Cat 4 LTE/3G Mini PCIe card compatibility for RB912UAG-2HPnD

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi Folks,

I am building a Cat 4 LTE with 3G fallback RB912UAG-2HPnD based router for a rural backup connection in New Zealand. (Bands 1,2,3,5,8,(28 soon))

Can anyone suggest any Cat 4 - 150D/50U or above cards known to work in the RB912UAG-2HPnD?
Has anyone used the ones below or suggest anything better?

LTE/3G cards:
Cat 4 cards that will do LTE band 3 (band 28 would be nice) and quad or penta band UMTS bands 1,2,5,8:
UBlox:
Data Only http://www.u-blox.com/en/wireless-modules/lte/mpci-l2-lte-pci-express-module.html
Data and Voice http://www.u-blox.com/en/wireless-modules/lte/toby-l2-lte-module-series.html
Intel:
Intel xmm7160 http://www.4gltemall.com/intel-xmm-7160-prod-4g-lte-pcie-m-2-module.html

Cat 3 cards that will do LTE band 3 (band 28 would be nice) and quad or penta band UMTS bands 1,2,5,8:
Sierra:
MC7304 http://www.sierrawireless.com/productsandservices/AirPrime_Wireless_Modules/Essential_Modules/MC_Series.aspx

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I have approached Mikrotik on this as well and no joy.

Can it really be true that no one has managed to get Cat 4 LTE working on a RouterBoard yet?

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May I ask why you can’t use a Sierra Wireless or Huawei mPCIe LTE card that is known to work already?

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Thanks for your reply Roger,

Are they Cat4? I was under the impression that they were Cat3…

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Yep, you’re right sorry. Cat 3. The question is though will you be able to get 150mbps down?
Even with Telstra 4G across the ditch I can’t get anywhere near that speed.

I’d just go for a Sierra Wireless modem that is proven to work and is very stable.

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Understood,

NZ does have a very good mobile network. I have a tower within 3K Line of Site due to light up with band 3 and 28 shortly. This sort of performance would not be unlikely at all.

Anyone got access to any Cat 4 or even the new global multi-band Cat 6 Intel xmm 7260 or Qualcomm MDM9x35 based PCIe cards for testing?

It is the way forward, it would be nice to see Mikrotik get a jump here. Save us from buying Hauwei “half a job” B3000s with Cat 4 no band 28 and 100Mb LAN ports…

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Ublox have been kindly given me an engineering sample of their new Cat 4 LTE MPCIe card.

http://www.u-blox.com/en/wireless-modules/lte/mpci-l2-lte-pci-express-module.html

Would anyone with an RB 912 in the Auckland New Zealand region like to have a go at testing this with a view to getting it on the Mikrotik hardware compatibility list?

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Please, do you have any news about using UBlox LTE MPCIe card?