Three UK - 4G Home Broadband - any users here?
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All Three mobile sims are 5G ready. I am simply using a spare phone SIM, which is £12 a month for unlimited data, as I got an existing user deal, in a Huawei 5G router. We are about 200metres from a 5G tower, and this is taken in my study, in which I have a satellite from a Netgear Orbi mesh system.
This is pretty typical. Fast download, OK upload.
So go 5G if you can. I notice it is much more stable and consistent than the old 4G was, but just having the download headroom is a good thing in high demand periods.
This is pretty typical. Fast download, OK upload.
So go 5G if you can. I notice it is much more stable and consistent than the old 4G was, but just having the download headroom is a good thing in high demand periods.
Murph7355 said:
1) Read the thread
2) Buy a Huawei B818
Or do them the opposite way round
External aerials have mixed results. More often than not they yield nothing.
There are a few B818s on eBay at the moment.
My external aerial was a waste of money and did nothing. Positioning the router at the best place in this house worked far better, then a high quality triband mesh system to get strong WiFi everywhere was the key. 2) Buy a Huawei B818
Or do them the opposite way round
External aerials have mixed results. More often than not they yield nothing.
There are a few B818s on eBay at the moment.
IanA2 said:
shopper150 said:
Which router am I likely to receive if I order from Three online? Are they still supplying Huawei’s?
Don't know for sure, but the router in the ad looks like a Huawei.It looks like they've recently changed:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/02/thre...
Are the Huawei's still the best, or is this one worth going for?
IanA2 said:
Glad it's going well. Two questions.
1, Are those speeds 4G?
2, What signal strength app?
Thnx.
Yep, 4G - signal strength from the Hauwei life app1, Are those speeds 4G?
2, What signal strength app?
Thnx.
Turns out 3 are still working on our mast, so back to sweet FA today from our short-lived highs of over 100mb… ah well, hopefully sorted by Monday.
If anyone is struggling to source a B818 then I can recommend AliExpress. I paid less than £150 and it arrived in something like 3 weeks from China. The power supply is a European plug but that actually suits me better anyway and can be plugged in to a UK socket if needed.
Works well as a router!
Works well as a router!
Ordered a B818 off the recommendation on this thread ready for when we move on Friday. Our new landline will barely serve up a 1mb connection so 4G is the only realistic option until Country Fibre complete their works out to us (for which I am not holding my breathe being 3 houses in the middle of a field some 3 miles from the actual village they are working on). I will pop out and grab a bunch of PAYG sims to test with and see which gives us the better connection and go from there.
Stussy said:
Have a look on cellmapper to see which masts are near by.
That said, I have a Vodafone one a mile away, and an EE 10 miles away. I get a better signal on EE!
Yeah already had a look at that, they all appear pretty much equidistant. O2, Vodafone and EE all pretty much in the same spot. EE have two transmitters vs one for the other two.That said, I have a Vodafone one a mile away, and an EE 10 miles away. I get a better signal on EE!
geeks said:
Yeah already had a look at that, they all appear pretty much equidistant. O2, Vodafone and EE all pretty much in the same spot. EE have two transmitters vs one for the other two.
Your approach of getting a short term sim from each provider to test is the right one. Signals vary a lot IME.EE best for here for me (Essex/Suffolk border).
3 next.
O2 and Vodafone dogs hit.
My B535 sucked down an update the other day and I wish it hadn't. The IP address for it now turns into a website URL (hilink.co.uk or something), and huaCTRL no longer connects with the IP address as it used to, which means I can't manually switch bands whenever the connection goes patchy, as it has been recently where it auto switches bands...
Seems to go anywhere from 6mb to 45mb down and always 10/15 up these last few months and it's becoming a slight pain. Even when a speedtest says 30/40mb devices struggle to gain connection sporadically, then it suddenly sorts itself out and I can see the TV go from 720 to 4k.
If it wasn't so cheap still and I wasnt in contract I'd be tempted to sack it off, hopefully when the contract ends GIgaclear and Swish will have stopped digging up my local town and I can see how good their service really is and see if it's time to make the switch. I only get 35mb down with ADSL when we used to have that with Sky and BT, so no point switching now, plus I'd have to re-wire the master socket back up...
Seems to go anywhere from 6mb to 45mb down and always 10/15 up these last few months and it's becoming a slight pain. Even when a speedtest says 30/40mb devices struggle to gain connection sporadically, then it suddenly sorts itself out and I can see the TV go from 720 to 4k.
If it wasn't so cheap still and I wasnt in contract I'd be tempted to sack it off, hopefully when the contract ends GIgaclear and Swish will have stopped digging up my local town and I can see how good their service really is and see if it's time to make the switch. I only get 35mb down with ADSL when we used to have that with Sky and BT, so no point switching now, plus I'd have to re-wire the master socket back up...
geeks said:
Stussy said:
Have a look on cellmapper to see which masts are near by.
That said, I have a Vodafone one a mile away, and an EE 10 miles away. I get a better signal on EE!
Yeah already had a look at that, they all appear pretty much equidistant. O2, Vodafone and EE all pretty much in the same spot. EE have two transmitters vs one for the other two.That said, I have a Vodafone one a mile away, and an EE 10 miles away. I get a better signal on EE!
|https://thumbsnap.com/8EaQiPmq[/url]suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
Blown2CV said:
suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
Thing is, they charge the same for both services.https://www.three.co.uk/store/broadband/home-broad...
Blown2CV said:
suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
5G isn't available here for me on EE yet but my contract is enabled for 5G and it came at no extra charge.......geeks said:
Blown2CV said:
suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
5G isn't available here for me on EE yet but my contract is enabled for 5G and it came at no extra charge.......i've just looked on their site and 4GEE broadband is from £25 a month and 5GEE is from £45 a month. If unlimited data though, both are £50.
Edited by Blown2CV on Thursday 11th August 11:29
Blown2CV said:
geeks said:
Blown2CV said:
suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
5G isn't available here for me on EE yet but my contract is enabled for 5G and it came at no extra charge.......geeks said:
Blown2CV said:
geeks said:
Blown2CV said:
suspect you'd need new kit, and make the change to the contract to allow 5G. Maybe not a new SIM, but certainly none of it will be for free. On EE, they have a different router and different price structure, certainly. If 3 are real arses they may charge you to move contracts as well.
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