Best data-only sim for 4G router

LeeUK

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LeeUK

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I've recently purchased a Cudy LT300 4G router for backup purposes (because FibreNest is poo).

Here's the problem - I acquired a sim card from Smarty and purchased the £20/month unlimited data-only plan but the speeds are so diabolical. Lucky to get more than 2Mbps down on a good day which makes it unusable for most things. I actually feel like I've been ripped off paying Smarty £20 for this.

I then decided to take my Lebara sim out of my car to test and see if that improved things, well slightly, I now get max 15Mbps down but still nothing to write home about.

Any recommendations for a data sim that actually comes true to their promises? or is it all just a swizz promising big numbers while failing to deliver?

I'm not too fussed over which network as they all have good coverage here.
 
I've got it on an upstairs windowsill on the side of the house pointing to the cell site whether that makes a difference or not. Heh
 
It can't be because the coverage/location is poor, it's obviously they are throttling the speed because it's a router. I can be standing in the same place with my phone and easily get 100Mbps down on speedtest.net both on Talkmobile (Vodafone) and Spusu (EE).

I've checked Cellmapper and I'm pointing in the correct direction.
 
Journey said:
You are assuming your 4G router is connecting to the same cell on the same bands though, does that m4G modem even do CA? You might be connecting to the worst of the bands with like 5MHz available, and with no CA it's gonna be crap - your phone will most certainly do CA.
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The router tells me the Cell ID and band and also lets you select/unselect different bands. Although the Cell ID on the router never seems to appear on Cellmapper.

I did use an app on my phone a little while ago which told me the cell sites I was pinging off and they were listed on Cellmapper so no idea why the router is different.
 
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