Sip
Pro Member
Hi
I bought a B525 in Jan to replace my home fibre from Zen Internet. I live in a rural area and could only receive a download of 35Mbps and an upload of 5Mbps, which was fine, but I was paying £50 per month for the privilege. With B525 and an Unlimited sim from Smarty (£20 per month) I can now receive speeds of 60+ Mbps d/load and 25Mbps upload!!
The issue I have is that this speed isn't constant (can drop down to 5 Mbps download - sometimes less) and can sometimes drop altogether. While I expect the speed to fluctuate, sometimes it's all or nearly nothing. Watching iPlayer/Netflix can see buffering 2 or 3 times during an hour film!
I am about 2.5 miles from the mast and in a dip and I have the router pointing in the mast direction in an upstairs window. The mast I am connected to has the I.D. 11511 and it says that Bands 1,3 & 20 are available. I'm not sure what my router is connecting to, but I've heard that you can lock the router to a band for a more robust connection - although I can not find anything in the router setting that allows this. I have the option -2G, 3G, 4G or Auto with a provider switch for either Manual or Auto. I have also noticed that sometimes the web interface which always shows 4G, has occasionally shown 4G+, but only for 10 seconds at a time.
Does anyone know how I can stabalise the connection better and throw some light on the correct banding?
Thank you
I bought a B525 in Jan to replace my home fibre from Zen Internet. I live in a rural area and could only receive a download of 35Mbps and an upload of 5Mbps, which was fine, but I was paying £50 per month for the privilege. With B525 and an Unlimited sim from Smarty (£20 per month) I can now receive speeds of 60+ Mbps d/load and 25Mbps upload!!
The issue I have is that this speed isn't constant (can drop down to 5 Mbps download - sometimes less) and can sometimes drop altogether. While I expect the speed to fluctuate, sometimes it's all or nearly nothing. Watching iPlayer/Netflix can see buffering 2 or 3 times during an hour film!
I am about 2.5 miles from the mast and in a dip and I have the router pointing in the mast direction in an upstairs window. The mast I am connected to has the I.D. 11511 and it says that Bands 1,3 & 20 are available. I'm not sure what my router is connecting to, but I've heard that you can lock the router to a band for a more robust connection - although I can not find anything in the router setting that allows this. I have the option -2G, 3G, 4G or Auto with a provider switch for either Manual or Auto. I have also noticed that sometimes the web interface which always shows 4G, has occasionally shown 4G+, but only for 10 seconds at a time.
Does anyone know how I can stabalise the connection better and throw some light on the correct banding?
Thank you























