Hi everyone, the only fixed line broadband I will have available in the house I am moving to is extremely slow (there is fibre in the area, but apparently the cabinet is full so the only way I can get it is either to wait for the cabinet to be upgraded, or wait for someone to move out and free up a slot, and who knows how long either of those will take...) so I am searching for alternatives. I was looking into the Gigacube from Vodafone and wanted to ask if anyone uses it and can share how it performs? Given I often work from home a lot now I need a decent speed (in my current apartment I get maybe 40-50 Mbps which works fine for my needs) but also a reliable and stable connection.
Would it be possible to buy a 5G router and then get a 5G sim-only plan and use the sim in the router to get a better broadband connection in the new house? (I live in London and the Vodafone coverage checker says 5G is available indoors and outdoors in that location. Three don't offer their Home Broadband service in the area, but their map says 5G coverage for mobile is good outdoors where I will be moving to. Vodafone don't offer Home broadband in the area either, hence the Gigacube option). I would also ideally like to be able to connect my PC to it via ethernet, and then just use wi-fi for the rest of the house, possibly using a powerline adapter to boost the signal in different rooms/floors.
Can anyone recommend a good router? I know the Gigabyte (and the routers from Three and EE) use the Huawei 5G CPE router so I was wondering if this would be a good one to get and if so, where I can get an unlocked one? (the Huawei site doesn't appear to sell them for some reason?). Or would I be better off just signing up with BT/Sky for their 3-6 Mbps speed and waiting for a free fibre slot in the cabinet after which I could switch to their ~69Mbps fibre service? (The 5G router option probably costs double, with the Gigacube option costing a few hundred more than if I could just buy a router and sign up for an unlimited data sim only plan with Vodafone)
Many thanks in advance, really appreciate any advice anyone can provide as I'm pretty clueless when it comes to this kind of thing!