Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased the Netgear LB-1120 to replace a Verizon MiFi "Home and Phone" LTE router that had died. Verizon has discontinued that device and I needed a 4G LTE modem for internet service at a site where there are no other alternatives. (No cable, no DSL service available) This device supports LTE bands 2.4.5. and 12. Verizon uses 2,4,5, and 13. Luckily, the towers in my area do not use band 13 - so this was not an issue. Another caveat is that Verizon does not recognize the manufacturer code in the IMEI, so you cannot activate new service on this device. You must install a SIM that has been pre-activated on Verizon's network. This was not a problem as I took apart the old MiFi unit and swapped the SIM card and it worked perfectly. For a new activation, I simply activated the SIM on a spare iPhone and then inserted it into the LB1120. (you'll need a SIM adapter to go from the nano SIM to a micro SIM) The text notifications for data caps does not work on Verizon either, but works on AT&T networks. Would have been nice, but not a deal breaker. If you plan on putting a SIM with an unlimited plan in this unit, think again - as the data you use will show up as "tethered data", which on my plan, has a 15GB cap before they throttle it to 600Kbps. There are workarounds to this, but I won't get into them for obvious reasons. Just search "Set windows TTL 65 netsh" and read. ;) To determine if your cell tower is on a supported band, just Dial *3001#12345#* and press the Call button. This will launch the Field Test Mode app on an iPhone. You can then see what band your cell tower is using, along with a lot of other technical information. This modem does not have WiFi built in, so if you need WiFi capability, you'll need to purchase, configure and hook up a wireless router. In my cases, we did not need WiFi, so this was not an issue. If Netgear would install a radio capable of utilizing all the 4G LTE bands in the US, and make it so that it can send SMS texts through Verizon, they would have a 5 star winner. Other alternatives to the LB1120 are available from Cradlepoint and Peplink, but cost hundreds more. So for the price point, this one is it.

This is an excellent alternative if you home internet goes down, I have it setup as a failover and it works perfectly.