The onus shouldn't be on end users to validate the security of a product which is authorised to be sold in the UK, least of all one that is provided by a major ISP.
****The Official 5G Home Broadband Thread**** (Three/EE/Vodafone/etc)
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Soldato
Agreed. And we live in an imperfect world so you need to exercise due diligence when you buy cheap mobile data contracts.
Man of Honour
My BIL has bought the Three 5G Router and where the router is he's getting 470 Meg.
He has a Three extender in his kitchen but the download is 18meg!!
Any advice on this?
He has got an ethernet cable from the router that goes behind the TV in his kitchen and that showed 85 Meg, I expected a lot more being cabled!!
Any advice appreciated
He has a Three extender in his kitchen but the download is 18meg!!
Any advice on this?
He has got an ethernet cable from the router that goes behind the TV in his kitchen and that showed 85 Meg, I expected a lot more being cabled!!
Any advice appreciated
Is it a 1000mb router or 100mb router as the 85 mb by cable is probably close to correct if its 100mb? Also will the TV take more than 100mb?
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My broadband deal runs out soon and I am fancying a mobile broadband setup.
Although I don't have 5G coverage in my area I'd like one of those units that can flick between 4G and 5G as required - if they're any good of course.
Can anyone in this thread point me to the best place to get started? Any good deals going?
Although I don't have 5G coverage in my area I'd like one of those units that can flick between 4G and 5G as required - if they're any good of course.
Can anyone in this thread point me to the best place to get started? Any good deals going?
Man of Honour
It's the one Three supply on their site.
We have now tried the router in the kitchen and we're getting 750meg on our phones, the Firestick in the kitchen via WiFi is now 350meg.
It's all about supplying the rest of the house with decent WiFi.
He has a T-Link extender but no idea the specs.
When the router was in the living room I connected to that extender in the kitchen and got 18 Meg download
Soldato
Aye ditch the TP-Link WiFi extender. Not worth it. If you can't get a cable to the area you need, then perhaps mesh might help. Or perhaps powerline adapters might be worth a punt / cheaper alternative.It's the one Three supply on their site.
We have now tried the router in the kitchen and we're getting 750meg on our phones, the Firestick in the kitchen via WiFi is now 350meg.
It's all about supplying the rest of the house with decent WiFi.
He has a T-Link extender but no idea the specs.
When the router was in the living room I connected to that extender in the kitchen and got 18 Meg download
Man of Honour
My BIL has bought an ethernet adapter for his Firestick and attached it directly to the Three 5G router by an ethernet cable.
He is only getting 50meg download which is better than WiFi but not the amount I was expecting.
His Firestick in the living room reached 350meg via WiFi so was expecting the cable to give a lot more!!
Any ideas?
He is only getting 50meg download which is better than WiFi but not the amount I was expecting.
His Firestick in the living room reached 350meg via WiFi so was expecting the cable to give a lot more!!
Any ideas?
Man of Honour
You're reading too much into it, of course 50 meg is OK for a Firestick.
It does 350meg on WiFi in the living room so why can't it do way more than 50meg on a cable?
Does something need turning on?
On my Virgin router I reach about 110meg on WiFi and 350meg on cable so why isn't his doing the same?
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Man of Honour
Back of the router directly to Firestick
Update
Tried an ethernet adapter in the back of my Firestick to Virgin router and the results:
WiFi - 170 meg
Cable - 90 meg
No idea what's going on.
Update again
Just found this basically WiFi is faster on a Firestick
The Ethernet on the Fire TV is only Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) so with overhead and all that, 70 Mbps is about what you should expect
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Hi mate, is there a gov scheme to get 4g/5g internet for elderly people?
No, not for elderly people explicitly. It's for people who live in rural locations who aren't able to access broadband via traditional methods.
Did you end up doing this?
ok, i'm not in the UK, but have the same zte-router with a firmware crippled by the ISP.
has anyone tried updating the firmware manually? any success?
the instructions @ https://androidmtk.com/use-qpst-flash-tool seem kinda complex, but...
specifically, i need ddns & back-up. anyone know if these exist in stock?
has anyone tried updating the firmware manually? any success?
the instructions @ https://androidmtk.com/use-qpst-flash-tool seem kinda complex, but...
specifically, i need ddns & back-up. anyone know if these exist in stock?
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You're better of askig in ispreview forums
Soldato
Found some info on the upcoming Zyxel NR7501. Interesting compared to the NR7101 it is now only 5 bands on CA for DL on 4G, compared to 7 bands. But it has the added benefit of 2 band CA on 5G which the NR7101 doesn't have. Looks like as well the antenna dBi is up from 10 to 12 on the NR7501. And then obviously the 2.5Gb POE port and the Sub-6 Ghz support. Tidy.
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Soldato
Oooo 2x CA on 5G sounds tasty, along with the 2.5GbE that is now on my shortlist.
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