Martydibergi
Casual Member
So I decided that I have had enough of paying almost £50 for fibre broadband with Virgin and have finally managed to extricate myself from their clutches and I never want to use them again if I can help it. Unfortunately they are the only company where I live with fibre so that leaves me with only one option as far as I can see – a wireless solution.
Having done a bit of research I could either use my phone tethered to something like a Slate travel router (I would then connect my PC and TV via LAN) or get something like a Huawei B628 or similar.
My present phone is a lowly Moto G9 Play, new but very budget. I have tried to find out about the quality of modem in this (ie is it CAT6 or something like that) but have had no luck. The download speeds I can get with this on 4G are ahem, a bit on the low side, typically not even 1 mb/s though can be about 5mb/s occasionally. Using 3G (or H+) it’s usually about 5mb/s and can get up to 10. I have tested these firstly with 3 and then Vodaphone. I think probably EE will be the fastest and will try this next month.
So what do you think the best option for me is? A better phone (no idea how much of a difference this would make) and tether or home router. Other info is that I live on the ground floor in a flat and external antenna are an option though couldn’t be placed that high up. At the moment I am using my phone tethered to my PC and this is OK for most of what I want though I would like something more stable. Present setup would struggle with 4K/UHD streaming I think.
Having done a bit of research I could either use my phone tethered to something like a Slate travel router (I would then connect my PC and TV via LAN) or get something like a Huawei B628 or similar.
My present phone is a lowly Moto G9 Play, new but very budget. I have tried to find out about the quality of modem in this (ie is it CAT6 or something like that) but have had no luck. The download speeds I can get with this on 4G are ahem, a bit on the low side, typically not even 1 mb/s though can be about 5mb/s occasionally. Using 3G (or H+) it’s usually about 5mb/s and can get up to 10. I have tested these firstly with 3 and then Vodaphone. I think probably EE will be the fastest and will try this next month.
So what do you think the best option for me is? A better phone (no idea how much of a difference this would make) and tether or home router. Other info is that I live on the ground floor in a flat and external antenna are an option though couldn’t be placed that high up. At the moment I am using my phone tethered to my PC and this is OK for most of what I want though I would like something more stable. Present setup would struggle with 4K/UHD streaming I think.























