Radio Broadband
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ff1d1l
pfm Member
We did for a few years until abvout a year ago. Used Smarty. It was very good at first, but degenerated to not able to watch video, although even then it was better than the shocking copper connection we had previously for many years. I don't know if this was from everyone in the locality jumping on, or Smarty throttling it. Have fibre now, not at speeds you see advertised, but, apart from when it goes off, adequate.
Gingerbeard
Ayup Me Duck
Yes, I did for a couple of years. It was okay and got me the 10mbs I needed to watch YouTube and listen to Spotify. It could be a bit temperamental but on the whole, it worked. You can get booster for outside as well, I was renting at the time so couldn’t take advantage of these but they should help you get a better connection and speed. I’m now back in the land of the living and after binning off Virgin (who‘s service was just awful), have a 1gb connection via EE which hasn’t skipped a beat, happy days
cctaylor
pfm Member
My sister and niece both got on reasonably well with it. My sister now is on fibre broadband as Openreach replaced the old copper recently (previously speeds were in low single figures). My niece is sticking with the radio service as her husband doesn't want Openreach drilling holes in their new self build house.
Copperjacket
pfm Member
Did he not install an incoming service duct?
cctaylor
pfm Member
When they were building, fibre was not on the horizon. Probably the last thing on Darren's mind. Not sure if they even put in a landline.
Then Openreach started prioritising the areas with the worst copper broadband. Anywhere which has less than 10 Mb. My late mum's house is next door and typically you 2.5 - 3.0 Mb on a good day.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
I would look at Starlink if you’re serious about off grid broadband. Great product. £75/month, but FTTP speeds.
Bought stacks of them for work. Even the ISP hardware is rock solid. And an absolute synch to set up.
Bought stacks of them for work. Even the ISP hardware is rock solid. And an absolute synch to set up.
absurd price. maybe if you are a business but not Fred Bloggs. I am trying Smarty in a TP-Link MR500 router and does a good job for general internet. 50Gb for £8pm
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Fine if you have a mobile signal, useless if you don't.
Also rock solid bandwidth, which I was unable to get on even EE Rapidsite (which is pretty much the UK gold standard for managed 4g/5g WAN solutions) with an aerial and pole in strong signal areas.
paulc
Registered User
Starlink makes no sense if you can get a good 5G signal. Weather can impact Starlink and the folks I know who have it are getting quite a variation in speeds.
With Three 5G @ £22 PM, junior gets 300 Mbps down, 50 up and latency under 20ms. That’s with the three supplied router.
Starlink is a godsend for those in rural places who have no alternative options though.
paulc
Registered User
Starlink makes no sense if you can get a good 5G signal. Weather can impact Starlink and the folks I know who have it are getting quite a variation in speeds.
With Three 5G @ £22 PM, junior gets 3
Maybe the case with 5G cells in very heavily populated areas but hopefully not that common. Also, you can get a 5G data contract with prioritised bandwidth. £30 -£35 for unlimited data.
I’m planning on going 5G when my current broadband deal ends. Virgin media have put fibre in the road I live on - I can’t get it. I’ve a BT exchange literally over the back fence, can’t get better than 70Mb FTTC broadband….Ive looked at starlink and 5G and IMO, 5G looks a better proposition. Your very much locked in with Starlink
