Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G Home Broadband to GBP14
Mobile operator Three UK has launched new discounts and devices across their range of 4G and 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages, which now start at just £14 per month for 24-months of service on their 4G plan or £22 for 5G (the 5G price is largely unchanged). You can optionally also bundle-in various gadget gifts.
Previously, the operator enabled new customers to bundle-in a 32″ LG Full HD Smart TV, but now new customers can optionally choose from various different technology and gadgets, such as an Apple TV HD, Nest Audio, Nest Hub with Nest Audio, Amazon Echo Show 5 and 2nd Generation Google Nest Hub on their 4G plans.
On 5G plans you also get the additional option of an Apple TV 4K box and 5G Hub with Next Hub, Next Audio and Chromecast TV streaming device. The device you pick, if so desired, will slightly increase the monthly price of the package, which varies depending upon the value of the kit.
New customers can also choose a 12-month minimum contract term, but this does tend to add a few extra pounds to the monthly price you may. One catch with Three’s Home Broadband service is that their availability checker is still quite restrictive, which means that some consumers will live in areas where they can’t officially order the packages, even though the operator may have a good 4G or 5G signal in your area. Admittedly, you can get around this by purchasing an unlimited data SIM and 4G router separately, but that may be more expensive.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook and Linkedin.
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Standby for the crap network, contention, can’t afford backhaul type comments.
No need to ‘standby’ for one of the troll Randy’s comments…
Will she have yet another oblivious ranting meltdown?
Bless her.
“Standby for people posting their fair opinions on Three”
Just maybe, because its true…..
is it wrong, though?
I’m currently in a semi rural location. Even the performance on EE isn’t much to write home about (3-6Mbps), but 3 is next-level awful, sub-1Mbps. A far cry from the days where 3/T-Mobile had wonderful HSPA speeds everywhere!
Fortunately the FTTC is rock solid 80Mbps sync, so I’m not reliant on it.
@Ivor yes it’s wrong, in some areas, that’s the point.
I’m getting a solid 200-280Mbps on 5G and I expect that could get faster when Neos networks start providing 10Gbps backhaul in my area.
Compared with the best fixed line alternative (34/5 FTTC) it’s a steal.
At the start of 2020 my mast couldn’t achieve 1Mbps at peak time, but the network upgrade has seen a complete transformation. The only problem is that 4G is still quite slow, under 20Mbps, so anyone using a 4G device would get a very different impression of the network.
I’m glad it works well for you, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be criticised by people whose local masts have not been pampered. You could say the same for any network, e.g. those who always moan about not yet having FTTP every time Openreach is mentioned.
The usual “hardly anyone is using 5G right now” caveat applies to performance figures. Just as how 4G looked amazing before we all got compatible handsets.
I’d agree except this is an article about a home broadband service with limited geographic availability. Comments about poor network quality in places where they’re not selling that service are irrelevant and misleading. It would be like me saying FTTP is terrible because I can only get FTTC.
If they’re selling 5G home broadband at your address, by definition your local mast has been “pampered”. They’re not selling it in my area yet, I assume because my local mast hasn’t been pampered enough (waiting for 10Gbps backhaul before they can switch on the full 100MHz of 5G spectrum) so I tested it thoroughly before committing to buying my own 5G router.
I wouldn’t put my main mobile phone sim on Three yet (or O2 or Vodafone) because network quality away from home is important there, and all three of those networks have too many places with coverage or congestion issues in east anglia. But that has no bearing on my decision to use Three 5G for home broadband.
FTTP is 9 months away for me so will stick with current sim. No backhaul issues here and Band 20 and 32 2CA make the long distance to the mast not an issue either. Will keep them as a back up in case the FTTP goes down with a low cost monthly sim you can add a months unlimited data to online.
Since temporarily moving back in with the parent, I haven’t needed my 4G home WiFi. When I’m back in my own place will definitely consider a new data plan.
My previous village had excellent speeds that were consistent.
Coverage & speed has improved around South Wales, including the Valleys.
Good to know there’s more attractive offers.
It’s O2 that are lagging behind these days!
Just signed up! will save me from using my phone as a hotspot all the time, and at this price its hard to say no
I thought for about 20 seconds this might be useful, then ran a speedtest on “4G+”, and got 2.5mbits.
So, eh, I won’t bother.
Best comment ever! Seriously, in my experience with them and the pitiful speeds I saw it wasn’t even worth zero for my last 3 months (because of the contention) let alone £14 a month.
