Soldato
Have you tried it in a different area in case it is just a weak signal causing the drop when its being utilised. Poor signal strength would cause the drop and disconnects.
****The Official 5G Home Broadband Thread**** (Three/EE/Vodafone/etc)
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Soldato
Window locations aren't the best for LTE routers as glass scatters and reflects the signal. The more panes the worse it gets. Does the ZTE give further signal info readings and not just the signal strength (RSSI). i.e for RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, etc.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have moved the router away from the window and this has definitely helped getting the download and upload speed up (from 20mb to 40mb).
I couldnt locate the other stats you mentioned, but having done some reading on various forums, I reset the device to the factory installed firmware and this seems to have (fingers crossed) stopped the daily disconnects. I immediately switched off the auto update in the menu and so far the 'B04' firmware version is the one showing as being installed.
Soldato
Awesome!
Hi I am with virgin atm as adsl only gives me around 1-2 download speed, so renewal is in a couple of months and 18months back I was ready to go with three broadband as the mast is a couple of hundred yards away. So I am with EE for mobile and wondered if any recommendations on which to go for ?
My sister came round and has EE 5G unlimited phone sim. Got her to do a speed test in various places around the house and to my absolute amazement it got 300-450mbps dependent on which room and which place. Safe to say I will be ordering the home 5G in a few days time... Batters my 50mbps home fibre, which is the limit here.
Soldato
Similar to why I went 5G. Except where I am I get 1-2Mbps on overhead lines. No fiber either. I'm sure with levelling up we'll get fiber soon, and maybes HS2 will come all the way up North, and perhaps a dual carriageway from Newcastle to Edinburgh will appear. Ahh to dream!
There was definitely no 5g around last November when I ordered bt fibre. Bit the bullet and paying for both services for the next 3 months... EE home 5g router arrives tomorrow.Similar to why I went 5G. Except where I am I get 1-2Mbps on overhead lines. No fiber either. I'm sure with levelling up we'll get fiber soon, and maybes HS2 will come all the way up North, and perhaps a dual carriageway from Newcastle to Edinburgh will appear. Ahh to dream!
My phone SIM switching to EE unlimited 5g too next month. Wonder if I can use Speedily VPN or something to bond the two networks and go over 5-700mbps. Would assume the VPN itself would be the bottleneck though.
Have you checked https://bidb.uk/Similar to why I went 5G. Except where I am I get 1-2Mbps on overhead lines. No fiber either. I'm sure with levelling up we'll get fiber soon, and maybes HS2 will come all the way up North, and perhaps a dual carriageway from Newcastle to Edinburgh will appear. Ahh to dream!
Soldato
Useful tool. Thanks! But yeah not a sausage in my area. Thank god for 5G.
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Hi all, i've seen some varied results on here and as a new customer of Three with the ZTE 5G Router on the unlimited plan, I was very impressed to see the speedtest getting 370mbps down and 20 up. This rivalled the more expensive Virgin Media connection we had.
What i'm wanting to do now is experiment a little but I could use some assistance from those in the know, seeing results such as 1.2gbps and 900mbps down has me intrigued, as well as external mounts and various boxes.
How would I pick the perfect placement for the router other than just running a bazillion speed tests, is there a method to test correctly? How do I figure out where the 5G mast is so that I can point properly?
As you can imagine i'm a bit new to this but any help is much appreciated.
What i'm wanting to do now is experiment a little but I could use some assistance from those in the know, seeing results such as 1.2gbps and 900mbps down has me intrigued, as well as external mounts and various boxes.
How would I pick the perfect placement for the router other than just running a bazillion speed tests, is there a method to test correctly? How do I figure out where the 5G mast is so that I can point properly?
As you can imagine i'm a bit new to this but any help is much appreciated.
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Hi, there is a way past the block from Three to getting your order. When you start the order process and the page asks for a postcode to check against, use one nearby that gets a good signal, then go through the ordering process using your actual address. This is how I got mine after arguing with the phone staff for 3 hours last week.
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Cheers I tested on a phone and don't get any signal yet so will wait until I do then might use this trick....
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Reading further back in this thread, I've used Cell Mapper to take a look at where the local masts have been reported to be placed.
I can see that there are two local masts which have Three and EE coverage. One mast is 300m away but not line of sight, it's got a an incline hill and trees to get through.
The second mast is 950m away. Far fewer trees but the distance is greater.
What do I need to know from these masts in order to get the best results from the router?
edit: i've realised that Cell Mapper was looking for 4g, when I selected 5g, there was nothing shown on screen at all except for small squares which i'm assuming are reported connectivity?
Soldato
It's nice to get good speeds elsewhere in the world, not just at home. My next first world problem is getting a 5G router with a 2.5GbE on it, as that is now a bottleneck to the switch.
