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I've had enough of paying 30-40 quid a month for crappy "superfast" broadband which due to my location from the cabinet and lack of fibre means I am stuck with 17MB download and 3-4MB upload speeds regardless of the provider.
Has anyone else ditched it for a 4G or 5G sim enabled router? If so, what router and which provider did you use? Any pros or cons, I am hoping to spend £60 on a router and £10 a month on a unlimited data only sim. But I'm prepared to pay more for a decent router - I need it for work so I don't want to skimp on it and it needs to be reliable - I'm sure EE works around here as does O2 and Vodafone. - at the end of the day I'm only a 1 1/2 miles from the centre of Wakey so 4G coverage is good.

 

Erm, I might be wrong but isn't 17Gb down and 3Gb up crazy fast?!

 

haha, spotted my deliberate mistake - a prize is on its way.

 

Doubt this will necessarily be helpful but I looked seriously at 5G broadband. EE have a deal on that includes and external aerial that plugs into the router to improve reception.

Although their map says we should get good outdoor signal we don't. 150 yards away I can get 256Mbps downloads on 5G but in our back garden on the roof (yep, I climbed the ladder to check) only 46Mbps on 4G+.

Their "unlimited" BB was also subject to a limit. It was a high one but as someone who only streams TV an two kids caning YouTube and twitch I didn't want any limits.

If you have a 5G phone I'd check you can actually receive rather than relying on the coverage map.

 

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Depends what you use it for. Lots of lag on mobile so not ideal for gaming.
Streaming should be fine for what you have.

 

This^
Even with a 4g phone you should be able to beat what you’re getting on BB and it’s an easy check.

 

17Gbps? That's bonkers quick for domestic internet. I think every one is getting their Gbs and Mbs mixed up.

 

I've just run a test on mine ...

 

First time I've seen upload out strip download by so much!

 

I was just about to post the same!

 

Not sure why. My condo building was finished in 2004/2005. They installed fiber optic cabling to all units during the build. I moved into my place in 2005, but it could not be used at the time, so I needed a router / access point and a regular service provider. A few years ago the fibre optic was activated by a company called Webpass, who are now owned by Google.

 

Over here on Virgin my upload is roughly about 20% of my down.

 

Likewise; mines less than 10%
220 down 20 up.

 

I just re-ran my speed test with ethernet directly connected to my laptop - download 19Mbps upload 6Mbps - I'm sure 4g and surely 5g will thrash that,

 

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Also, as you can see its so crappy, especially in an afternoon that I can't tell it had already posted the same post and I ended up re-posting it 3 times!!
I've found a good deal on 3 network - unlimited 5g data sim plus modem for £30 a month plus they will give me a free 43 inch LG TV after 45 days.

 

We use 4g as we have no access to Broadband, out in the sticks we get 15 to 20mb download and 20 to 25 upload with a vodafone sim. We got set up by 4g-internet.co.uk as we wanted unlimited data and it's hard to find for a reasonable price without going through them, we pay £40 a month on a 12 month contract. For £99 set up they provide a decent router (Archer MR600) which would cost you £130+ to buy.

Had no problems to date despite us being at the low end of the speed they quote it's enough for 4k viewing on netflix. My mate got the same service nearer a phone mast and is clocking 32mb download

 

I realised it said Gbit not Mbit after I posted.