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Old 02-11-2012, 13:13
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Having recently discovered that 3 has relatively fast data download in my area ( 10Mbps or so and that's before Ultrafast coverage arrives ), and since my landline broadband speed is woeful I was thinking of investing in a 3 MiFi unit but am now thinking of maybe moving from my Vodafone iPhone which is out of contract and signing up for 3's "the one plan"on an iPhone 5 to benefit from the "all you can eat data" and use the phone to tether my iPad, laptop and PC ( not all at once ! ). Is this a good solution , any pro's and cons I need to consider ? What deal would u recommend ?

Also, my only reluctance is due to the 24 month contract tie in , this may be restrictive with 4G coming along but then I'm guessing that 3 will offer an upgrade path to 4G for in contract 3G folks ? ( and considering the 3G speeds I'm not even convinced I'll need to move to 4G anyway.
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Old 02-11-2012, 17:36
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use the phone to tether my iPad, laptop and PC ( not all at once ! )
There shouldn't be anything to stop you doing that if you really wanted.

Last Saturday night, our broadband went down at home, so I was using:

Skype on my iPhone
My Laptop
Xbox 360 playing a (turn based) game

All at the same time via the One Plan Tethering.

I did a speed test and got 11.5mbps down and 2mbps up.

As for Three in general, the only thing to consider is coverage elsewhere (although that's true of any network). You might want to check the signal anywhere else that you plan to use your phone.

I cannot ever recommend that anyone uses this as their sole means of connecting to the internet.
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Old 02-11-2012, 18:24
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I've been using my iPhone on The One Plan as my sole means of using the Internet since August 2011 (all 74GB's worth since March this year alone so far) and wouldn't have it any other way now!

Three are promoting their Ultra Fast network which I believe includes 4G. I don't think Three plan to charge extra for 4G when they turn it on.
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Old 02-11-2012, 19:04
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Three classes 4G LTE and DC-HSDPA as "Ultrafast". It's only DC-HSDPA that Three is currently rolling out, though. It has to wait until next autumn for the spectrum it bought from EE to be available for 4G LTE.
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Old 02-11-2012, 19:38
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Three classes 4G LTE and DC-HSDPA as "Ultrafast". It's only DC-HSDPA that Three is currently rolling out, though. It has to wait until next autumn for the spectrum it bought from EE to be available for 4G LTE.
You say that but the official approval in terms of competition concerns went though today and Three is in talks with EE to launch ahead of O2 / Vodafone.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/thre...trum-50009639/

It is possible they can negotiate an earlier handover if they make it financially viable for EE. Three will almost certainly be bidding the auctions as well.
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Old 08-11-2012, 13:03
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Having recently discovered that 3 has relatively fast data download in my area ( 10Mbps or so and that's before Ultrafast coverage arrives ), and since my landline broadband speed is woeful I was thinking of investing in a 3 MiFi unit but am now thinking of maybe moving from my Vodafone iPhone which is out of contract and signing up for 3's "the one plan"on an iPhone 5 to benefit from the "all you can eat data" and use the phone to tether my iPad, laptop and PC ( not all at once ! ). Is this a good solution , any pro's and cons I need to consider ? What deal would u recommend ?

Also, my only reluctance is due to the 24 month contract tie in , this may be restrictive with 4G coming along but then I'm guessing that 3 will offer an upgrade path to 4G for in contract 3G folks ? ( and considering the 3G speeds I'm not even convinced I'll need to move to 4G anyway.
hmm, after a week of speed tests the picture is less clear, it seems that I can achieve >7Mbps down during the day at home, wheras at night the speed is typically <2Mbps
Any idea why 3 performance would drop so dramatically in the evening, if useage then I would have expected business hours to be slower
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Old 08-11-2012, 13:15
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hmm, after a week of speed tests the picture is less clear, it seems that I can achieve >7Mbps down during the day at home, wheras at night the speed is typically <2Mbps
Any idea why 3 performance would drop so dramatically in the evening, if useage then I would have expected business hours to be slower
I'd be very greatful for those speeds I average around 2-3 mbps all the time
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Old 08-11-2012, 14:08
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hmm, after a week of speed tests the picture is less clear, it seems that I can achieve >7Mbps down during the day at home, wheras at night the speed is typically <2Mbps
Any idea why 3 performance would drop so dramatically in the evening, if useage then I would have expected business hours to be slower
Why? 3 is a consumer network, and hardly has any business customers. Their peak times for data are consumer times, i.e when people finish work and get home 6PM-9PM and weekends.

The biggest consumer peak for broadband is Sunday early evenings.
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