anyone switched to mobile internet instead of a landline ?

[MassiveJim]

Our landline speed is pretty bad 20 down on a good day and 4ish up.

as we have just had a 5g mast installed near to us my phone seems to get anywhere from 100 to 150 down and 22ish up when I am at home.

Is there any reason not to switch to a mobile broadband dongle and ditch the landline completely ?
costs are comparable with providers offering unlimited mobile sims for around £35 per month, and currently out of contract with BT so paying over the odds anyway

 

[5abr3]

Depends on your latency needs, for example if I test from Cheshire to a London server BT gets me 10ms ping and 2ms jitter (over WiFi to the router) vs 37ms ping and 8ms jitter over Vodafone.

You also should check any offered mobile Internet contract as there may be issues with you tethering devices regularly and that being used as an excuse to throttle the connection or something by that provider unless you are looking to get a home 5G plan.

Edit: clarified what I meant on the mobile contract

 

[Duke]

Might find this thread useful - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...adband-thread-three-ee-vodafone-etc.18917203/

 

[Silent Bob]

I'm in a similar situation. I get 20Mb/2Mb on my FTTC connection and can get around 100/25 via 4G with Three. Pings are slightly higher but I don't do any competitive online gaming so that's not an issue. I haven't been able to ditch the landline completely though as the 4G connection is nowhere near as reliable. Every month or so there's a service outage where the connection speed is crippled or completely non-existent while maintenance is carried out on the nearby mast.

 

[PaulM]

I ran 5g as my primary internet in my old house and it was fine, never had any major problems/downtimes. It was fine for casual online gaming but ping was a bit too unstable for anything too competitive.

 

[kmax86]

Im on 5g broadband with id moble unlimited sim-only + a 5g router.
I find that it works great for web browsing, streaming (non 4k), slow paced gaming.
It struggles a little during daytime (maybe depends on location) and cannot handle latency sensitive games.

 

[SpellowHouse]

I didn't switch to mobile, but I lost my landline so I thought I would try it. Alas, the performance where I am is very poor. The landline was much better.