Mifi on 3UK

Edited by deleted (Thu 22-Dec-11 00:12:30)

Nice.
For people in the places where ADSL is poor but 3G is better then mobile broadband has to be a real consideration.

I used to dread wet and windy weather, the BRAS profile on the line would drop and take several days to come back up to just 1.5 Mbits. Rotten old BT line with squirrels eating through the cable is no longer an issue for me, or indeed BT sending out engineers to find the fault and it taking until the fourth visit for them to find the fault, then BT trying to charge me for the first 3 visits when they didn't find the fault even though it was eventually found on their network. I had to get my MP involved to sort that out & eventually I had a phone call from the BT Chairman's office admitting I didn't owe them for those 3 engineer visits because the fault was on their network about 400m from my home.
I can't see myself ever going back to a land line at my location unless by some miracle they install fibre optics directly to my house. Wireless 4G is much more likely in the next few years.

The thing is, you can buy a Mifi or dongle & test it where you're going to use it and if it's better you can dump ADSL (and even the line) when the contract expires. No more BT line rental increases or engineer call out charges.

BTW, how did you get 30GB/month ?

Edited by deleted (Thu 22-Dec-11 10:21:03)

Also worth pointing out that people are seeing good signals from MiFi in cases where their phone gave a poor signal...

Another advantage you can leave the MiFi sat on a window sill with a good signal, and the WiFi to hook up your machine.

I've also found some of the other mobile broadband routers to be pretty good. They make a good addition to the keeping connected everywhere travel bag

Impressive.

At that rate in another 2 days you will have used up your months allowance and excessive usage charges will kick in!

What are you going to do for the remaining 24 days this billing period?

Like you I have the new HSPA+ 3UK MiFi (Huawei 856). I got some amazing speeds while taking the train up to family in Bucks, 8Mbs/3.5Mbs while on a moving train. Managed to watch iPlayer on the go. Unfortunately my home must be in some kind of 3G blackspot as I can just about manage 1.5Mbs/1Mbs It's a great device with very good pricing, I have 15GB/month for £15.99 on a one month rolling contract but am disappointed that due to the postcode lottery I lose on speed in my house

I now use the MiFi primarily to watch streamed Sky Go/iPlayer/Demand5 on my iPhone with a much better signal than my phone manges.

Edited by deleted (Fri 23-Dec-11 22:32:36)

After working out where the nearest 3 transmitter is and positioning the MiFi on the correct side of the house on the window sill:

ThinkBroadband Mobile Speedtest:
2.28Mbps/1.53Mbps

speedtest.net:
2.17Mbps/1.72Mbps (63ms ping)

Not too bad at all as a backup to my ADSL.

Edited by deleted (Sat 24-Dec-11 16:20:58)