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Smarty SIM - on '3' - very poor download speeds.

WIAWSNB · 2026-04-19 17:04:31

Trying to set up a temporary 4G router for daughter as she stays in a relative's house for an undetermined period. Got a cheap BT mini-Halo 4G router, and she bought a data-loaded SIM from Smarty. Download speeds were in the order of 2.5Mbps, which was useless for pretty much everything. I assumed it was an issue with the…

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Yarmy Posts: 42 Forumite

6 May at 9:23PM

Not sure of the download speeds, but I've tried unlimited data sims from '3' and Lebara for streaming in North Norfolk and have found Lebara, at the current time to be the better of the 2 by a long way.

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