Mumbles
Member
Hi forum
I have been going through this forum and like many others asking advice I line in a village in a rural area with poor broadband choices. But can't seem to see anything for someone with sketchy 4g.
ATM I have been on a painfully slow but about tolerable landline BB through John lewis. It has been a struggle with two of us working from home at about 4mbps down 1mbps up. But in recent weeks even that has slowed and it is now intolerable and fibre looks like it will never happen. So now looking at mobile.
Problem is, on O2 in my smartphone I tend to get 4G about 10%, but mostly H+, sometimes but not always improved by being upstairs, near the window etc. I bought some PAYG Sims and it seems Vodafone is a little better but about 50/50.
My thoughts were to get a router with a decent arial hoping it is more likely than my smartphone to get an more improved and stable 4g signal if I leave it by the upstairs window. Having read the posts here I'm not too certain.
My questions really are
1) as above, are the Arials better than in my Oneplus 3 smartphone
2) would a decent router also pick up 3G H+ in case
3) can a good H+ connection outperform what I am currently getting on the landline , tests on my phone suggest it might, but don't know the theory
4) would Vodafone be restricting band access and I might see better results on a contract SIM
From reading the posts it seems I might be able to trial a router with various SIM cards, but if it is the weaker Huawei 525 or 535 would investment in an 818 make the difference.
This is before I even start on Arials. Im sure I know where the masts are, just seem to be in the middle of two about 0.75miles away with houses and trees
Sorry, lot of questions. Just don't want to waste a couple of hundred pounds.
Many thanks
I have been going through this forum and like many others asking advice I line in a village in a rural area with poor broadband choices. But can't seem to see anything for someone with sketchy 4g.
ATM I have been on a painfully slow but about tolerable landline BB through John lewis. It has been a struggle with two of us working from home at about 4mbps down 1mbps up. But in recent weeks even that has slowed and it is now intolerable and fibre looks like it will never happen. So now looking at mobile.
Problem is, on O2 in my smartphone I tend to get 4G about 10%, but mostly H+, sometimes but not always improved by being upstairs, near the window etc. I bought some PAYG Sims and it seems Vodafone is a little better but about 50/50.
My thoughts were to get a router with a decent arial hoping it is more likely than my smartphone to get an more improved and stable 4g signal if I leave it by the upstairs window. Having read the posts here I'm not too certain.
My questions really are
1) as above, are the Arials better than in my Oneplus 3 smartphone
2) would a decent router also pick up 3G H+ in case
3) can a good H+ connection outperform what I am currently getting on the landline , tests on my phone suggest it might, but don't know the theory
4) would Vodafone be restricting band access and I might see better results on a contract SIM
From reading the posts it seems I might be able to trial a router with various SIM cards, but if it is the weaker Huawei 525 or 535 would investment in an 818 make the difference.
This is before I even start on Arials. Im sure I know where the masts are, just seem to be in the middle of two about 0.75miles away with houses and trees
Sorry, lot of questions. Just don't want to waste a couple of hundred pounds.
Many thanks