Netgear Aircard 340U Product Details
Netgear Aircard 340U Speeds
Netgear Aircard 340U Compatibility
The Netgear Aircard 340U is unlocked for use with GSM carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, H20, Straight Talk, and other select pre-paid carriers. It’s always recommended to call your provider before ordering to ensure this model will be compatible with your service. This device does not work with CDMA carriers such as Sprint, Verizon, Boost or Virgin Mobile.
Netgear Aircard 340U Additional Features
- Bands LTE 700/AWS w/ 2×2 MIMO UMTS 850/1900/2100 MHz w/ Type 3i Rx Diversity GPRS EDGE Class 10/12, 850/900/1800/1900
- Unlocked Modem’s/Broadband Devices are compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile as well as with GSM SIM cards (e.g. H20, Straight Talk, and select prepaid carriers).
- Unlocked Modem’s/Broadband will not work with CDMA Carriers like Sprint, Verizon, Boost or Virgin.
- 4G LTE Capabilities USB Modem LCD interface with signal strength, data usage, and network information
PROS Fast 4G LTE speeds. Easy to use. Up to 32 GB MicroSD card slot. Useful display and Windows 8 live tile. CONS No official Mac support. * OS Support: Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP (32 and 64bit) Mac OS 10.8 and newer Ubuntu Linux 9.04 BOTTOM LINE The AT&T Beam may be the carrier’s only USB modem, but it’s a great choice with fast LTE speeds, a useful display, and a microSD card slot.
What’s Included:
- Netgear 340U LTE Modem
- Online Installation Manual
Mad-Mavenz –
Works fantastic, I currently added this to an existing 20GB AT&T family share plan as a new number with zero problems. I tested it first on my laptop (USB 2.0 ports for all those saying otherwise) and got about 13Mbps down, 4mbps up with 2-3bars of LTE service. Once I was done running the speed tests and some simple web browsing, I plugged it into my Cradlepoint MBR1400 H/W 1.0 and its been running for a week non-stop with zero downtime while maintaining same constant Speeds. I later added my old modem (Sierra Wireless 313U, Same AT&T service) and load balanced them for boosting the max possible speed to about 20mbps down, 7mbps up. The on-board screen is great, it doesn’t show how much data the modem itself has used but rather the entire plan data total (not that it matters considering the MBR1400 has daily data caps put in place that reset each day to help prevent data overage). All in all, I would recommend this modem to anyone looking for a reliable connection to the internet for any internet related task and have a sense or need to know how much data there using as they use it. Thanks to this modem (and my older one) I can actually have broadband internet at cable speeds rather than the dial-up service that is the only internet service offered in my area. (Besides satellite which is limited to weather conditions)
UPDATE: Its now been almost 3 months sense I purchased and activated this device. I leave it attached to my Cradlepoint Router 24/7 and it has never failed. I have never gotten a stale data connection (when the connection is active but data is not willing to flow) or any other problem others seam to have had mentioned in there reviews. I am very happy with this purchase and know that I can rely on my internet connection staying up without drop outs or failures. I have also recently purchased the Netgear MIMO external antenna to plug into the device to improve speed, reliability, and the ability to mount the modem itself to the wall next to the window with the best reception to improve data capability and to keep the device out of the sun as both UV radiation and heat are bad for electronics. I will be leaving a review on this antenna after I test it for a bit.
Peter B. –
If you need an olde modem to get a job done, this will do
Roger Stewart –
I got this product used from the seller. Product works great. pulls in good signal 3 to 4 bars. Works good with my SIM card and delivers typically 12 to 24MBPS speed on 4GLTE. GREAT!
Customer –
took some doing to get it to work on my computer, tech support, etc.. But well worth the hassle. I am very happy!
D –
This works perfectly with an AT&T SIM card.
Joe H –
I’ve been on tech support with AT&T and Dell for over 2 hours, they can’t get it to work with windows 10. It works just fine with Windows 7.
David A Nadeau –
This took a lot to get working but it was worth it. Many steps later and two trips to the AT&T shop this now does the trick. It is fast enough for internet music and plugs in and turns on in 2 minutes and tunes in to the 4G world which is everywhere especially in the great outdoors. I showed it off to someone who had no internet yet, and it was a big hit.