Livebox 6: According to the UFC-Que to choose it is better to avoid the new orange box

Unlike Free, Orange does not offer packs with SVOD services but includes an Airbox case to connect in 4G in the event of a breakdown for example. The historic operator also offers a second decoder on request.

Livebox 6 Orange: characteristics, price, advantages and opinions

You are looking for a better internet connection ? The Livebox 6 is the ideal equipment for you: the new orange box is high-end equipment that allows the use of the 6th Wi-Fi standard. What does the Livebox 6 Orange offer ? What are the compatible internet offers ? In this article, we explain in detail everything you need to know about the Livebox 6.

• The essential
• The main advantage of the box 6 is its compatibility with the WiFi 6th standard, which allows faster internet flows.
• To take advantage of the Livebox 6 Orange, you must subscribe to the operator’s high-end fiber subscription, that is to say the offer Livebox Max Fiber.
• Thanks to the Livebox 6, you can enjoy a downward speed up to 2 gbit/s, for an amount of € 37.99/month for 12 months Then € 54.99/month.

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What are the characteristics: offered by the Livebox 6 of Orange ?

There Box 6 was presented by Orange on April 6, 2022 during a conference which took place in Paris. At the same time as this box, the operator has unveiled the appearance of a new subscription Orange Livebox 6, the offer Livebox Max Fiber.

So far, Orange has been marketing two internet offers, namely the livebox offer and the livebox up offer, both available in ADSL or with Orange Orange fiber. These two subscriptions include the Livebox 4 in ADSL, or the fiber Livebox 5, more compact, lighter equipment, which allows a more stable connection.

On the other hand, since the launch of the Livebox 6, it is now possible to subscribe the offer Livebox Max Fiber, To take advantage of the Livebox 6,The star equipment of the moment: it offers an ultra fast connection without latency time but by its ergonomic design with a touch screen allowing you to easily access the information and essential functions of your orange box 6.

• 4 RJ45 Ethernet ports 1 Gbit/s
• A Multi-Gigabit 2 port.5g bit/s
• A USB 3 port.0
• A on/off button
• A service button
• A reset button
• 2 Ports Telephone RJ11
• A SFP optical fiber port
• A power outlet

The Livebox 6 is also intended to be smaller and more compact than the previous versions, with a weight of only 900 grams and dimensions of 18.3 x 18.3 x 8 cm.

After several months of use and Livebox 6 tests, we note that the greatest particularity of the Livebox 6, As we will see in more detail below, is its compatibility with the WiFi 6th standard . This allows him to offer much more powerful flows and a better quality connection.

What are the advantages of the Livebox 6 ?

Orange Livebox 6: Compatible with WiFi 6th standard

This is the main advantage of Livebox 6 offered by Orange with the Livebox Max Fiber offer. It is indeed compatible with the WiFi 6th standard, a new standard that allows faster flows . It is the orange equipment that allows best flows currently.

You can thus connect from a large number of different devices, without feeling slowdown, whatever your needs. The box 6 allows you to surf the internet with a great fluidity, And even play online video games without jerk or cut.

By subscribing the offer Orange Livebox 6, You can take advantage of a downward speed up to 2 Gbit/s and a rate rising up to 800 Mbit/s. The Livebox 6 also has an Ethernet port which allows a maximum flow of 2.5 Gbit/s when you plug a device in wired mode.

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Intelligent wifi integrated into box 6

If usually livebox have 2 frequency bands, namely 2.4 GHz frequency band and 5 GHz frequencies, the Livebox 6 has a 3 -band wifi, adding the 6 GHz frequency band .

And thanks to its smart wifi functionality, The Livebox 6 is able to automatically choose which is the best channel and the best frequency band. Thus, without any action on your part, you always use the most suitable and most qualitative wifi, depending in particular the number of simultaneous connections on the network.

Orange box 6: a new innovative design

The orange box 6 incorporates a touch screen which has the advantage of greatly simplifying the orders you want to place. It also allows access to orange assistance quickly and efficiently.

From the touch screen of the Livebox 6, You can notably find the different functions of your box, but also the QR codes that give you direct access to the Orange and I application.

The box 6 offers a brand new design Compared to previous models. It is indeed built vertically, which makes it more modern and more elegant, and allows better diffusion of WiFi. You no longer need to hide it in your TV furniture, which allows you again to benefit from a better connection. It is also more current in its manufacture since it is made of fully recycled and recyclable plastic and fabric. It also takes on watch functions to reduce its electricity consumption to only 7.8W .

Orange Livebox 6: What are the compatible offers ?

The livebox 6 with the max fiber livebox offer only

Among the three Livebox Orange offers, currently only the Livebox Max Fiber offer allows you to enjoy the Livebox 6. Indeed, all the offers offered in ADSL include the Livebox 4, and Livebox and Livebox Up offers include the Livebox 5.

However, by subscribing to the Livebox Up Orange offer, you can take advantage of the WiFi 6 standard thanks to the WiFi 6 rehearsal included, which replaces the network of your Livebox 5 with WiFi 6.

If the WiFi 6 repeater is compatible with all livebox, including the Livebox 4, you don’t need to add it as an option with the Livebox Up offer, with which it is Included by default. You can enjoy a better speed, with WiFi 6, although you do not have the Livebox 6 itself .

Here are the services offered with the livebox 6 max fiber offer and the livebox up offer.

Livebox 6 SOSH For the moment, the Low-Cost d’Orange brand does not offer an offer equipped with a livebox 6, on the other hand, it is possible to subscribe to a SOSH fiber offer equipped with the Livebox 5.

What are the services included in the Livebox Max Fiber offer ?

