Livebox 7: prices, speeds, characteristics, everything you need to know about the new Orange box

Orange is releasing a new box this Thursday, October 5, focused on better speeds and a technological gap overcome, with a high-end positioning. Let’s see what it has in store, and how much it will cost you.

With Livebox 7, Orange promises to revolutionize home and professional connectivity. The historic operator exclusively presented to us its new box compatible with the latest evolution of optical fiber, XGS-PON technology, which offers speeds of up to 8 Gbits/s for professional customers, and up to 5 Gbits /s for individuals.

The first Livebox certified by Bureau Veritas in the company’s history, this seventh vintage promises to easily join the best internet boxes on the market. Price, features and design, Clubic reveals everything to you exclusively.

Orange Livebox 7, a technological success and better speeds

The Livebox 7, available online and in stores since October 4, has taken a major technological step forward, joining Bouygues Telecom and SFR, the first to have launched an XGS-PON compatible box. Orange does not deny it: the objective is the quality of the network, before the speeds, as Laetitia Orsini Sharps, general public director of the company, reminds us. But all the same, to meet the growing expectations of consumers and professionals, the transition was essential. So, what does “XGS-PON” mean?

Literally, we are talking about “10 Gigabits Symmetric Passive Optical Network” technology, the most recent evolution of optical fiber. This technology makes it possible to achieve very impressive speeds with the Livebox 7:

• Up to 5 Gbits/s in download speed and 1 Gbit/s in uplink speed for individuals (i.e. a gain of 3 Gbits/s in download and 200 Mbits/s in sending compared to what the Livebox 6 offers);
• Up to 8 Gbits/s downstream and 2 Gbits/s upstream for professionals.

The drawback of XGS-PON technology, because there is one, is that it is still far from being available everywhere. Orange is nevertheless committed to covering 40% of the population by 2024. Rather promising, on paper.

Note that like its big sister the Livebox 6, the new Livebox 7 is equipped with Wi-Fi 6E, which offers an optimized connection with better latency. Several devices can in fact be simultaneously connected to the box, on one of the three available frequencies. Very practical if you are used to videoconferencing, downloading or gaming.

Who will be able to benefit from Livebox 7, and at what prices?

These are two questions that, we know, have been bothering you since discovering our article. Concretely, only one offer will allow you to take possession of a Livebox 7: the Livebox Max Fiber offer. Bad luck, it’s Orange’s most expensive subscription, because it represents the top of the operator’s basket. So, how much for the new Max Fiber offer?

• The subscription is sold at 33.99 euros per month for 6 months, before dropping to 57.99 euros per month for new customers.

Orange is therefore taking advantage of the launch of Livebox 7 to increase its Max Fiber offer by 2 euros (currently at 53.99 euros per month). But the promotional period cost a little more (37.99 euros per month), even if it stretched over 12 months.

Several services are associated with the Livebox Max Fiber offer:

• Wi-Fi Sérénité support, allowing you to benefit from 1 to 3 Wi-Fi repeaters which will cost the subscriber nothing, except an activation fee of 10 euros. Note that Orange tells us that 1 in 2 Max offer customers now have at least one repeater at home. This technology is gaining more and more fans, therefore.
• Possibility of a 4G Airbox.
• The Orange Security Suite and access to Stop Pub, which allows you to better combat cold calling and scams (a paid option on other Orange offers).

A designer box tinged with eco-design

This Livebox 7 looks exactly like version 6. Still designed by Sagemcom and assembled in Tunisia, it is a little heavier than its big sister and remains optimized for better signal diffusion.

With this box, Orange demonstrates its commitment to sustainability by obtaining “Footprint Progress” certification from Bureau Veritas. This attests to an eco-designed product, with a 100% recycled and recyclable shell, and a sleep mode (already present on the Livebox 6) which reduces energy consumption.