Cancelling Fibre To The Cabinet to try 5g Mobile Router

flobbalobbalob

I like the idea of using a 5g router to replace my current provider. I would like to cancel my current contract when it ends and switch to a 5g router using a monthly contract sim.

If it doesn't work out I would need to return to a new fibre contract at a later date. Will I still be able to take advantage of the current MSE deals or would I have to pay extra charges as a new customer ?

Cheers.

Neil_Jones

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to get some free SIMs to see what the mobile reception is in your area first?

If your reception is crap on all of them for whatever reason, your idea is a non starter.

Pending on your connection and current router, some may have the ability to double up as a 3/4/5G Router just by plugging the dongle in.

unforeseen

Unless your current ISP does a landline only contract then you will lose your landline number as well

Bronvahl

Neil_Jones said:

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to get some free SIMs to see what the mobile reception is in your area first?

If your reception is crap on all of them for whatever reason, your idea is a non starter.

Pending on your connection and current router, some may have the ability to double up as a 3/4/5G Router just by plugging the dongle in.

Beat me to it, I have friends in well served 5g areas but the speeds were rubbish, they bought a special router that could take the sim and they are not cheap for 5g, if I remember correctly the small print on the mobile phone provider website only guaranteed 4mb download speed.  I think this was because it had not been rolled out everywhere.

To answer the OP, it depends if you were out of contract and what service you had before, a friend of mine in London has Virgin but a lot of outages but will struggle with BT as there is no infrastructure installed for some reason.

unforeseen

, a friend of mine in London has Virgin but a lot of outages but will struggle with BT as there is no infrastructure installed for some reason.

You normally find if Virgin get in first and cable up an area then BT won't bother putting their infrastructure in.