The Livebox Max Fiber offer, which includes the Livebox 6, offers a certain number of services. Here are some details on each of them:

• The 3 WiFi 6 repeaters : you benefit, on request, from 3 WiFi 6 repeaters to improve WiFi coverage inside your home . They allow you to have a quality connection, whatever part in which you are, even far from your modem. They indeed guarantee a network identical to the original one offered by your box 6 . To take advantage of a WiFi repeater, simply request it on your Orange customer area.
• Serenity WiFi Service : This is a free support service that allows you to optimize the WiFi network of your Livebox 6, thanks to the advice of a WiFi specialist. To take advantage of it, simply make an appointment by contacting Orange customer service at 3900.
• The 20 GB Airbox Modem : offered on request, the Orange Airbox MoDem allows you to connect to the Internet when traveling, wherever you are, and up to 10 devices simultaneously. You have, in addition to your Livebox 6 WiFi connection, 20 GB of mobile internet, in very high speed, on the 4G orange mobile network.
• The replay max : you have access to the TF1 Max and 6Play Max service for free for 24 months, and therefore to all the programs offered exclusively, without advertising and HD quality cut. You can activate the option from your customer area.

If you are currently using a landline phone on your box, know that the Livebox 6 is incompatible with HD phones and connected objects using the DECT-leather standard such as detectors, smart sockets, bulbs, switches, etc.

How to subscribe to a livebox 6 offer ?

You want to take advantage of the Livebox 6 Orange and the new WiFi 6th standard ? Here is how to subscribe to the Livebox Max Fiber offer:

1. Go to the Orange website.
2. Click on the tab Internet.
3. Choose the section Fiber.
4. Select the Livebox Max Fiber offer by clicking on Test eligibility.
5. Enter your postal address or enter your fixed phone number then click the box Test.
6. In case of eligibility, select the button Choose this offer.
7. Let yourself be guided until payment, through the subscription steps (choice of the date of the fiber connection meeting, contact details, etc.)).

Once your subscription is validated, you will receive a confirmation email, with a recall of the date and time of Connection meeting, to which you must assist in order to facilitate the entry of the technician to the premises and give him the necessary access.

This stage of Livebox 6 test is essential to find out which technology supported by your line and therefore if you can subscribe to the Livebox Max Fiber offer. If the eligibility test is not conclusive, you will have to turn to an ADSL offer, which includes the Livebox 4.

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What are user reviews on the Livebox 6 ?

Here are the main ones Strengths and weaknesses identified by users of the Livebox 6.

• Quick flows
• Fluid and stable connection
• WiFi repeaters included with the maximum fiber livebox offer
• The attractive design of the Livebox 6
• The practical touch screen
• Connectivity with many ports

• The slightly high price of the Orange Livebox 6 offer, especially after the first year
• The fact that it is only dedicated to fiber customers

Information dated September 18, 2023.

Livebox 6 offers in the face of competition

The table below presents the services offered by high -end box Currently available on the market, in order to give you an overall vision and allow you to make an easy comparison with the Livebox 6.

You want to benefit from the best internet performance ? call him 09 71 07 88 04. An advisor will then direct you to the partner offer most suited to your needs.

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By clicking on “validate”, you agree to be recalled by an orange advisor. Your number will be used only for this recall request and will not be sent to third parties.

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Updated on 08/01/2023

Emmanuelle is in charge of the creation of news and guides for Echosdunet. It deals with many telecoms and pages dedicated to operators.

Livebox 6: According to the UFC-Que to choose it is better to avoid the new orange box

The association of Consumers UFC-Que Choisir has studied the offer offered by Orange with its new Livebox 6. Verdict: too expensive for what it is.

Posted on April 25, 2022 at 12 h 45 min

It almost became a tradition: with each release of a new box, the association of UFC-Que Choisir consumer is studying the offer accompanying it. Inevitably, the last Livebox 6 of Orange was not going to pass through. And unfortunately for Orange, the Verdict of the UFC-Que Choisir is not very favorable.

Novelties “very thin”

First grievance against Orange: Its Livebox 6 does not bring big news Compared to the previous generation, but above all in the face of competition.

Admittedly, the Livebox 6 has a new design made of plastic and recycled and recyclable fabric. Admittedly, the screen at the front of the box is very practical. But “On the performance side, the change is less blatant” ESTIME UFC-Que Choisir.

There is indeed the integration of WiFi 6th but this connectivity does not bring much since the compatible devices are rare. In addition, if it is faster, 6th wifi has a big drawback: it covers a lower surface. Orange offers three repeaters to broadcast the signal in large dwellings, but it is not “Neither practical, nor aesthetics nor ecological” Explain UFC-Que Choisir.

Finally, the consumer association dismantles a novelty in good standing therefore Orange seems very proud: standby mode on two levels. In reality this novelty only saves a few euros per year but in addition, when activated, standby mode deactivates certain services “Like the alarm or the voice assistant”.

Too high a price

Orange could have caught up with a generous internet offer. But then again, it gets stuck. While Free or SFR (with the Freebox Delta and SFR Box 8x) reach a flow of 8 GB/S, Orange is satisfied with a maximum flow of 2.5 GB/s With its Livebox 6 offer. And again, it is only a theoretical speed since the Livebox Max offer (the most expensive operator) caps the flow at 2 GB/s.

The proposal is all the more disappointing sinceShe is billed at gold prices. The Livebox 6 is only available with a Livebox Max Fiber billed 35 € per month offer in the first year then 55 € per month. Among competitors, the most expensive offers cost 50 € per month.

Unlike Free, Orange does not offer packs with SVOD services but includes an Airbox case to connect in 4G in the event of a breakdown for example. The historic operator also offers a second decoder on request.

But beware, all this material is not free. Each addition carries activation fees : 40 € for the decoder, 10 € for the 2nd decoder, the airbox and the wifi repeater. It’s a lot there anyway.