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Why would anyone buy sky/virgin/bt etc broadband when you can get 3s one plan for £15
andersonsonson
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£15 per month with unlimited tethering and just as fast if not faster speeds, and with 4g rolling out soon free of charge too.
£15 per month is the best broadband deal I can find (you also get 2000 minutes with this too)
£15 per month is the best broadband deal I can find (you also get 2000 minutes with this too)
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Huddling together in a corner tethered to a mobile phone doesn't quite recreate that experience.
Because of poor reception.
Bad ping times.
and people can get faster speeds, I get 120Mbits no problem.
you can buy a 3g router but there are still major disadvantages
You'd also find that if everyone actually did try to use the One plan to do it, 3 would probably take it away quickly. They offer it on the basis that you use it occasionally, not as a permanent internet connection.
In some places a controlled 4G network is being considered and tested as a replacement for landlines and slow ADSL. But this is with the number of users being strictly controlled and the network designed for permanent use in a home or business, no mobile phones allowed.
my phone is on the one plan - but I wouldn't be without my home broadband.
I couldn't rely on mobile phone tethering to supply my entire household!
maybe if I lived on my own, in a flat, I might think about it - but its really not suitable for the needs of an entire family with lots of connected devices.
3 isn't available in everyone's area. It's not available at the exchange in my nearest town.
Edit: Ah, you're talking about 3G. I thought you meant an ISP that provided a service along a landline.
Ping is usually in the 40s to low 60s but the speed ranges anywhere from 0.5mb to 12mb
I'll stick with my 80mb fiber cheers
Also when a cell site is overloaded its slows down alot but with cable/BT broadband there is more bandwidth at the node.
Also, if the one plan is £15/month for unlimited, why are Three still charging £15.99/month for only 15GB/month usage for mobile broadband via a dongle?
If Three only offer it on the basis that you can use it occasionally as moox says, then how does anyone know how many GB's of data they can use per month via tethering?
The latency difference isn't that high compared to ADSL or fibre - maybe 30 or 40ms. Meaningless unless you're a very picky online gamer.
Jitter would be the real killer, and that can change depending on signal strength/quality and how much demand on the cell.
Because 3G simply isn't fast enough for a lot of people. People who have a high Internet usage aren't really suitable for 3G. Gaming online is no good with 3G. Some of us need a stable connection especially when working from home. I don't want to be huddled around a mobile phone. I'm pretty sure unlimited wont mean unlimited and you'd soon get messages from your mobile provider moaning about your usage. Not practical.
I wouldn't swap my fibre optic broadband for 4G either.
Unlimited broadband on BT is £16/month so it's virtually the same price as the one plan anyway.
I tethered my laptop to my phone today, the first time I ever done it and it worked ok to be honest, but doing a speed test gave me 5Mb/s, so not as fast as the broadband I use here at home, and i expect would cost more in the long run.
Did you tether your phone to the laptop wirelessly or via usb? Is the speed exactly the same either way?
It will be very interesting to see what happens when 4G takes to the air early next year, it should give the fixed line operators a run for their money, a high speed connection being of no use if your not there to use it.