve via traditional, wired networks.

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I would be thrilled to be able to replace my “slow” (25Mbps down/5Mbps up) DSL service with 5G. I live in a oldish high rise condo building that can’t be easily fitted with faster internet. For people in my situation this will be a huge boon. I am currently paying Verizon $180/month for my landline, TV and internet. So I would be willing to pay a good bit for 5G and then ditch Verizon’s current service. Then I could just subscribe to one of the less expensive IPTV services. I believe that this will be where 5G makes sense. I don’t think my phone needs any more speed.

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Your building doesn’t have cable internet?

I’ve wondered how this is going to be made available geographically. I could see the wireless carriers being more interested in offering this in suburban and rural areas more than urban areas, the latter of which already probably has high demand due to a high number of traditional mobile users. I could even see pricing being different.

Finally, I keep seeing this referred to as a router, but it’s really a modem/router.

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Wow, I sure would like to have 25Mbps DSL. I have AT&T DSL that only offers 6Mbps. I asked to get an upgrade and all I heard back was “it’s not feasible.” I can imagine I will never see 5G in my neighborhood either.

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Verizon: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/1/17923072/verizon-5g-network-home-internet-service
ATT: https://www.att.com/5g/emailsubscription

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Don’t see 5G as being affordable, because the carriers
have never made cellular data affordable. Why? Because
they can (charge an arm and a leg).

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