Allan Collins
Casual Member
Hi,
Sorry in advance if this is too long winded...
I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to using 4G as the main source of Broadband.
Very soon I'll be moving out from a house that has FTTP with a decent constant 86Mbps (recently upgraded by BT from around 30 without any notice or extra cost) and going to live in a static caravan with only 4G available for 9 months whilst our new home is being built.
I've been looking at TP-Link starting with the TL-MR6400 at £73, then the Archer MR200 at £94 and finally the Archer mr600 v2 at around £140.
I then started to see the Fritz!box routers, which though much more expensive seemed to get excellent reviews and the specs I believe I need, the 6890 LTE, caught my eye at about £340, but no official supplier in the UK & confusing email replies from AVM support about working with UK providers and warranties has put me off.
Now I'm looking at Huawei and in a muddle with even more models to choose from out of the B535-232 at £105, the B818-263 at £185 and today I saw the 5G CPE Pro 2 at £380 which really complicated matters..
Testing with a phone inside the caravan I get a lowly 3-8Mbps on Vodafone & 9-13 outside, I'm going to test with numerous sims after getting the router.
Its going to be used for everything from using Ethernet to a TV for Catchup/Amazon etc, wireless for mobiles and the real issue, with an 18 Year olds Pc for gaming ( I've tried explaining that latency/lag will probably be an issue) but its falling on deaf ears.
The extra complication comes in the future, our new house is in the sticks and though BT fibre is available the Stay Fast Guarantee is only 15Mb so 4G is probably the way to go there as I can currently get 38Mb on my phone.
We probably won't see 5G for a year or more if ever, but you never know.
So I need something to cope with all the above; Dual band, at least two LAN sockets, maximum download speeds (just in case BT improve the fibre later) and the facility to add an Outside antenna.
If anybody gets to the bottom of this and replies with some help I'd be extremely grateful!
(with the above models, excluding Fritz!box, does the higher costs get you a noticeable improvement?)
Sorry in advance if this is too long winded...
I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to using 4G as the main source of Broadband.
Very soon I'll be moving out from a house that has FTTP with a decent constant 86Mbps (recently upgraded by BT from around 30 without any notice or extra cost) and going to live in a static caravan with only 4G available for 9 months whilst our new home is being built.
I've been looking at TP-Link starting with the TL-MR6400 at £73, then the Archer MR200 at £94 and finally the Archer mr600 v2 at around £140.
I then started to see the Fritz!box routers, which though much more expensive seemed to get excellent reviews and the specs I believe I need, the 6890 LTE, caught my eye at about £340, but no official supplier in the UK & confusing email replies from AVM support about working with UK providers and warranties has put me off.
Now I'm looking at Huawei and in a muddle with even more models to choose from out of the B535-232 at £105, the B818-263 at £185 and today I saw the 5G CPE Pro 2 at £380 which really complicated matters..
Testing with a phone inside the caravan I get a lowly 3-8Mbps on Vodafone & 9-13 outside, I'm going to test with numerous sims after getting the router.
Its going to be used for everything from using Ethernet to a TV for Catchup/Amazon etc, wireless for mobiles and the real issue, with an 18 Year olds Pc for gaming ( I've tried explaining that latency/lag will probably be an issue) but its falling on deaf ears.
The extra complication comes in the future, our new house is in the sticks and though BT fibre is available the Stay Fast Guarantee is only 15Mb so 4G is probably the way to go there as I can currently get 38Mb on my phone.
We probably won't see 5G for a year or more if ever, but you never know.
So I need something to cope with all the above; Dual band, at least two LAN sockets, maximum download speeds (just in case BT improve the fibre later) and the facility to add an Outside antenna.
If anybody gets to the bottom of this and replies with some help I'd be extremely grateful!
(with the above models, excluding Fritz!box, does the higher costs get you a noticeable improvement?)