Three UK - 4G Home Broadband - any users here?

[page3]

Can anyone advise if EE Unlimited at £31.50 is worth it over Three (Smarty) at £20/month without contract. Assuming of course I’m happy with the speed I’m getting on Three.

EE also seem to do a £25/month non-smart sim plan, but I can’t see what the difference is other than not offering extras I don’t want anyway.

[IanA2]

page3 said:

Can anyone advise if EE Unlimited at £31.50 is worth it over Three (Smarty) at £20/month without contract. Assuming of course I’m happy with the speed I’m getting on Three.

EE also seem to do a £25/month non-smart sim plan, but I can’t see what the difference is other than not offering extras I don’t want anyway.

We're been on the twenty squideroos with Three for about two years now. No complaints. I'd spend a bit more on the router. I started with a B315 which is very good, but the B618 is even bettter. Also have EE sims and find Three faster, but I guess that can vary a lot.

[Lemming Train]

page3 said:

Can anyone advise if EE Unlimited at £31.50 is worth it over Three (Smarty) at £20/month without contract. Assuming of course I’m happy with the speed I’m getting on Three.

EE also seem to do a £25/month non-smart sim plan, but I can’t see what the difference is other than not offering extras I don’t want anyway.

Only you will know the ultimate answer to this by trying them. The biggest complaint Three network gets when you look around the various internet forums is reliability, or lack thereof. Go in with your eyes open.

[NDA]

page3 said:

Can anyone advise if EE Unlimited at £31.50 is worth it over Three (Smarty) at £20/month without contract. Assuming of course I’m happy with the speed I’m getting on Three.

EE also seem to do a £25/month non-smart sim plan, but I can’t see what the difference is other than not offering extras I don’t want anyway.

If you can get a decent signal with SMARTY, then it's a better deal. In my part of very rural Hampshire, only EE works.

[page3]

Thanks all. Going to give smarty a month and then I’ll try EE to compare.

On my (wired) broadband front, BT still haven’t fixed it. It’s been off a week now.

[sparkyhx]

Smarty are doing unlimited for £18. Thru 3 network, I use for the caravan on a MiFi - surprisingly good when you have the signal.

If I refer you, you and I both get £10 and a free month each

ping me email if you are interested

[barryrs]

barryrs said:

Mines giving me problems again so it’s getting replaced later today!

Would it be a bit tin foil hatter to suggest these problems have occurred since the Huawei 5g infrastructure issues

Just to update this.

I splashed out on the Netgear Orbi LBR20 for a not insignificant £370!

However in the space of half an hour I have gone from circa 7mb to


Very happy camper

[Silverage]

That’s pretty much top of the range for 4G. Good going.

[Lemming Train]

Beware of possible fake news as it's hosted by OOKLA Speedtest! If you're getting the same speed from https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest then you're okay to commence your celebrations!

[anonymous-user]

Hi all,

I need a bit of 4G home broadband advice here.

A house move means that very soon I need temporary internet for 6 months or so without going to the hassle of signing up to a BT line contract and wired internet contract etc, as I will likely be moving again.

I work from home and so does my wife, and we don't move large amounts of data, just mostly emails and documents, but we do also make a few video calls each week on Zoom/Teams etc.

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

[PushedDover]

Lord Marylebone said:

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

Yes. My EE 4G was faster than the EE Fibre I have now.

Worked a dream

[anonymous-user]

PushedDover said:

Lord Marylebone said:

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

Yes. My EE 4G was faster than the EE Fibre I have now.

Worked a dream

That actually wouldn’t surprise me at all. My EE fibre often struggles to manage a consistent 35Mbps.

I actually have an EE 4G Mifi device which I use when travelling for work and it’s been brilliant. I was just wondering if anyone else offered a better mains powered 4G WiFi router thingy!

I see that Three offer some interesting devices for 4G home Broadland along with unlimited data.

[barryrs]

The Thinkbroadband Link is showing just under 90mbps which is still a massive improvement

[OnaRoll]

barryrs said:

barryrs said:

Mines giving me problems again so it’s getting replaced later today!

Would it be a bit tin foil hatter to suggest these problems have occurred since the Huawei 5g infrastructure issues

Just to update this.

I splashed out on the Netgear Orbi LBR20 for a not insignificant £370!

However in the space of half an hour I have gone from circa 7mb to


Very happy camper

I'd be very happy with that Latency figure for 4g!

Result!

[towser]

PushedDover said:

Lord Marylebone said:

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

Yes. My EE 4G was faster than the EE Fibre I have now.

Worked a dream

I've got both a Three 4G Unlimited SIM and a 4G EE SIM aswell.

I use the EE line for homeworking and video calls and it's fine - occassional drop in quality on the video / sound but that's to be expected.

Speeds run just now are:

Three == 66MB/s Down, 23.7 Up which looks great but latency has been shocking recently and is currently at 100ms
EE == 30MB/s Down, 9..3 Up latency is 70ms

I will say that Three have been patchy lately - any thoughts on improving that latency....?

[IanA2]

Lord Marylebone said:

Hi all,

I need a bit of 4G home broadband advice here.

A house move means that very soon I need temporary internet for 6 months or so without going to the hassle of signing up to a BT line contract and wired internet contract etc, as I will likely be moving again.

I work from home and so does my wife, and we don't move large amounts of data, just mostly emails and documents, but we do also make a few video calls each week on Zoom/Teams etc.

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

We do all of that (and more) with a Huawei B618 and an u/l everything Three sim (£20 pm). Nearly two years now, works fine and speeds good.

[techguyone]

Lemming Train said:

Beware of possible fake news as it's hosted by OOKLA Speedtest! If you're getting the same speed from https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest then you're okay to commence your celebrations!

Fake news from ookla? tell us more, I've not heard of this before.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks to all for the info regarding my query.

Looks like I’ll be fine enjoying 4G broadband at home for a few months.

[Lemming Train]

techguyone said:

Lemming Train said:

Beware of possible fake news as it's hosted by OOKLA Speedtest! If you're getting the same speed from https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest then you're okay to commence your celebrations!

Fake news from ookla? tell us more, I've not heard of this before.

Discussed up thread. ISPs prioritise them on the network to show a good speed but it's fake and done purely to entice you to switch your ISP to them. There's been numerous articles on the ISP review and broadband websites about it over the years.

[beko1987]

Lord Marylebone said:

Hi all,

I need a bit of 4G home broadband advice here.

A house move means that very soon I need temporary internet for 6 months or so without going to the hassle of signing up to a BT line contract and wired internet contract etc, as I will likely be moving again.

I work from home and so does my wife, and we don't move large amounts of data, just mostly emails and documents, but we do also make a few video calls each week on Zoom/Teams etc.

My question is, in your experience, is 4G home broadband good enough for working from home and video calls etc. We also watch all our TV via streaming Netflix etc, but this isn't critical and we can live without it if needs be. I'm more concerned with work stuff.

We have EE Fibre right now, and couple of Speedtests just carried out show that our EE wired connection supplies 25-45Mbps depending on which device you run the test.

Thanks

I do all of that with mine. I get 32mb download, I imagine it's a bit grim if you get 6mb but I have my children today and the TV will be streaming netflix whilst they play on phones and tablets ignoring it. I have 3 teams calls this morning and they will be fine too, and I'll probably be browsing facebook on my phone just down out of sight of my webcam...

Copes fine!