- Location
- Northumberland
Had a look at your county council digital connectivity web site & it is similar to the Northumberland one. which funded the kit mentioned above. Suggest you phone them & see if they have anything helpfull to say
That's crap. After 5 years on 4g broadband BT, after much pushing from the council, came down our road with fibre. ( 24 properties in all ) We now have fttp. 300 meg for £45 a month. Not dear as we can run 2 houses & 2 offices on the one connection. The phones work through the fibre now so also done away with 3 copper lines. Can you get your parish council to lobby for you. Ours were instamental in getting our scheme moving.BT can attach me to a fibre connection at the cost of £3500 to the government, for which I would pay £45 a month for 10meg. A con. They put the poles up last year ready for the cable, but then just went away...
I am in Ceredigion. There seems to be a scheme which if you sign up, and enough of your neighbours sign up, the council will let private companies know so they can target an area. The main one locally say they cannot "see" me, and anyway it is £40 a month...(and their website has been down for a week, not a good sign!) BT can attach me to a fibre connection at the cost of £3500 to the government, for which I would pay £45 a month for 10meg. A con. They put the poles up last year ready for the cable, but then just went away...
With a decent 4G signal providing your service there will be far less problems than a crap landline service.My daughter says with EE 4g the latency will be too bad for her to do her teaching live on line .
We use AirbandWe use a P2P rural system supplied by quickline. quickline.co.uk
There are other providers
I was on 2.5 mbps down and 0.8 up on a good day with BTProvider says I have 5 m download at router. my computer says 0.13 down and 0.55 up. put new router,wire, and a laptop straight from the openreach wall box, It also says 0.13. any Ideas, supposed to be an engineer from openreach to look at line,Look out there`s a` flying pig`.
Anyone using EE 4gee for broadband, any good?
After the 5th Openreach engineer failed to find the fault that is causing my broadband to be below 0.1mg, he told me about getting a dongle and running 3, and he checked and he said I should get around 5mg which would be really lovely. He lives a couple of miles from me, higher up, and gets 17mg, for which he said he paid £11 a month.
I checked 3 website and it says I cannot get a signal, but all their plans were a lot more than £11! So I sort of gave up, as loading a website takes minutes...
So would some kind person explain to me how it all works? I gather I get a dongle, stick it somewhere or other and I get broadband. Only I would not in the house. So can I stick something outside and wire it in? Is that expensive and what is it called?
What happens to the land line? I would like to keep it as there is very little mobile signal around here, although I presume any mobile could wifi a signal. My current phone (8 years old and fully working) does not do 4G, so presumably I would have to buy a new phone. So with the costs of a new phone, paying for the landline and the dongle and the equipment outside, is it worth it? Or have I got it wrong?
Right, going for a lie down as all that hurt the little grey cells!
Srange happenings, no sign of any engineers here, phoned Daisy 30 mins ago to say I still have no usable internet, when are they going to fix it, I not quick, they can stuff their line, suddenly now up to 4 meg after five days at 0.16 or less.
My daughter says with EE 4g the latency will be too bad for her to do her teaching live on line . Anyone able to say if this is so ?
Here is a screen shot of a speed test when we were on EE 4G broadband.My daughter says with EE 4g the latency will be too bad for her to do her teaching live on line . Anyone able to say if this is so ?
The Openreach engineer came out yesterday, remember my speed was 4mb since I complained again on Monday night, It is now back down to 0.2mb since he left.
Phoned Daisy this morning, `Due to the length of my line from the exchange,that is the best I will Get` ??. Who are these people they employ on switchboards?
Can see the EE mast from my kitchen window so will have to call them to see what deals they can do.
Errrr. You will need to speak to someone about a data SIM card.Don't call EE, just do it yourself. It really is simple, especially if you can see the mast
I wouldn't hesitate to dump BT. With EE this morning I got 68mbps but tonight only 20. So EE is more variable than a landline for me but variable on a whole different, faster, zone altogether. I'm 5 miles from the mast, Cardigan Bay.Errrr. You will need to speak to someone about a data SIM card.
Sounds good if you can see the mast, should not need an external antenna. Best results if the router has clear sight of the mast. As @Ukjay says, set up is simple, just replace your landline router with a 4g one. EE will provide a (basic ) router with a contract. Are you sure it is an EE mast.