stoke1863
Regular Member
im in need of some help, i have tried these sims in my area all with issues.
I have just won a Draytek 2925 on ebay for £70
Obviously trying to keep my monthly costs down and a 12 month contract with three is pretty cheap. How would i go setting this up to spread my usage while also avoiding some of the negatives of Three and Voda i have highlighted?
i dont understand how to use cellmapper, so if anyone wants to look at the mast situation on my area my address is
Holmewood, Chesterfield, S42 5TN
- Three - use to be very good but in the last year of its use (last use was 2020) speeds would drop dramatically and web pages would hang like dial up in peak times. Was getting massively frustrating.
- Vodafone via Voxi - Faster than Three speeds around 35mb but there is something very bad in there backend in my area, while you are downloading a file latency/ping spikes to 650+ and max speed to 2mb which makes generally browsing or streaming impossible, have tried two routers with same results, i paid for AAISP and that helped a ton but thats extra money.
- O2 vIa Lyca and Giffgagff - Get 4g+ speeds on b525 (router says using band20 only) so 60-75mb dont have any outages or drops its almost perfect but..... FUP of 650GB... with two of us working from home (and big streamers and gamers) we use much more than 650GB, Lyca claim they don't have a FUP but as soon as i hit 650GB my max speed gets throttled to 500kbs, there customer service is awful, at least Giffgaff text me to say im breaking there FUP.
- EE - not tested but looking on cellmapper not sure they would be great?)
I have just won a Draytek 2925 on ebay for £70
Obviously trying to keep my monthly costs down and a 12 month contract with three is pretty cheap. How would i go setting this up to spread my usage while also avoiding some of the negatives of Three and Voda i have highlighted?
i dont understand how to use cellmapper, so if anyone wants to look at the mast situation on my area my address is
Holmewood, Chesterfield, S42 5TN























