A cellular router is the ultimate hotspot. They have all the key features of a hot spot, all the aspects of creating a WiFi hotspot via the cellular network with a lot more!

The biggest plus is that all cellular routers have external antennas. This is a big part of the WeBoost advantage, an external antenna that can get the signal out.

There are SO many more advantages. One is that you can connect other internet sources (Starlink, another hotspot, wired connection, any other WiFi connection!) for improved redundancy. All the good ones take two SIM cards so you can switch from one carrier to the other from the admin panel, don’t need to do anything physical!

Here is the catch, just like Starlink, you cannot make a regular phone call over a cellular router and you do need to have a data plan. At the end of the day the cellular router is really geared towards the digital nomad, not the weekend warriors.

Here is a YouTUBE video of my first digital nomad setup: https://youtu.be/z_inQSTgC-w

Richard,

The WeBoost has the small antenna (to the right of the red box in the image) that picks up your cell phone signal, sends it to the red box that then transmits a more powerful signal out the other antenna. Anytime there is a transmitter it can cause interference with things in the area. One things comes to mind is other cell phones, the data plans some cars have, etc. It is not guaranteed to cause interference, but it could.