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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 5, 2023 21:14:43 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 5, 2023 21:24:17 GMT
Yes, that's the one. Sercomm LTE2122GR (Three) 4G+ hub.
I shall try it with the internal antennae only, to see whether the lower signal with MIMO outperforms the better aerials without.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 5, 2023 21:31:57 GMT
I shall try it with the internal antennae only, to see whether the lower signal with MIMO outperforms the better aerials without. Nope, the rabbit ears are better: SNR 14dB rather than 9dB, power up from -80dBm to -77dBm. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 6, 2023 9:28:46 GMT
Wonder if 4G+ comes with that router, rather than Three ...
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Post by MartinT on Jan 6, 2023 10:35:48 GMT
Wonder if 4G+ comes with that router, rather than Three ... It requires the mast to be 4G+ capable, too, which ours is. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 6, 2023 15:38:37 GMT
Wonder if 4G+ comes with that router, rather than Three ... It requires the mast to be 4G+ capable, too, which ours is. No idea if ours is. Will find out before my contract is up |
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Post by orange55 on Jan 7, 2023 10:08:16 GMT
A friend of mine has just installed Star Link, which is internet from satellite. 100mbs speed, going to listen in a couple of weeks and he still has his BT fibre for a month so will be able to compare. The BT speed is slow hence he’s swapping.
I’ll report back on what I hear.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 7, 2023 10:11:20 GMT
Slightly wary of Star Link, Musk and all
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 7, 2023 13:15:42 GMT
You should be Mike, after a month or two in use you'll be listening to female vocal!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 7, 2023 16:40:30 GMT
Cannot have that !
Though I think Mimi, Mavis, Joni and a few others count as female
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Post by MartinT on Jan 25, 2023 10:19:22 GMT
Now that the dust has settled, we are very happy with the new 4G+ service from Three.
Performance is better and streaming seems glitch-free. It just works, which at the rate we got (£20/mo with the first 6 months at £10/mo), including a new router, cannot be argued with.
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Post by orange55 on Jan 25, 2023 16:42:48 GMT
A friend of mine has just installed Star Link, which is internet from satellite. 100mbs speed, going to listen in a couple of weeks and he still has his BT fibre for a month so will be able to compare. The BT speed is slow hence he’s swapping. I’ll report back on what I hear. An update on this post and the comparison of Star Link to BT Fibre. Star Link is the winner, everything just sounds cleaner, best of of describing it. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 28, 2023 15:33:55 GMT
MartinT do you have contact details for your very helpful salesman at the Three Basingstoke shop ? I ask as neighbour had a negative experience on 4G+ with our local shop and your guy might be the answer with my renewal coming up soon
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Post by MartinT on Feb 28, 2023 15:37:11 GMT
MartinT do you have contact details for your very helpful salesman at the Three Basingstoke shop ? Checking the receipt, I was assisted by 'Alexander' at the Three shop in Basingstoke Festival Place mall. The hub is a Sercomm Plus and the service is definitely 4G+ |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 28, 2023 16:00:34 GMT
Great, thanks
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 28, 2023 20:49:45 GMT
Daughter moved recently.
To save 2+ weeks wait for connection / engineer time, she went with Three 4G+.
Works but it's quite low speeds and this is in a reportedly good area for their 4G in Bournemouth.
She's just about okay with working from home video conferencing etc but it's not fast enough for even 2 basic tasks at once.
She's tried every room to and the flippy ear antennas..
She's getting a landline broadband installed and taking Three up on the their 1 month trial before contact starts.
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Post by MartinT on Feb 28, 2023 20:58:37 GMT
It's very much down to the signal strength and contention at the mast. I don't think there is too much at ours.
I've just got 108Mbps on Speedtest and that's with Ruth streaming downstairs, too.
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 28, 2023 21:15:28 GMT
Daughter moved recently. To save 2+ weeks wait for connection / engineer time, she went with Three 4G+. Works but it's quite low speeds and this is in a reportedly good area for their 4G in Bournemouth. She's just about okay with working from home video conferencing etc but it's not fast enough for even 2 basic tasks at once. She's tried every room to and the flippy ear antennas.. She's getting a landline broadband installed and taking Three up on the their 1 month trial before contact starts. Get her to try the least obvious places if she hasn't already I moved ours into this room, some way distant from what I thought was the best. Facing a wall. *Not* facing a window or door. As that is where the Bluesound is 30Mbps best so far and I'm still testing adjustments |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 2, 2023 11:02:05 GMT
I've just switched my SIM-only contract for the 4G music router from BT to EE, as they're getting rid of BT customers and putting them all under the EE umbrella. My previous deal was BT 100GB/mo for £25 and I'm now on EE 200GB/mo for £16.
The funniest thing is, it was all handled by the same operative cancelling my BT deal and initiating the EE contract!
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 2, 2023 11:46:33 GMT
Three not as good as EE ?
We need to be switched on to these crazy things with different/same organisations
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