Three 4G Broadband

The Three 5G Ready Hub (which is more formally known as the Greenpacket E5-250MA) is a 4G and 5G home broadband router, but Three specifically supplies it to customers of 4G home broadband – so if the network can deliver a 5G signal to your home, you’ll be sent the Three 5G Broadband Hub instead.

Still, there are upsides to this supporting 5G, as it means that if and when your house has 5G coverage, you’ll be able to take advantage of vastly improved speeds without changing the hardware. In fact, the Three 5G Ready Hub tops out at 3Gbps download speeds, though even 5G broadband can’t typically manage that right now, so this device really is future-proofed.

Its other specs also help leave it future-proofed, including Wi-Fi 6 support, with this also q1offering both 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections, and it having four Ethernet ports. Of course, you’ll probably want to wirelessly get most devices online, but when an even more stable connection is required a wired one can come in handy.

It’s extremely simple to set up as well, just wait for it to arrive (with Three offering free next working day delivery), then put the Three SIM card in, and switch it on. That’s all it takes to beam out a Wi-Fi network, but if you want to change the password or any other settings, there’s a web-based management interface you can use.

All of which is to say that you don’t need to wait for an engineer, and since this uses a 4G or 5G signal, you also don’t need a landline, so if you still have yours and don’t use it, you’ll finally be able to get rid of it and save some money.

Dimensions (mm):  116 x 221 x 116

Modem: 4G/5G

Colours: Black

Ethernet ports: 4 ethernet ports

Download speeds:Up to 3Gbps

Upload speeds: Up to 250Mbps

Wi-Fi specs: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 2.4GHz and 5GHz

External Antenna: 4 x SMA Antennas

Power: Mains powered