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3 , the one plan and tethering
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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use the phone to tether my iPad, laptop and PC ( not all at once ! )
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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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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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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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.
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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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. 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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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 average around 2-3 mbps all the time
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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 The biggest consumer peak for broadband is Sunday early evenings. |
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I average around 2-3 mbps all the time