I use 4G as I am too far from my flakey rural exchange to get anything over 3MB speeds.
The best set up I have come up with is

Asus RTN66U using Astrill VPN and merlin firmware as my main router.

You can use a 4G USB dongle with this but I use a Huawei B539s-22 as the modem and everything goes to the Asus router which is great at everything I throw at it - including VOIP, games, streaming and internet browsing.

To get any decent data I pay £50 a month to EE. It is a lot but it is the only way I can have a robust speedy connection at the moment.

fearby, i have a very similar set-up as you have. Are you using a dmz to connect your Huawei B539s-22 to the asus? or are you just plugging in the ethernet cable and thats it?

I am not using a vpn, but i do have some problems connecting to certain websites using this set up. If i connect direct to the huawei, i can reach all sites.

I cannot just go back to using the huawei itself as the performance is really bad when i have more than half a dozen devices connected to the router at the same time. My asus router does not suffer from any performance issues regardless of how many devices are connect, although certain websites cannot be reached.....ebuyer being one of them.

Yes I set the Asus as the DMZ.
I think the ebuyer.com issue may be due to CGNAT which is used with 4G by a lot of providers and makes some sites difficult. A VPN solves this.

Hi,

No-one has mentioned that mobile broadband providers tend to monitor how customers use their equipment. If they detect that you are using it for more than just as a mobile broadband device then they might close down your account citing breach of T's & C's. They don't want people using mobile broadband as a substitute for standard broadband.

HTH,

In reply to a post by mking90031:

They don't want people using mobile broadband as a substitute for standard broadband.

For the amount they charge I'd have thought that they would be more than happy!

In reply to a post by mking90031:

No-one has mentioned that mobile broadband providers tend to monitor how customers use their equipment. If they detect that you are using it for more than just as a mobile broadband device then they might close down your account citing breach of T's & C's. They don't want people using mobile broadband as a substitute for standard broadband.

I think you're confused. Mobile broadband is sold by data volume. They don't care how you use the data (as long as its legal). That means data SIM in a data device (e.g. tablet, laptop or MiFi or dongle).

Where it is complex is data on phone contracts and using that as a hotspot / tethering. Many voice & data contracts have issues with how the data is used. T-mobile used to have restrictions for example no VoIP (skype) usage. EE's 4G price plans have no such restrictions, they have no issue how you use the data, and the data stops when you run out of allowance (contract) or credit (prepay). You can then buy more or wait for the next month to start.