littlesheep
Casual Member
I'm suffering from a rubbish ADSL2 fixed broadband, can't get fibre, so want to try mobile broadband instead.
Cell Mapper tells me that my house is supposed to be within cells from:
EE: 2 masts both with B1 and B3
Vodafone: 1 mast with B20 (800 MHz)
3 Mobile: 2 masts with B1, B3 and B20
My iPhone 14 (with EE) sometimes gives me a 5G signal, usually when I'm in the garden. Inside I get a weak 4G signal generally. If I use my phone as a hotspot and lean it against an upstairs window I can get good bandwidth but it's not that stable or reliable.
Since Cell Mapper doesn't show any N28 or N78 masts so I am guessing that EE's 5G signal is carried over one of the older 4G frequencies B1 or B3?
I like the idea of an outdoor router so I don't have to mess around with antennas so much.
I'm looking at a couple of options, a Huawei Pro 2 Win and a Four Faith FNB600. The Huawei is a bit cheaper, and from a better-known brand, and gets good reviews, but doesn't cover the N28 band.
From what I have researched I don't think we have the N28 band here (yet) so I'm tempted to just buy the Huawei. Does that seem like a reasonable decision? Or is it a bit silly to buy something that doesn't cover N28 when it is being rolled out now? How likely is it that Cell Mapper is out of date?
Cell Mapper tells me that my house is supposed to be within cells from:
EE: 2 masts both with B1 and B3
Vodafone: 1 mast with B20 (800 MHz)
3 Mobile: 2 masts with B1, B3 and B20
My iPhone 14 (with EE) sometimes gives me a 5G signal, usually when I'm in the garden. Inside I get a weak 4G signal generally. If I use my phone as a hotspot and lean it against an upstairs window I can get good bandwidth but it's not that stable or reliable.
Since Cell Mapper doesn't show any N28 or N78 masts so I am guessing that EE's 5G signal is carried over one of the older 4G frequencies B1 or B3?
I like the idea of an outdoor router so I don't have to mess around with antennas so much.
I'm looking at a couple of options, a Huawei Pro 2 Win and a Four Faith FNB600. The Huawei is a bit cheaper, and from a better-known brand, and gets good reviews, but doesn't cover the N28 band.
From what I have researched I don't think we have the N28 band here (yet) so I'm tempted to just buy the Huawei. Does that seem like a reasonable decision? Or is it a bit silly to buy something that doesn't cover N28 when it is being rolled out now? How likely is it that Cell Mapper is out of date?























