****The Official 5G Home Broadband Thread**** (Three/EE/Vodafone/etc)

I haven't been able to read the whole thread, so sorry if I missed the answer.

My Mum is moving into a new house that does not have a BT line, and getting one installed would cost £4,000. There is also no Virgin Media, so the only real option is to go down the mobile broadband route. I live near her new house and getting pretty good data speed on my Smarty SIM card, so I was thinking about getting her a Smarty SIM card and then buying an unlocked 5G modem / WiFi hub, but I'm not sure which one to get. I prefer to get something unlocked as it is easy to switch mobile networks if required in the future, but if a locked version is a better deal, I'll happily look into it.
 
Cromulent said:
I haven't been able to read the whole thread, so sorry if I missed the answer.

My Mum is moving into a new house that does not have a BT line, and getting one installed would cost £4,000. There is also no Virgin Media, so the only real option is to go down the mobile broadband route. I live near her new house and getting pretty good data speed on my Smarty SIM card, so I was thinking about getting her a Smarty SIM card and then buying an unlocked 5G modem / WiFi hub, but I'm not sure which one to get. I prefer to get something unlocked as it is easy to switch mobile networks if required in the future, but if a locked version is a better deal, I'll happily look into it.
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Why not just get the three 5g home? Will probably be cheaper than buying hardware and maintaining a sim alongside it.
 
Yeah going with your own 5G Router can be expensive depending on what you go for. The SIM card part is relatively cheap - plenty of good deals around especially with Three and Smarty (just a shame they don't work for me. I'm totally not jealous! I love EE. haha). :) But if you get good speed with Smarty, then going with the Three 5G Home package would make sense (saying as Three and Smarty are one of the same) and would be cheaper as @XeNoNF50 suggests.
 
Hi. I have strong 5g on my Xiaomi M10 lite in every room in my house even though Three coverage checker says it is not in my area. I got the “30 day money back guarantee“ Three 4g+ router which gave excellent and better speeds than my VM fiber which was a major surprise. However I returned it to try the 5g Router (NR5103). Unfortunately I am not getting 5g from the router having tried all rooms so quite disappointed.
The 4g router came with 2 external antenna but the 5g doesn’t although it has 4 connections on the rear. Would external antenna help in possibly getting 5g (TS9?). The antenna I see on Amazon don’t specifically mention 5g so not sure if they would work/are relevant. Any thoughts or assistance would be appreciated before I decide to return it.
I could keep it as I am still getting the same 4g speeds but the 4g router was slim and sat perfectly on a windowsill whereas this is thicker and protrudes beyond the sill.
Thx from a noob
 
Apologies. Wasn’t sure how much info needed. The firmware is V1.00 (ABCJ.0)b10 on the app and in the admin website. I had read other sites/forums about a firmware issue but believe this was the ”fixed” one but happy to be corrected. If not correct any way to update if Three aren’t doing it.
‘Also thx for the quick response
 
SexyGreyFox said:
if I do a Three coverage on their site it tells me I have excellent 5G however if I click on the 5G Broadband and put my postcode in it says I haven't got 5G!!
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Yeah, you just need to put a postcode in that does for the check, then when you sign up use your real address. However the router remains property of Three, so you don't get any benefit by doing that over picking up a ~£150 CPE Pro etc.
 
What is that you don't get to keep it after 24 months? seems odd, tha's how it used to be, I know they tightened stuff up for the 1 month as peple were signing up, cancelling and keeing hardware, didn't think that would be th case for 24 months.
 
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