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Any thoughts on Three 5G only (no landline) broadband?

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Totally fed up with our local Vodafone BB over our contract time  - advertised as 60mb but often down to 15 or 30 - had numerous engineer visits and temporary fixes but always dropping out, intermittent, super slow...

However, we have really good 5G here and this morning I'm getting over 200mb - crazy fast.

Thinking of going for Three 5G home 'BB' so no landline - only concern is with no landline BB - in the past if that went out I had 4G/5G but there is no back up in the future if the 5G goes down.

Anyone using similar - how has it been?

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  • We've had it a couple of months now, £19 a month. Just done a Wi-fi speed test download 211.92 Mbps. Previously with 1p broadband.  No problems so far.
  • alanwsg
    alanwsg Posts: 803 Forumite
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    I ditched my FTTC line a year ago now and use mobile BB.
    I don't get 5G where I am but still get 280Mbs download on 4G+
    I use a Scancom (from Amazon) EE data-only SIM which works out around £13/month
    If you can use '3' network it's about £7/month

    You say there's no backup, but you van always shove a different SIM in and use a different network.
    The latency on mobile networks can be high, that might cause problems if you're a gaming fanatic.
  • QrizB
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    max... said:
    Anyone using similar - how has it been?
    My parents (both approaching 80) did this when they moved house. Didn't bother getting a wired connection at their new home but instead bought an unlocked 4/5G router and a budget SIM. I forget which network they're currently with but it seems to work for them. They're not particularly heavy data users but do use iPlayer etc. for streaming video.

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  • john1
    john1 Posts: 433 Forumite
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    edited 30 January at 6:37PM
    Previously on VM 250  now on 3 home BB for last 2 month so far good - just now speed test 365.4 Mbps download 87.3 Mbps upload Latency: 4 ms May drop slightly 8-10pm  peak with increased Ping / Latency but still very fast  -Max speed tested 1.6 Gbps  
  • max...
    max... Posts: 67 Forumite
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    Thanks very much all.
  • Daz2009
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    I moved from Virgin to Three 5G at Xmas.
    Apart from some teething problems in the first few days,which was largely fixed by repositioning the router, it's worked well .
    If there's a weak 5G signal it's supposed to automatically revert to 4G
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