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I don't have 12 at the same time, probably only 9 at the same time routinely. I thought it meant if the same 12 devices were frequently used?

I think they mean "concurrent", not overall.
 
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Well, when you tether via phone or router it's these devices that advertise the "connected devices" upstream, I assume.

Of course, if you tether a wifi router then Connect your devices to that one it'll only report 1 connected device.

People say they (isps) do deep packet inspection and can work out how many devices there are by other means, but I find it unlikely this is the case or works well enough to count but in extreme cases.
 
Well, when you tether via phone or router it's these devices that advertise the "connected devices" upstream, I assume.

Of course, if you tether a wifi router then Connect your devices to that one it'll only report 1 connected device.

People say they (isps) do deep packet inspection and can work out how many devices there are by other means, but I find it unlikely this is the case or works well enough to count but in extreme cases.
This is the case with Three for sure, for the other networks with device amount restrictions I would assume the same too. They’d only be able to check with deep packet inspection as whether you tether your phone or use a router there is only going to be one device connected to the network - they’d have to inspect the traffic to detect how many are actually being used.

My opinion on the whole matter is that if they want to offer unlimited - it should be unlimited. 600GB or 1TB is not unlimited - it’s more than most would use, but it should be listed as 600GB not unlimited. If you offer unlimited and find some devices are abusing the network by constantly downloading at full speed then disconnect them. No need for arbitrary limits.
 
I don't think I've seen a reference to Three limiting the number of tethered devices. However I'm on Smarty at the moment anyway, but I do occasionally check Three to see whether it would be worth swapping to a contract.
 
Just to close the loop on this one, finally resolved the issue between the NHS laptop and B818, NHS I.T reset the network adapter (means nothing to me) and Teams has worked ok since this was done.

Just waiting for Black Friday before changing over to EE, hopefully some better deals will come out (ideally for less than 24months and not that keen to sign up for 24months in case 5G or something better comes along!)
 
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Hi madbroon, glad you've sorted out the NHS issue, that's great.

Re contract lengths and 5G, I think most/all pay monthly sim-only deals on EE can be used on 5G if your area has it.

Good luck on black friday!
 
Finally made the move and signed up to EE unlimited on an 18month contract for £24 a month which seems pretty reasonable, it is a 5G Sim so if it ever comes to my area I guess I'll be replacing the B818!
 
Finally made the move and signed up to EE unlimited on an 18month contract for £24 a month which seems pretty reasonable, it is a 5G Sim so if it ever comes to my area I guess I'll be replacing the B818!
That’s very good pricing. Where did you get that deal from?

Always thought EE were significantly more expensive.
 
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I just rang them up, I think the normal price was 31, then applied a 20% NHS discount code from "ee perks". Also got a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE for 26 pounds a month and no upfront cost. It only has 1gb data but can gift myself up to 120gb a month from the mobile broadband!
 
Pretty happy with the EE and B818, was streaming YouTube during the test as well!
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