Broadband

[Deano]

Unsure if anyone is interested in this, but I'm having great performance even in remote locations with Three mobile broadband, using a Huawei router and external attenna.

It's £11 a month for 6 months then £22, unlimited data on Three.

The Huawei 525 router https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0815J4LQC/ and Panorama WMM8G-7-38 antenna https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QNRYVXF do set you back about £200, albeit hunting on ebay etc can get it nearer £175.



My parents live in a village where they can only get ADSL at 7mb/s and whilst I can get FTTC in my home, it's only 35mb/s due to noise. Using this I'm getting 40mb/s at my parents - and an unbelievable 110mb/s at my house! I'll be taking this with me to France as the parents' places don't have internet...

Obviously you need a mobile signal, but at my parents it's 1 bar on my phone and the antenna picks it up brilliantly.

[PeeJay]

You're not worried about the Chinese secret service listening in?

[ha_banos]

Very interested. If you're not swearing at it in three months I might give it a go....

And you don't need this router, any decent 5g router will do!

The outside aerial is a good idea though. And the price is right.

[Deano]

That router is a 4g+ one. The 5G one is 200quid-ish and I can't get 5g here - useful for those who can though.

[Alexw33]

I could have done with this information before Virgin put cables in my village around 6 months ago, the best I could get was around 17mb/s now I get up to 550 so I’m golden.

[ha_banos]

I could have done with this information before Virgin put cables in my village around 6 months ago, the best I could get was around 17mb/s now I get up to 550 so I’m golden.

Might get some decent fibre speeds in my village sometime...