lamblamb
TK Veteran
i thought i'd post this as it may well help others out.
i recently decided to ditch virgin broadband primarliy due to having 2 months of it going down for hours on end and the ridiculous cost
anyway, during downtime i was using my phone as a hotspot for wireless devices around the house.
the signal in our road is pretty pap tbh, 2-3 bars of 4g at best though still hitting enough speed for streaming.
anyway, long story short i purchased the following, not cheap but working extremely well now ive set it up.
£20 all you can eat data sim from 3 - going via topcashback will get you £60+ back.
tplink mr400 4g router - £130ish from various places.
Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0001 Cross Polarised 4G Omni LTE Antenna - £66 on amazon
set up without the external antenna was giving around 30meg , with the external antenna fitted im hitting 80meg plus with a 100% signal being reported by the router
so, ignoring the initial outlay i now pay £20 a month for 80meg broadband, it hasnt dropped out once in the last few weeks and is quick enough to stream on 3 devices at the same time.
on a side note, 3 also do a Huawei B535 router for free on a 24 month contract with unlimited broadbnd for £20 a month so you don't even need to shell out for a router. a quick google shows you can fit an external antenna to it
it will only get better when 5g gets here so thats the way i'll be staying for the foreseeable future.
i recently decided to ditch virgin broadband primarliy due to having 2 months of it going down for hours on end and the ridiculous cost
anyway, during downtime i was using my phone as a hotspot for wireless devices around the house.
the signal in our road is pretty pap tbh, 2-3 bars of 4g at best though still hitting enough speed for streaming.
anyway, long story short i purchased the following, not cheap but working extremely well now ive set it up.
£20 all you can eat data sim from 3 - going via topcashback will get you £60+ back.
tplink mr400 4g router - £130ish from various places.
Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0001 Cross Polarised 4G Omni LTE Antenna - £66 on amazon
set up without the external antenna was giving around 30meg , with the external antenna fitted im hitting 80meg plus with a 100% signal being reported by the router
so, ignoring the initial outlay i now pay £20 a month for 80meg broadband, it hasnt dropped out once in the last few weeks and is quick enough to stream on 3 devices at the same time.
on a side note, 3 also do a Huawei B535 router for free on a 24 month contract with unlimited broadbnd for £20 a month so you don't even need to shell out for a router. a quick google shows you can fit an external antenna to it
it will only get better when 5g gets here so thats the way i'll be staying for the foreseeable future.