uknowiama
Super Pro Member
My girlfriends house is in the middle of no where. She currently has ADSL from BT max download 8Mbps and upload of 500Kbps.
Gigaclear are building out to them, but they have been waiting for ages and the current estimate is Q2 of 2023.
A simpler set up is Starlink - on top of a common - top of hill - good visibiltiy of sky - few trees around. No contract. Expensive. But might be stomached until fibre is available.
So looking at setting up a 4G connection. Unfortunately with a phone on VF or EE - is band 20? 800Mhz. 2 to 3 Mbps. Same using 4G router - I have a TP Link Archer MR600. 3G is actually better at 5Mbps.
However, she lives on a small holding with a barn and stables with power on. So there is the possibility of locating the router and antenna in an out building where there is a better reception and have a wireless ethernet link back to the main house.
So been doing some testing of signal with just the router, and finding out where the cell towers and found a good location. I have bought a 4G poynting directional antenna. Some brief testing in this location - got down max of 39.9.
Anyone able to offer any advice on how to proceed? Or general advice on setting up 4G connection? I have built a stand (well bike maintenance stand) with the antenna mounted on and am looking to do some more testing (was previously holding the air). Also looking to see if can get the antenna up higher.
Thanks in advance
Gigaclear are building out to them, but they have been waiting for ages and the current estimate is Q2 of 2023.
A simpler set up is Starlink - on top of a common - top of hill - good visibiltiy of sky - few trees around. No contract. Expensive. But might be stomached until fibre is available.
So looking at setting up a 4G connection. Unfortunately with a phone on VF or EE - is band 20? 800Mhz. 2 to 3 Mbps. Same using 4G router - I have a TP Link Archer MR600. 3G is actually better at 5Mbps.
However, she lives on a small holding with a barn and stables with power on. So there is the possibility of locating the router and antenna in an out building where there is a better reception and have a wireless ethernet link back to the main house.
So been doing some testing of signal with just the router, and finding out where the cell towers and found a good location. I have bought a 4G poynting directional antenna. Some brief testing in this location - got down max of 39.9.
Anyone able to offer any advice on how to proceed? Or general advice on setting up 4G connection? I have built a stand (well bike maintenance stand) with the antenna mounted on and am looking to do some more testing (was previously holding the air). Also looking to see if can get the antenna up higher.
Thanks in advance























