Mobile sim for all things
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I have seen a few contracts with 100GB data etc They are for round about the same as I spend on my broadband... this got me thinking...could I just use that?
I have home broadband, but could I effectively:
I have home broadband, but could I effectively:
- the sim in my mobile
- a unit in the house that I could add my sim (a second "clone" sim to allow the home network to function? internet for laptops, tablets, home phone, stream TV etc
I have an EE home broadband setup using 4G with unlimited data for £30/month. It’s a proper router so I can plug in my whole house system and connect every device to it. It’s the only broadband we have (although we get 2Mbps on our landline - the landline is only used for incoming parental voice calls and will be ditched at some point). We can add more SIMs to the EE contract but according to EE they need to be separate contracts. In theory we can gift data from one contract to another, but I think we’d be looking at about an additional £20/month (do your own research) for a second SIM-only contract. The whole family is on O2 for mobile devices and because we spend a lot of time in a different area where O2 is the best option, I can’t justify changing everything to EE.
I’m not sure that answered the question, but it does confirm that running all home broadband through 4G is not just possible but in our case very much the better option. We get speeds of c.35Mbps on a rainy day, and up to 85Mbps with the right atmospheric conditions. The EE router has external antenna connection sockets so I suspect we could do better if we attached an external antenna but I don’t need more than 35Mbps at the moment. We can do 8 video calls simultaneously, as during school closure each child had two devices connected to Google Meets, while Mrs w1bbles and I were also having work video calls. Pretty awesome through one SIM, frankly.
I’m not sure that answered the question, but it does confirm that running all home broadband through 4G is not just possible but in our case very much the better option. We get speeds of c.35Mbps on a rainy day, and up to 85Mbps with the right atmospheric conditions. The EE router has external antenna connection sockets so I suspect we could do better if we attached an external antenna but I don’t need more than 35Mbps at the moment. We can do 8 video calls simultaneously, as during school closure each child had two devices connected to Google Meets, while Mrs w1bbles and I were also having work video calls. Pretty awesome through one SIM, frankly.
Driver101 said:
Would 100GB be enough for everyone using all their gadgets?
Netflix uses 7GB per hour for 4k.
YMMV, but in our case - no. We switched from 300GB pcm in January to unlimited. With a family of 5 we had to be very disciplined to stretch 300GB out over a month and that we pre-Covid. When we switched to unlimited the EE interface stopped telling us how much data we were using, but my guess is that we’re probably using 2TB pcm now as two of us are on Teams up to 8 hours a day, and the work data requirement is massive thanks to OneDrive syncing entire work folders all day long on at least three devices. So every one file gets multiplied by 3 as it syncs. We’d be stuffed if we didn’t have unlimited data.Netflix uses 7GB per hour for 4k.
Sorry for going off-topic.
4G with 2 bars out of 4 (reception):
51.5 Mbps download, 9.05Mbps upload, 35ms latency, server in London.
Phone with wifi:
40.3 download, 6.54 upload, 9ms latency, server in London.
For comparison, on my PC, cabled to the router:
109.9 Mbps download, 9.48 Mbps upload, 6 ms latency, server in London.
Weird that 4G is faster than wifi on my phone.
w1bbles said:
I have an EE home broadband setup using 4G with unlimited data for £30/month. It’s a proper router so I can plug in my whole house system and connect every device to it. It’s the only broadband we have (although we get 2Mbps on our landline - the landline is only used for incoming parental voice calls and will be ditched at some point). We can add more SIMs to the EE contract but according to EE they need to be separate contracts. In theory we can gift data from one contract to another, but I think we’d be looking at about an additional £20/month (do your own research) for a second SIM-only contract. The whole family is on O2 for mobile devices and because we spend a lot of time in a different area where O2 is the best option, I can’t justify changing everything to EE.
I’m not sure that answered the question, but it does confirm that running all home broadband through 4G is not just possible but in our case very much the better option. We get speeds of c.35Mbps on a rainy day, and up to 85Mbps with the right atmospheric conditions. The EE router has external antenna connection sockets so I suspect we could do better if we attached an external antenna but I don’t need more than 35Mbps at the moment. We can do 8 video calls simultaneously, as during school closure each child had two devices connected to Google Meets, while Mrs w1bbles and I were also having work video calls. Pretty awesome through one SIM, frankly.
I had a read of your reply, thought it sounded impressive, and decided to do a speed test on my phone.I’m not sure that answered the question, but it does confirm that running all home broadband through 4G is not just possible but in our case very much the better option. We get speeds of c.35Mbps on a rainy day, and up to 85Mbps with the right atmospheric conditions. The EE router has external antenna connection sockets so I suspect we could do better if we attached an external antenna but I don’t need more than 35Mbps at the moment. We can do 8 video calls simultaneously, as during school closure each child had two devices connected to Google Meets, while Mrs w1bbles and I were also having work video calls. Pretty awesome through one SIM, frankly.
4G with 2 bars out of 4 (reception):
51.5 Mbps download, 9.05Mbps upload, 35ms latency, server in London.
Phone with wifi:
40.3 download, 6.54 upload, 9ms latency, server in London.
For comparison, on my PC, cabled to the router:
109.9 Mbps download, 9.48 Mbps upload, 6 ms latency, server in London.
Weird that 4G is faster than wifi on my phone.
w1bbles said:
Yep - I can’t explain that. Here are our recent speed tests:
As you can see, it’s a bit variable. There’s no obvious reason why we’re at 34 today and were at 90 the other day, but the average is pretty good. And latency is ok too.
Can't argue with that for the price given what you're getting via a fixed line!As you can see, it’s a bit variable. There’s no obvious reason why we’re at 34 today and were at 90 the other day, but the average is pretty good. And latency is ok too.
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