Arcadyan KVD21 Gateway vs. Nokia

I had both and currently have the Arcadyan. I did get different performance but I can't simply say one is better than the other because it all depends on what towers and bands each gateway connects. In my case, primary band was either B2 or B66 while secondary was N41 or N71. On the Nokia I got more B66 and more N71. On Arcadyan I got more B2 and more N41. But here is what my performance is under different bands:

B2 versus B66 - B2 has slightly higher download but B66 has 2-3X faster upload.

N41 versus N71 - N41 has 3-4X higher download speed

The best combination is B66 and N41 which neither Nokia or Arcadyan holds for more than a few hours. I decided to keep the Arcadyan for me because it is far more consistent holding B2 and N41 for up to a week and when it does change to N71, it's still pretty good and usually switches back to N41 within a couple hours. Nokia on the other hand was like rolling the dice everyday but when everything was perfect, yes it did edge out Arcadyan by 5-10%.

My signal showed Nokia at 3 bars and Arcadyan at 4 bars from the same spot. However, when you look at the cell metrics, the difference was much smaller but even metric is higher on Arcadyan.

Lastly, in a given day the Nokia for me would vary from about 100 mbps to 400 mbps download. Arcadyan shows much more narrow band of 250 mbps to 350 mbps. Both would occasionally hit 420ish but not for long.

Best thing to do is try it out and keep the one that best suits your needs. I don't upload much so I can live without B66 band so I much prefer the predictability of the Arcadyan.