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Hi there,
So I currently have Sky Superfast Broadband at my home address, this is the fastest option available to me, and is the same for all other providers when I search for the best broadband for my area. Virgin Media is not available, and FTTP is not available at my property via Openreach yet either, so my fastest available option is around 60Mbps, give or take.
I do a lot of gaming, and downloading of games, and for this I mainly use my EE 5G on my phone as a hot spot, as I actually get around 600Mbps using this, sometimes more, sometimes a bit less. The 5G mast is across the road from my flat, so it's usually very good, the only problem is that even though they advertise my data plan as 'unlimited', I get capped at 600GB and then my speeds fall down quite a bit (though still faster than my home broadband).
I see that Three offer 5G home broadband, and am considering cancelling my Sky broadband package and moving over to this. My question is, will this be as fast as my phone broadband? And do Three have any 'unofficial' data caps, like EE, so my speeds get cut down when I go over their unofficial limit? I think Three advertise the speeds as 150Mbps on their website, but I was hoping it would be much faster, considering the really quick speeds I get on my 5G phone with EE, and my very short distance from the 5G mast.
I am in a rented flat, so can't really do anything in terms of trying to get fibre/FTTP installed (as far as I'm aware).
Should I expect this to be much faster and more efficient if I do make the change? Or are there other concerns I may need to consider first?
Thank you for your help.
So I currently have Sky Superfast Broadband at my home address, this is the fastest option available to me, and is the same for all other providers when I search for the best broadband for my area. Virgin Media is not available, and FTTP is not available at my property via Openreach yet either, so my fastest available option is around 60Mbps, give or take.
I do a lot of gaming, and downloading of games, and for this I mainly use my EE 5G on my phone as a hot spot, as I actually get around 600Mbps using this, sometimes more, sometimes a bit less. The 5G mast is across the road from my flat, so it's usually very good, the only problem is that even though they advertise my data plan as 'unlimited', I get capped at 600GB and then my speeds fall down quite a bit (though still faster than my home broadband).
I see that Three offer 5G home broadband, and am considering cancelling my Sky broadband package and moving over to this. My question is, will this be as fast as my phone broadband? And do Three have any 'unofficial' data caps, like EE, so my speeds get cut down when I go over their unofficial limit? I think Three advertise the speeds as 150Mbps on their website, but I was hoping it would be much faster, considering the really quick speeds I get on my 5G phone with EE, and my very short distance from the 5G mast.
I am in a rented flat, so can't really do anything in terms of trying to get fibre/FTTP installed (as far as I'm aware).
Should I expect this to be much faster and more efficient if I do make the change? Or are there other concerns I may need to consider first?
Thank you for your help.
