Big thumbs up for 3 5G broadband.

I've just signed up to 3 5G broadband via the moneysaving link at £19 pm 24 months. Gotta say this is the best BB I've ever had.

Easy setup via the 3 app, from there you can access all the guts of the router without having to navigate to a webpage. 

I'm getting north of 350MPS even though it's advertised as 150. 

Within the app I changed the username and passcode to what I had on my old Talk Talk router and it connected straight up to 19 devices in my house without me having to resync all my smart lights, cctv, doorbells, printers etc. The only one I had to manually connect was my Sky box. 

The included router has a far better range than any of my previous ones (BT, Talk Talk, Virgin, Plusnet) It even reaches out to my Ring doorbell at the gate on the end of the drive without a relay.

The only small drawback I have found is that it only has 2 LAN ports, but then I only need 2. 
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.

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  • Peter999_2
    Peter999_2 Posts: 1,253 Forumite
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    edited 20 May at 10:28PM
    I've had a 5G router through three since November and it's great.   Allegedly I can't get 5G from three, but I actually get about 900Mbps, haha.

    I bought a second hand router for £100 from CEX (NR5103E) and it works really well.  I use the IP pass through to connect to my own router and it works really well.

    I bought a Scancom three SIM from Amazon which gives me 1TB a month, every month until December 2025 (works out to be about £6 a month).   One of the best things is that you can move the modem to wherever you want in the house instead of having to always be wherever the fibre line comes in from.   Also, great on holiday where you just take it with you and it's exactly the same as when you're at home.

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