4G broadband in Cardiff?

[SwissJonese]

We are looking at a house and the only problem seems to be no fiber broadband connection, only the boggo 4mbps. However I see that 4G double speed coverage is in Cardiff and I wonder if anyone has tried this for home broadband usage?

[andi_p]

You may be OK for browsing/email but most of the packages have low usage caps that you will exceed quickly with services like Netflix/iPlayer. Additionally the more people in a given cell zone that are using 4G the lower the throughput for all, so as 4G gets more popular you will find performance drops. Also check the fibre rollout map here to see if the exchange is scheduled for delivery - http://www.superfast-cymru.com/where-and-when

[Evanivitch]

Ignore the roll out map, we were told by BT when we moved to Llanishen that Fibre was due in 3 months. 15 months later and we're supposedly getting it by end of March. Yeah right.

[The Nur]

There was no mention of 4G even being rolled out in Swansea. Had it for 6 months now, if it isn't in Cardiff too then I would be very surprised.

[SwissJonese]

Evanivitch said:

Ignore the roll out map, we were told by BT when we moved to Llanishen that Fibre was due in 3 months. 15 months later and we're supposedly getting it by end of March. Yeah right.

Surprised by that as we are renting in Thornhill and connected to Llanishen exchange and have been for 2 years getting a consistent 75mpbs download and zero issues from BT. However the house we are looking to buy was down the road in Thornhill and connected to Witchurch exchange and hence the 3mpbs expected download speed - argggg.

I think 4G is a no go too for work purposes so will keep searching for alternatives.

[Evanivitch]

Yeah we know people in closely surrounding areas that have fibre, but AFAIK there is still no provision to the former AWE site development.

[elanfan]

Whitchurch was one of the first exchanges in the country to go digital and also roll out fibre broadband.

Depends really on whether your new phone no starts with 206 or 207 I believe. I think 206 is Whitchurch exchange and covers the western part of Thornhill whilst 207 is the llanishen exchange.

Plenty of 'OpenReach' vans around the area parked up - stop and chat to an engineer I'm sure they'll give you the heads up.

[SOULCREW]

i use 4g and tether my laptops,sky box,ps3..etc...... i have a 20gb per month limit though. its either that or have to put up with the 2mbs sky bb ste.

p.s. i am in wenvoe.