Using 4G through a router - can this be done?

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Im looking for some advice, this may be very stupid but I'm a bit clueless so please excuse me if this is a ridiculous question.

I have recently moved to a rural area, we have pretty poor broadband speeds with about 8 meg best case scenario. Due to the precise location of the property this is unlikely to change any time soon.

However what i do have is very good 4g coverage with speeds of around 25-30 meg. When Im using 4g on my phone it is considerably faster than my internet connection.

My question is this, is there any way of using the 4g coverage to power a router so I can get 25-30 meg on all the devices in my house? If I was to get an unlimited data sim or one with a high monthly allowance do I have any options? Obviously I can put it directly into a phone but can it go into a suitable router?

Basically is there anything I can do to take advantage of the 4g that will negate the disappointing actual internet speed? I'll be keeping my 8 meg internet regardless so this would an "as well as" rather than an "instead of" situation.

Apologies if I'm not being very clear, Im not 100% sure what Im asking myself! Happy to answer any questions and thanks for reading!

 

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So if i had a router that took a dongle or sim I would need a specific plan that was designed for this purpose and that would probably be overly expensive?

I knew there would be an issue somewhere!

Basically I just want a faster speed using what I have available which seems to be 4G.

 

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Think Im already out of my depth here!

If I bought a router that accepted a sim card I can buy a sim only unlimited data plan from 3 for £27 a month, however 3 also do mobile broadband which is about £30 a month for 40gb which obviously is absolutely no use for streaming. I presume they have some way of telling if you put an unlimited data sim into a router?

Assuming that's the case it would appear that this is a bit of a dead end?

 

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Putting a sim into a router, tablet, or dongle isn't tethering.

I can't see any reason why you couldn't use a cheap phone and tether to it permanently. Connecting it to the network would be more complicated, but far from impossible.

I'm pretty sure the 'unlimited' will have some sort of fair usage clause so you'd still need to not take the ****.

So in an ideal world I could keep my current internet package with the 8meg speeds and just use that for day to day stuff where faster isn't really a requirement then set up a phone with the unlimited data plan and use that for streaming where faster speeds would be beneficial?

Again apologies if Im being thick here!

 

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OK, thanks I shall investigate further!