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Sending SMS from MR6450 or MR6500.
There is no option to send SMS with the MR6450 or MR6500 !! I never had a mobile router that did not have that option. For the Netherlands you absolutely need that option to request extra GB on a...
Comparison of 5G/LTE Routers with full SMS Capabilities
+---------+------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+
| Feature | Netgear M3 | ZTE U50 | ZTE MU500 | GL.iNet Puli AX | Cudy P5 AX3000 | MikroTik Chateau 5G |
+---------+------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+
| Type | Travel Mobile | Travel Mobile | Travel Pro | Travel Portable | Stationary Home | Stationary Ind |
| Battery | 5185mAh | 4500mAh | 4500mAh | 6400mAh | No | No |
| SMS | UI Read (broken) | Rx:UI, Tx:App | Rx:UI, Tx:App | Full+USSD | Full+USSD | Scriptable |
| Antennas | Int+2xTS9 | Int+2xTS9 | Internal | 4xSMA Ext | 4xSMA Ext | 2xExt+Int |
| SIM | 1xNano | 1xNano | 1xNano | Dual | Dual | 1x |
| Signal | Good | Good | Good | Very Good | Excellent | Excellent |
| Ease | Very High | High (App) | High (Touch) | High | High (UI) | Low (Tech) |
+----------+------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------------+
M3 has frozen page and doesn't show SMS messages (after latest update).
According support it never had SMS send feature - although I am sure I used SMS activation in the past with NL and CRO Telecom.