All about the Livebox 6, new WiFi 6th compatible orange box

Integrated with a new Orange Internet subscription, the Livebox Max offer, the Livebox 6 has several new features, such as Wi-Fi 6th. Price, debit, services. We tell you everything about the livebox 6.

Livebox 6: exit, price, flow. Info on the new orange box

Orange (finally) unveiled the Livebox 6, this Wednesday, April 6 at 9 a.m. We tell you everything we know about the Livebox Max offer, which will integrate the new orange box.

• The first box sold with Wi-Fi 6th
• A vertical design for better broadcasting of Wi-Fi
• Livebox max: € 34.99/month the first year
• An orange box exclusively reserved for fiber customers
• Recycled equipment and reduced energy consumption
• Three questions about the Livebox 6

Integrated with a new Orange Internet subscription, the Livebox Max offer, the Livebox 6 has several new features, such as Wi-Fi 6th. Price, debit, services. We tell you everything about the livebox 6.

The first box sold with Wi-Fi 6th

“”I am particularly proud to launch the Livebox 6 today, the first commercialized box incorporating the new Wi-Fi 6th standard“, These are the words of Fabienne Dulac, Deputy Director General of Orange France. During the presentation of its new box this Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Orange thus unveiled the characteristics of the Livebox 6.

While the operator had overlooked Wi-Fi 6 for the Livebox 5, he returns today with a new modem equipped with 6th Wi-Fi thanks to the use of a new 6 GHz frequency band , in addition to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. But what is the Wi-Fi 6th concretely for the user ? With the addition of 480 MHz of more band in GHz and 24 additional Wi-Fi channels, the operator promises a fiber flow up to 2 GB/s descending and 800 Mb/s Amount, even in Wi-Fi , and a more stable connection with a reduced latency time. Added to that 5 Ethernet ports: 1 Port 2.5 Gb/s and 4 ports 1 Gb/s, for a boosted fiber flow.

Unlike some of its competitors, Orange therefore did not choose to offer its subscribers a fiber flow up to 8 GB/S. “”There was no interest and no urgency in doing so“, justifies Pierre Jacobs, the director of Orange Grand-Ouest, where the Livebox 6 has been developed. “”There are no uses for 8 or 10 Gb/s yet. 2GB/s, it is more than enough for current uses. It takes 25 Mb/s for a 4K flow. With 2 GB/s, you can do everything, even if many devices are connected simultaneously“, he continues.

A vertical design for better broadcasting of Wi-Fi

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On the same model as the Bbox Ultym, the Livebox 6 was thought vertically for “Optimize Wi-Fi broadcasting and thus ensure better coverage“, Assures the operator. With its elegant design in addition to being innovative, the Livebox 6 has also been thought of so that subscribers can put it at the heart of the home, always to optimize Wi-Fi coverage .

In addition, the new orange box signs the comeback of a screen on the facade of the modem, this time touch. This will quickly access the essential information and functions of the box. Added to this screen QR codes to be redirected directly to orange and me mobile applications (or Orange pro for professionals).

The Livebox Max offer, in which the Livebox 6 is integrated, offers a new service: Wi-Fi Serenity . His goal ? Related “Wi-Fi specialists” and users for support in the installation of Wi-Fi repeaters (up to 3) for Wi-Fi well distributed in all rooms in the.

The Livebox 6 Procedure for the Livebox Max offer

Who says upmarket also says as a price. Orange indeed offers its Livebox Max offer on promotion the first year . The price increases significantly from the 13th month, with a monthly payment of € 55.99/month (with a reimbursement offer and portability).

Max customers will have access to several additional services such as:

• A Airbox 20 GB/month, which can be taken everywhere for a mobility connection. The operator specifies that 200 GB will be made available to customers as soon as they subscribe, and until the date of commissioning of the Livebox to avoid any loss of connection between the two Internet contracts.
• Unlimited calls from it to the mobiles in Europe, in addition to the USA and Canada.
• Television services with the Max replay for 24 months, MyTF1 max and 6playmax HD without advertising interruption. Added to this is a 300h multi-screen Multi-Screen TV recorder and a second UHD 4K TV decoder (or a TV key to choose from). Unlike Free (Freebox Delta), which offers streaming services included, Orange does not offer, with its new Livebox Max offer, free access to Netflix or Disney+.

For those who are already livebox or livebox up subscribers, it is possible to migrate free of charge on the Livebox Max offer.

Thanks to its new livebox, Orange will compete with free and SFR fiber offers, which are not compatible Wi-Fi 6th but deliver a speed up to 8 Gb/s.

An orange box exclusively reserved for fiber customers

As we know, ADSL is brought to disappear from 2023 and will be replaced by optical fiber over the years. This element was undoubtedly taken into account in the choice of Orange on the technology he wanted to associate with his new livebox. It is no surprise therefore that this new Livebox Max offer is thus reserved for new fiber customers. People who are not yet eligible for this technology will have to be satisfied with Livebox and Livebox Up offers.

Recycled equipment and reduced energy consumption

It was already the promise of Orange on the Livebox 5. This time, in addition to a equipment designed with a 100% recycled and recyclable plastic shell, the Livebox 6 is, according to Orange, easily reparable. But the operator went further on the ecological side of this new box. Indeed, from the touch screen, it is possible to easily activate the standing of the Internet box, to know your consumption or to personalize the standby mode. The operator thus promises, thanks to these new parameters, an energy reduced consumption . Indeed, with the light standby mode, which always makes it possible to make or receive calls in VoIP, the energy saving is 30%, and it of 95% with the deep standby mode.

