Hello all,
I'm am in a fairly unique position I would imagine. My home is less than 0.3 mile from a 4G mast, and I only get 2G EE properly at home (have had 1 bar 4G on iPhone 6 EE). I want to know what my set up should be - I did a speed test on my phone literally 40m away from home and got 97Mbps download! Unbelievable to me when I'm used to 0.5Mbps on ADSL! I want to try and achieve somewhere near 40Mbps download at home, but the reason I don't is because my home is tucked under a hill from the mast. If you ascend about 10 metres from my roof I reckon you could see the mast.
I'd like to know if it's worth setting up an entire station where I know I can achieve 97Mbps download and running it back to an access point at home via cat6 Ethernet.
OR try and get a router and external antenna on my roof, elevated as much as possible and gamble that I get 40ish Mbps?
I'd like to know everybody's thoughts on these 2 setups and what gear they would recommend. I'm really unsure about external antennae, what type and how strong and beam widths is baffling me. And what router also, I've looked lots but have found negative reviews on all, so am unsure.
Many thanks in advance
I'm am in a fairly unique position I would imagine. My home is less than 0.3 mile from a 4G mast, and I only get 2G EE properly at home (have had 1 bar 4G on iPhone 6 EE). I want to know what my set up should be - I did a speed test on my phone literally 40m away from home and got 97Mbps download! Unbelievable to me when I'm used to 0.5Mbps on ADSL! I want to try and achieve somewhere near 40Mbps download at home, but the reason I don't is because my home is tucked under a hill from the mast. If you ascend about 10 metres from my roof I reckon you could see the mast.
I'd like to know if it's worth setting up an entire station where I know I can achieve 97Mbps download and running it back to an access point at home via cat6 Ethernet.
OR try and get a router and external antenna on my roof, elevated as much as possible and gamble that I get 40ish Mbps?
I'd like to know everybody's thoughts on these 2 setups and what gear they would recommend. I'm really unsure about external antennae, what type and how strong and beam widths is baffling me. And what router also, I've looked lots but have found negative reviews on all, so am unsure.
Many thanks in advance