mikeh
Casual Member
Hi, I'm new to 4G broadband, I did a bit of research using forums like this and I want to tell my experience after 6 months of using 4G.
I live in rural spot and never had decent broadband, 2mb with asdl and 15mb down and 1mb up with FTTC. A friend, who uses EE, did a speed check one day on his phone one day and he achieved 70mb in the house and not the best spot either. That is when I started to research the 4G.
I bought a Huawei B535-235 last September for £100 and put in a EE PAYGO sim card. From the cellmapper site I knew where the transmitters were (1Km away) and placing the router in the same location as my landline router I managed to get the same speeds and better. This was ideal as I have 2 ethernet cables in use. My landline broadband contract was ending in November so I decided to cancel the landline service and went to the EE 200gb pay monthly phone sim which is more than enough for me as I live alone.
A bonus with the phone sim and the B535-235 is the ability to use the landline phone for the free calls. I had a BT Business Hub from my asdl days and with that came a double adapter phone socket and plug so I use that to connect the landline phone to the router. All I have done with the router settings is use internal antennas only and set the network search to auto. When i'm using the phone the router light goes to a dark blue in 3G mode. It always reverts back to 4G after use.
I have achieved 160mb down and 30mb up and during midday get 70mb+ in my old router spot so I'm very happy. Lucky the mast is so close and uncongested. Honestly do not need such speeds but It's nice to have after years of slow broadband. I needed the better upload speed for viewing remotely my CCTV cameras .
Thanks for all the info and hope this may help somebody like me. Here are my midday signal stats.
I live in rural spot and never had decent broadband, 2mb with asdl and 15mb down and 1mb up with FTTC. A friend, who uses EE, did a speed check one day on his phone one day and he achieved 70mb in the house and not the best spot either. That is when I started to research the 4G.
I bought a Huawei B535-235 last September for £100 and put in a EE PAYGO sim card. From the cellmapper site I knew where the transmitters were (1Km away) and placing the router in the same location as my landline router I managed to get the same speeds and better. This was ideal as I have 2 ethernet cables in use. My landline broadband contract was ending in November so I decided to cancel the landline service and went to the EE 200gb pay monthly phone sim which is more than enough for me as I live alone.
A bonus with the phone sim and the B535-235 is the ability to use the landline phone for the free calls. I had a BT Business Hub from my asdl days and with that came a double adapter phone socket and plug so I use that to connect the landline phone to the router. All I have done with the router settings is use internal antennas only and set the network search to auto. When i'm using the phone the router light goes to a dark blue in 3G mode. It always reverts back to 4G after use.
I have achieved 160mb down and 30mb up and during midday get 70mb+ in my old router spot so I'm very happy. Lucky the mast is so close and uncongested. Honestly do not need such speeds but It's nice to have after years of slow broadband. I needed the better upload speed for viewing remotely my CCTV cameras .
Thanks for all the info and hope this may help somebody like me. Here are my midday signal stats.