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

SexyGreyFox said:
he's just ordered the Three 5G Router for £24 a month.
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Why has he paid £24, when you can get it for £10 for 6 months then £20 for 18 after that, also £82.50 cashback via Quidco, which is effective £14.06 per month!

Edit: Or buy a used router for £130 and a Smarty 5G 30-day rolling SIM for £16 per month?
 
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Journey said:
Why has he paid £24, when you can get it for £10 for 6 months then £20 for 18 after that, also £82.50 cashback via Quidco, which is effective £14.06 per month!
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Because he's ordered it off the Three site.
He thought that was an absolute bargain.

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I'm having a nightmare with EE at the moment. Speed is through the floor. Getting between 20 - 50Mbps down whereas I used to get over 300Mbps. Upload is rock solid, getting over 80Mbp consistantly. Don't know what is going on. The joys of mobile broadband!
 
Firegod said:
I'm having a nightmare with EE at the moment. Speed is through the floor. Getting between 20 - 50Mbps down whereas I used to get over 300Mbps. Upload is rock solid, getting over 80Mbp consistantly. Don't know what is going on. The joys of mobile broadband!
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Is there any big event on locally? Sheer numbers could cause a drop in speed unless it’s been happening more than today.
 
MissChief said:
Is there any big event on locally? Sheer numbers could cause a drop in speed unless it’s been happening more than today.
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Not that i know of sadly but it could be capacity issue (the mast I use is 4KM away). That would be a nice explination though. Weather is crap at the minute so it could be that. I had to drop and reconnect the SIM connection twice today as the speed just drops to the floor, just earlier on I was getting ~2Mbps. All back up to over 100Mbps now (but still not great). If I get time I could factory reset the Router just in case. But my phone (with EE) is also have the speed issue so I don't think it is a hardware issue.
 
Caged said:
Have you put your postcode into EE's website to see if there's a local issue? Use the "check status" option.

Coverage Checker | Check Coverage and Signal in Your Area | EE

Our coverage checker helps you discover the mobile signal strength, 4G and 5G coverage in your area and highlights any problems nearby.
coverage.ee.co.uk
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Popped in the postcode (guess) for where the mast is. Result. They say they recently fixed an issue but had a text to say they are fixing another issue. Tried it this morning out of curiosity. 215Mbps. :cool:
 
Hi all,
First post here but have been reading through over the past weeks.
My Virgin contract came up for renewal and after 30 years with...United Artists/Telewest/Virgin I have ditched it as they were not interested in giving me a decent
renewal Speed/Price,
I have jumped on a Huawei CP Pro with Smarty sim and with very careful Router placement I am getting 100% signal with the 2 small antennas supplied stuck in the back.
Weirdly using an outdoor Antenna (Poynting) it gets worse no matter where I point it.

Speeds are currently 350-400 Down and 12 up, although Latency is at 40ish.
I have worked out that getting the latest 3 Hub sim contract would work out cheaper than paying for the Hub I have and the monthly sim cost.
I have until Jan to return it to Amazon

Thanks for an informative thread
 
My Three 24 month contract is up in 2 months in January, just got an email through with an "Exclusive home 5g broadband upgrade offer" of 24 months at £22 a month.

Erm, it's £10 for 6 months then £20 for the remaining 18 months on the website, why the hell would I take that "offer" :cry:

Anyone else got to the end of their contract and cancelled and then re ordered? I want the new hub too as the current hub doesn't have bridge mode so I have to run my mesh network in ap mode.
 
TallPaul_S said:
My Three 24 month contract is up in 2 months in January, just got an email through with an "Exclusive home 5g broadband upgrade offer" of 24 months at £22 a month.

Erm, it's £10 for 6 months then £20 for the remaining 18 months on the website, why the hell would I take that "offer" :cry:

Anyone else got to the end of their contract and cancelled and then re ordered? I want the new hub too as the current hub doesn't have bridge mode so I have to run my mesh network in ap mode.
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Sounds like the replies I had from Virgin
 
SexyGreyFox said:
What does this mean please?
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I have the original 5G CPE Pro, and I have a mesh WiFi system - the 5G router doesn't have the option to turn off DHCP, DNS etc and let the mesh handle it all, I have to have the mesh in access point mode.

I'd prefer to be able to use all the features of the mesh in router mode.
 
Is it basically "Modem" Mode?
so all the Router does is pass on the uninterrupted data to the Mesh system to manage?

I use my current Huawei into a TP Link Deco 20X Wifi 6 Mesh system
 
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Brava210 said:
Is it basically "Modem" Mode?
so all the Router does is pass on the uninterrupted data to the Mesh system to manage?

I use my current Huawei into a TP Link Deco 20X Wifi 6 Mesh system
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Yeah that, basically.

Just makes things simpler, plus there's a "feature" on my Deco mesh that if the router drops out and the mesh doesn't detect a DHCP server, it will automatically take over DHCP and assign IP's from within it's own subnet, which means I've had no internet occasionally when the router reboots for an update, lots of post about this online, it's called "Deco Smart DHCP".

Letting the mesh manage DHCP all the time would solve this. And I'd get the other features that the mesh offers like QoS.
 
Well, 5G arrived today out in the sticks of mid Wales, had to do a double take on the mobile showing 5G!.

Here is the thing as it stands today, I'm receiving double the speed using 4G+ over the 5G connection.
240 on 4G+, 120 on 5G, 5G only came alive today so is this just them setting it all up and it will improve? (My 4G+ speeds have doubled today over what they have been over the last year, on 3)

I am 1000M away from the mast with direct clear line of sight.
 
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