Three questions about the Livebox 6

What is the price of the livebox 6 ?

The Livebox Max offer is positioned as a premium subscription. The price of this new high -end orange box is € 34.99/month the first year, then € 54.99/month from the 13th month.

When the Livebox 6 will be sold ?

The Livebox Max subscription (in fiber only) can be subscribed by users from this Thursday, April 7. Directly on the operator’s website or via Orange telephone customer service.

Does the livebox 6 replace an already existing box ?

The new Livebox Max offer complements the already existing orange subscriptions. The operator now offers three offers: Livebox, Livebox Up and Livebox Max.

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All about the Livebox 6, new WiFi 6th compatible orange box

Two and a half years after having introduced its Livebox 5, Orange draws a new Internet box whose objective is clear: put the historic operator at the technical level of its main competitors.

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To exist on the telecoms market, fixed as well as mobile, you must be able to regularly offer new offers, so many technical updates to stick to the latest advances. In this little game, Orange had accumulated a lot of delay on the side of its internet boxes. The latest livebox, numbered 5, already has more than two years and has not made an impression on its technical innovations. At the time of its release, Orange had especially bet on its eco -design and a more controlled environmental impact.

A commendable philosophy that the new livebox 6 partly takes up. Its manufacture involves 100 % recycled and recyclable plastic, while a two -level standby mode is easily accessible to limit electricity consumption at the hours when the box is less (or even more) requested.

The presentation of this new box by the owner of Orange France, Fabienne Dulac, has halved in the metarers. A way for the operator to insist on his taste for the latest technologies. Above all, we have learned the technical developments of this new offer. Orange had to catch up at a minimum competition by offering – finally – a more modern and high -end box.

A 2.5 Gb/s port, but an offer capped at 2 Gb/s in downward speed

Only compatible with optical fiber (and not with XDSL technologies), this box is the first of orange to offer an RJ45 Port compatible 2.5 GB/s in addition to four ports 1 GB/S. The whole is powered by a flat -rate drop -down flow of 2 GB/s for 800 Mb/s in pruxt. This is a unpleasant surprise, knowing that the competition offers up to 5 or 10 Gb/s and that the Livebox 5 already allowed to take advantage of a descending speed of 2 GB/s (600 Mb/s in proud debit).

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As a reminder, the downhill flow can be shareable with the various devices of its installation. In practice, you have to be frank, rare are the equipment to exceed gigabit. Reason why, according to Fabienne Dulac, offering more speed would not meet the current customers of customers. The rise in debit will however be an essential step in the future, she believes.

Another interesting novelty, the presence of a WiFi 6 module on the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, and even Wifi 6th on the 6 GHz band. The latter, less congested, guarantees a smaller amount of signal disturbances and better performance. Dimol, to benefit from WiFi 6, and even more of WiFi 6th, it is necessary to use devices compatible with these two standards. For WiFi 6, more and more devices incorporate compatible modules, but they are still very rare to use WiFi 6e. However, this remains a choice of future that we can greet. Orange here has a more efficient offer capable of competing with the small bombs of Bouygues Telecom and Free.

Physically, the Livebox 6 plays the sobriety card. Small fairly thick square, it was thought of to “Integrate more harmoniously into the house”, explains Orange. The box can be installed horizontally, but orange says it to be used vertically, which would optimize WiFi coverage. We notice fabric finishes on both sides of the box, like speakers. On the front, in addition to a fine orange backlit border signaling the activity of the box, there is a small e-ink touch screen. A choice that is explained by the quest for electrical sobriety, this screen also simplifying installation, diagnosis, debit tests, WiFi management, activation of standby mode, etc.

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Services, no new TV decoder and an offer at € 55/month after a year

In addition to these material aspects, Orange incorporates the Wi-Fi serenity program into its Livebox 6 offer. This is support for customers who can ensure that you can benefit from a correct installation and practical advice to optimize network coverage of their home. Wi-fi Serenity, already offered with other Orange offers, allows you to be linked to a company specialist. In some cases, the installation of one to three WiFi repeaters may be suggested. Each of these devices will be billed € 10 when commissioning, but will not lead to any additional costs then. An Airbox (WiFi 4G key) with a 20 GB package of mobile data per month is also part of the commercial offer, while the telephony part encompasses unlimited calls to fixed and mobile lines in Europe, the United States and in Canada.

On the other hand (inevitably a disappointment for many), Orange has not seen fit to associate this new box with an unprecedented TV decoder. The “Player TV” remains the UHD 4K decoder already delivered with the Livebox 5, which the operator estimates up to date since compatible with 4K and Dolby Atmos standards. In practice, many orange customers were waiting for the arrival of a new decoder and, above all, more modern platform and interface better suited to recent television uses.

For the time being, no question for Orange to offer this livebox 6 to SOSH customers. It will be reserved for Orange customers from tomorrow, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in the company’s stores. It will be offered as a priority to new customers as part of the Livebox Max offer, billed € 34.99/month in the first year (€ 54.99/month beyond). It is therefore the most expensive orange offer, being billed at € 5 more than the livebox up fiber package. Orange assures that all of its fiber customers can, if they wish, make a migration request to go to the Livebox Max offer and take advantage of the new box.

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