SIM only broadband?

Davesquire

Apologies to all of you techies, as I am not very knowledgeable in this area.

The issue: I am moving into a home that has pathetic broadband connections (sub 37 Mbps) on copper (no current plans by fibre people to upgrade). plus they want to charge ridiculous prices - because they can.

So…Why can't you get as good speeds over the air as you can down a cable? Is there any way of improving this?

Thank-you for your help.

Peter999_2

You can get very good speeds. I have a three branded 5G router with a scancom SIM and get about 800Mbps and it works great. The ping isn't that good but I don't play games and don't really notice. Works fine for downloading and watching TV etc.

oldernonethewiser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6653223/sim-only-broadband

What speeds do you get "over the air" with your phone?

I get about 100Mbps but that is a lot less than my fibre connection.

littleboo

What speed do you think you need? How do you use the internet?

Davesquire

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865238#Comment_81865238

Hi, nearer 10Mbps, but that's with my cheap Lebara.

Davesquire

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865150#Comment_81865150

Hi, Scancom looks interesting, but do they practice the usual of hooking you in for a ear, then increasing. My current provider is Vodafone. We started off on £25 p.a. but this has gradually creeped up in a coulpe or so years to £33 p.a. I think that is extortionate, especially given the lack of true competition.

QrizB

Scancom looks interesting, but do they practice the usual of hooking you in for a ear, then increasing.

Most of the Scancom SIMs I've looked at are prepaid for a period - perhaps a few months, perhaps a couple of years. At the end of that period you throw ithe SIM away abd buy a new one.

I am moving into a home that has pathetic broadband connections (sub 37 Mbps) on copper

How much "sub"? 20Mbps is enough for typical household use, including some HD streaming.

oldernonethewiser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865368#Comment_81865368

My cheap Lebara gets approx 100Mbps.

Have you checked to see what other providers speeds are?

What speeds are you needing?

matelodave

Try different networks as they often use different frequency bands and different base station locations so the performance can vary enormously.

We live where neither Vodafone nor o2 work, EE manages around 20mbit/s and Three will achieve around 25mbits with a slight improvement at the back of the house compared with the front.

However four miles away in the local village neither Three or EE will work but VF does if you are outside. Dunno about O2.

We've got a 4g router which we carried around the UK with our caravan and have managed to get up to 90mbit/s in some parts of the country or down to nothing depending on our location and network provider.