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Post by lollygagger on Dec 25, 2020 15:32:24 GMT
When my stuff tethers but no internet it's ALWAYS the phone not connecting to internet due to poor signal for a variety of reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 15:56:27 GMT
I don't really understand why anyone still pays for a land line with internet when you can pretty much 'eat all you can' for £20 p/m. I'm not sure exactly what your problem is Ricco, but so long as you have a mobile phone hanging high up with the hotspot enabled, you should pick up the WiFi hotspot Ok downstars....well unless you now live in a castle or lighthouse.
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Post by thebfg on Dec 25, 2020 17:08:07 GMT
I don't really understand why anyone still pays for a land line with internet when you can pretty much 'eat all you can' for £20 p/m. I'm not sure exactly what your problem is Ricco, but so long as you have a mobile phone hanging high up with the hotspot enabled, you should pick up the WiFi hotspot Ok downstars....well unless you now live in a castle or lighthouse. Our new contract with sky is fibre and we have no line rental but still have a PAYG phone plugged into the router. Not that we ever use it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 17:16:30 GMT
I don't really understand why anyone still pays for a land line with internet when you can pretty much 'eat all you can' for £20 p/m. I'm not sure exactly what your problem is Ricco, but so long as you have a mobile phone hanging high up with the hotspot enabled, you should pick up the WiFi hotspot Ok downstars....well unless you now live in a castle or lighthouse. Our new contract with sky is fibre and we have no line rental but still have a PAYG phone plugged into the router. Not that we ever use it. How much are you paying once you add your fibre to your moblie?
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Post by thebfg on Dec 25, 2020 17:18:46 GMT
Loads. 3 phone contracts and sky but at least there's no line rental. 😀
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 17:22:21 GMT
Loads. 3 phone contracts and sky but at least there's no line rental. 😀 I'm not sure what the line rental thing is all about nowdays, but I renember when BT had lots of spare fibre and held it off to the highest bidders.
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Post by thebfg on Dec 25, 2020 17:30:34 GMT
Loads. 3 phone contracts and sky but at least there's no line rental. 😀 I'm not sure what the line rental thing is all about nowdays, but I renember when BT had lots of spare fibre and held it off to the highest bidders. Its about 50 for sky. Superfast Internet, allthe channels and sky sports.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 17:41:20 GMT
I'm not sure what the line rental thing is all about nowdays, but I renember when BT had lots of spare fibre and held it off to the highest bidders. Its about 50 for sky. Superfast Internet, allthe channels and sky sports. Ok, fair enough. May I pick up the spare '1's and '0's under your table?
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 25, 2020 17:49:33 GMT
Are phone and dongle on the same network? Does the phone do internet stuff upstairs and downstairs if it's not tethering? How does it all work outside, back and front? Phone is on Giffgaff. For £6 a month I get more than I need. Reception is excellent everywhere. Dongle uses Smarty £10 a month for 30gb. No, or very sketchy reception downstairs but ok upstairs. I should mention that my house is a semi cave, with rock reaching up to within a couple of feet of the roof at the rear. I suppose the ideal thing would be to ditch Giigaff, get a new phone on which the hotspot works. I could then connect downstairs and save £6 A month. I wouldn't be able to use the phone downstairs though, far from ideal. On balance I'd be happy to keep paying the £16 total each month providing that I can connect downstairs. I can get another cheap smartphone that would do the job for £50 or so. Is there anything else available that would do the same job, router or. If or something? I don't understand. I should add that my dongle is 3g, that works upstairs, so 3g will do.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 25, 2020 18:00:39 GMT
I suppose what I need is something that I can plug into the mains upstairs that will accept my internet sim card and release a hotspot signal that I can then connect to with my laptop downstairs. I know a smartphone can do this. I don't know what other type of devices might do this and when I try to find out I quickly lose patience because I don't understand any of the tech speak gobblygook.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 18:01:35 GMT
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 25, 2020 18:09:41 GMT
Thanks is it worth me spending this much when I can get a phone for less than £50?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 18:14:05 GMT
If the signal is ok then a phone is probably the best option yes. Someone else already pointed that out.
Using a phone also means you don't have to fiddle with the tiny little SIM which is a bonus.
They get smaller and smaller. I remember when they were the size of a bank card which was much more practical.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 18:17:57 GMT
Someone else more knowledgeable on this like @nemesis or lollygagger will know but I am wondering if you can somehow test just how good the signal actually is on the upper deck of the house. If it's a bit iffy then maybe something with proper aerials might be worth looking into. The aerial can be unscrewed and connected to an extension so could be placed on a windowsill, for example, if that helped. You can't do that with a smartphone.
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 25, 2020 18:25:47 GMT
Someone else more knowledgeable on this like @nemesis or lollygagger will know but I am wondering if you can somehow test just how good the signal actually is on the upper deck of the house. If it's a bit iffy then maybe something with proper aerials might be worth looking into. The aerial can be unscrewed and connected to an extension so could be placed on a windowsill, for example, if that helped. You can't do that with a smartphone. Look at the signal strength/3g/4g icon that's always at the top of your phone? If the phone connects, so does everything connected to it, there is no grey area other than speed which depends on a lot of things and Laptops/PC's use different more data intensive versions of the sites hence the operators being iffy about tethering in the past. When I built a Website for my business 10 years ago I had to make different versions of the whole site for smartphones, tablets and desktops.
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