My danchi apartment is old and according to the NTT tech who came out, physically incapable of accommodating a real internet connection. As a workaround, I have Softbank Air in my apartment. I know my it has a SIM in it so it’s using the cellular network to transport internet traffic.
I was in the local Aeon today, passed by the electronics store, and saw they were advertising WiMax+5G, NTT docomo home 5g, and Softbank Air next to each other. My question is, are each of these 3 providers using their own distinct cellular networks to transport internet traffic or are they all the same?
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I rely on my internet connection to work-from-home. It’s important enough that I was thinking to invest in another one of these providers as a backup to my Softbank Air wifi, in case the connection is spotty when I can’t afford for it to be so. But, I thought, maybe they are just slapping their company logos on a common product and having two separate providers wouldn’t help me at all when one of them goes down.
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docomo home and softbank air are running on their own, completely separate LTE/5G networks. depending on your area one could be better than another.
wimax is also a separate data only network (not sure operated by who, uq mobile? so maybe au?) – anyway, if you are in the area it’s performance might be better than LTE.
If your area has rakuten mobile coverage, that’s a good backup plan. Unlimited for cheap, they have the most modern own network too, but at the cost of sometimes spotty coverage in more rural locations