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High-end mobile router manufacturer Cradlepoint has announced a new flagship mobile router with a very impressive feature set – the brand new COR IBR900. On paper at least, this is the most advanced cellular integrated mobile router we have yet seen. Cradlepoint describes it this way: “With an embedded Category 6 modem for LTE Advanced, 802.11ac Wave […]
2016 has been a good year for staying connected. It has never been easier to get online in more places than ever – but the number of options and the tradeoffs between them remains as overwhelming as always. Things may be getting faster, data more bountiful, and connectivity better overall – but the world of RV Mobile […]
Router manufacturer Cradlepoint has an excellent reputation for building quality hardware focused on the high-end of the market – providing connectivity to everything from Redbox-style kiosks to mobile command centers to enterprise branch offices. Cradlepoint long ago backed away from lower-end offerings that used to be popular with RVers, but Cradlepoint’s COR routers with integrated […]
A new player in the RV Mobile Internet space has popped up recently: MaxxFi The initial pitch for MaxxFi seemed too good to be true – an RV-focused business offering high-end commercial grade hardware made dead simple to use via a 24/7 concierge service, with promises of incredible range and speeds, and connectivity automatically managed […]
Mobile router manufacturer Cradlepoint has an excellent reputation for building quality hardware. But they’ve also built up a reputation for being unfriendly to everyday consumers – focusing their business on enterprise, business, and machine-to-machine installations. And then last year Cradlepoint got even more unfriendly – announcing that they would no longer even supply basic firmware updates […]
Cradlepoint was a pioneer in creating small routers that could directly tether to USB cellular modems to get online and create a mobile hotspot, and they used to specifically target the mobile professional and RV market. We used the tiny CTR350 as our primary router for years before we switched to WiFiRanger, and have always […]