Tony Gamble
ULTIMATE Member
I live next door to a block of flats covered in cellphone aerials.
By luck, and guidance from here, I ventured from BT copper wire to broadband using Smarty. It works superbly and I get speeds of over 200 down most of the time.
The experienced folk around here countenance me to have a back up for when either Three goes down or my Huawei router does the same.
I wanted to test the other signals nearby so took advice on the least expensive way of getting sims to test them with.
I got a 1p sim for a tenner. That gave me the EE signal but as it is only around 100 down I assume that either EE has no 5g on the building or that it is capped/curbed. I guess it is more likely to be the latter but I am not sure how else to test.
I bought a £1 Lycamobile to test o2 but it would not let me in without paying any more money.
As I already had a GiffGaff sim for o2 that had not yet been activated I bought a ten pound package and decided to forget Lyca. It produces around 100 which is adequate for a short term substitute. I also feel GiffGaff will suit me as I can keep the sim and simply re-activate it when I need it.
Voxi cost me a tenner and that is a good 5g speedster and the speed is 5g and similar to my Three. Maybe i can reactivate that sim when my tenner's worth dies. Worth a thought.
Final thoughts.
I wonder if EE and o2 are really that slow. My postcode is SW6 3UP. Maybe there is 5g around that I am not getting for some reason.
Is GiffGaff the only system that allows you to retain a sim card and only activate for a month as a backup.
Safety first is a boring old subject so I don't expect this thread will last long - but it will always be there for newbies like me who follow on.
Tony
By luck, and guidance from here, I ventured from BT copper wire to broadband using Smarty. It works superbly and I get speeds of over 200 down most of the time.
The experienced folk around here countenance me to have a back up for when either Three goes down or my Huawei router does the same.
I wanted to test the other signals nearby so took advice on the least expensive way of getting sims to test them with.
I got a 1p sim for a tenner. That gave me the EE signal but as it is only around 100 down I assume that either EE has no 5g on the building or that it is capped/curbed. I guess it is more likely to be the latter but I am not sure how else to test.
I bought a £1 Lycamobile to test o2 but it would not let me in without paying any more money.
As I already had a GiffGaff sim for o2 that had not yet been activated I bought a ten pound package and decided to forget Lyca. It produces around 100 which is adequate for a short term substitute. I also feel GiffGaff will suit me as I can keep the sim and simply re-activate it when I need it.
Voxi cost me a tenner and that is a good 5g speedster and the speed is 5g and similar to my Three. Maybe i can reactivate that sim when my tenner's worth dies. Worth a thought.
Final thoughts.
I wonder if EE and o2 are really that slow. My postcode is SW6 3UP. Maybe there is 5g around that I am not getting for some reason.
Is GiffGaff the only system that allows you to retain a sim card and only activate for a month as a backup.
Safety first is a boring old subject so I don't expect this thread will last long - but it will always be there for newbies like me who follow on.
Tony























