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Combined mobile and home broadband deals. £20 per month ?
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satanloans
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Isn't it about time if it isn't happening already ? I don't know if it has but it should.
I can buy unlimited mobile data and tether my pc and other devices.
I can buy home broadband and connect my phone and the rest but can't go anywhere.
So why don't I just get unlimited mobile and be done with it ? Because I then need to rely on my mobile phone battery and it getting hot.
Get a MiFi. Mobile Wifi. Can't take it out the house.
Swap the sim out. Yea, lot of faffing around.
So a better solution is to buy a £60 phone with a huge removable battery and connect everything thru that. Carry my normal smartphone and not kill its battery. The cheaper phones battery can be replaced and... well this is (for me) getting silly now.
Like many, I can't buy both home broadband and mobile. We are almost there. Example :
35MB home broadband - under £20 - compared to the cost of 1000MB broadband, this price is now extortionate.
4GB unlimited everything else sim from Lebara/Lyca for 3 months for between £1-2 rising to £5 there after.
The deal I think it is about time to see is this :
70MB Home Broadband + Unlimited Sim = £20 per month - one company, no messing about, everyone saves time, everyone saves money, cost is cheaper for them to provide.
Do we have the resources ? Yes. We in fact do since 5G went live and 1GB broadband landed. And in time, it can get cheaper.
I can buy unlimited mobile data and tether my pc and other devices.
I can buy home broadband and connect my phone and the rest but can't go anywhere.
So why don't I just get unlimited mobile and be done with it ? Because I then need to rely on my mobile phone battery and it getting hot.
Get a MiFi. Mobile Wifi. Can't take it out the house.
Swap the sim out. Yea, lot of faffing around.
So a better solution is to buy a £60 phone with a huge removable battery and connect everything thru that. Carry my normal smartphone and not kill its battery. The cheaper phones battery can be replaced and... well this is (for me) getting silly now.
Like many, I can't buy both home broadband and mobile. We are almost there. Example :
35MB home broadband - under £20 - compared to the cost of 1000MB broadband, this price is now extortionate.
4GB unlimited everything else sim from Lebara/Lyca for 3 months for between £1-2 rising to £5 there after.
The deal I think it is about time to see is this :
70MB Home Broadband + Unlimited Sim = £20 per month - one company, no messing about, everyone saves time, everyone saves money, cost is cheaper for them to provide.
Do we have the resources ? Yes. We in fact do since 5G went live and 1GB broadband landed. And in time, it can get cheaper.
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Who says you can't take MiFi out the house?https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-M7000-Portable-Unlocked-Management/dp/B089ZFZK5L for example - rechargeable battery.Yes if you want to use that at home as well it falls down, but its not true to simply say MiFi cannot be taken out of the house per se.
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You know I hadn't though of portability on them but then it is still a case of walking with two devices and of course charging them both.
BUt more importantly, just backs the reason to simplify it all into one static broadband and one sim, same deal.0
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