Purchasing an unlimited SIM and a Teltonika RUT950 works a treat for me even with, as Mark said, the Home broadband not being available on the checker. Contracts just about to come to an end and I’ll certainly be renewing. FTTC is just not an option for me given the shocking speeds it produces. I’m pleased with the 50/20 I’m getting on 3. Long may it continue.
You can get around the restrictive Checker by using this link 🙂
http://www.three.co.uk/store/broadband/home-broadband/three5ghomebroadband
Ive done it and ordered with no issues 🙂
Thanks Sam that works a treat
even if 3’s service works well for you, I can’t work out why you’d want to pay more if 5G isn’t available. Couldn’t you just get the cheaper tariff and buy your own Apple TV or Chromecast?
They don’t sell 5G home broadband in every area that’s 5G enabled, or outside the official coverage area. And they don’t sell 4G home broadband in every area either. They would only sell me a 4G “mobile broadband” package – which bizarrely included a Huawei B535 home router anyway! – and I had to buy my 5G router separately. They are not cheap. I had already checked there was good 5G performance using a phone sim.
If it works, this link would have been very useful to me back in January. They are still not selling 5G home broadband in my area but it looks like they have started selling 4G home broadband again.
Correction- they are still only selling 4G mobile broadband at my address. Just a generic “We’re on our way” result for home broadband, and a redirect to the mobile broadband packages.
Worked a treat – many thanks for the Link Sam.
Not expecting anything but poor/mediocre speeds where I live – but I use Three for smarthome devices (plugs, bulbs etc.), Amazon devices and the like – keeps them out of the way from my main network (on EE) for streaming and all else – and I’ve just chopped the last Three card I had for this purpose – so this is a bit of a bonus – with a router thrown in. If Three performance improves, then it’s a further bonus.
In areas without carrier aggregation (4G+) you can force your phone/router to Band 3 or 7 to get better speeds.
And in area’s without carrier aggregation you can expect it to provide no more bandwidth than area’s with.
Three doesn’t even have B7…..
@Bubbles
Oops, I mean: 1/3/32
Possibly perfect for us to use in a holiday home. Does anyone know if the issue with Sky Q on demand has been fixed yet?
Yep, no issues here (using the 3internet APN).
Thanks Dan
I have been using it with Sky Q for the last couple of years with no issues.
@James
There certainly used to be an issue, and it wasn’t that long ago.. I experienced it with my old Sky+HD box, and there were a number of forum posts from users having the same issue (with both Sky+HD and Sky Q boxes), as well as a page on Three’s website acknowledging the problem.
However, I reactivated my Sky subscription a few months ago (now with the Sky Q box) and the issue seems to have been resolved.
It isnt consistant quality to rely on. When pushed hard they reckoned i’d get 22speed only. Hotspot on phone with them varies 2 to 35 so no point relying on 3 for broadband only.
Sounds good deal, better than that I’m been on for just over for just over 12 months. Vastly superior to 3Mbps/300kbps ADSL2+ (too far from cabinet and FTTP still promised at some time in the future).
Speed varies but mainly comparable to a 80/20 service.
Just because it sounds a good deal doesn’t mean it is Brian. My last 3 months them (which they gave me free!) was endured with sub 3Mbps every evening from 5:30pm onwards, which was a shame because at 2am it’d do 200Mbps, but it was totally unreliable for me at delivering whatever speed you’d get and when.
Tried 4G?
Great network for me, 100Mbps+ most of the time, been using them for home broadband for the last three years.
This is perfect timing as my contract has been rolling monthly for the last few months.
Still using the old B310 I got originally but occasionality I have seen it hit the 150Mbps limit so maybe time to upgrade with this new offering.
No 5G yet but have been told it is coming within the next twelve months.
Anyone know when Three will refarm 3G into 4G in Northampton? some areas have zero to one bar signal here (& thats outdoors) shocking. Wish we could get the 4G broadband from Three.
Three are now offering the ZTE 5G hub for £21 per month (24m contract)
I live in Woodford Green (east London) and am trying to find an alternative to my 100Mb/s Virgin Media which is now out of contract and costing £46 a month whilst they are offering it to new customers for £18. There are no other fixed broadband alternatives in my area it seems and I’ve just done the coverage checkers for 4G+ and 5G and am getting nothing. (There seems to be strong 5G coverage in the park 100m from my house and then ‘outdoor only’ over mine and adjacent roads.
I just had a online chat with Vodafone and he said that I could get a 5G Gigacube but the coverage is ‘limited’ and would likely be 1 or 2 bars in the house. I’d really appreciate any advice as I really don’t know enough about the options to work out what to do.
I also have a TP-Link DECO mesh setup at home, with the Virgin hub in modem mode and the DECO as the router. Would this be possible with a Gigacube? Thanks!