Originally Posted by andersonsonson:
“I personally think broadband is a rip off compared to tethering with Three's one plan. The idea of line rental and also the speeds are not great. I get double the speed on 3g than my home broadband connection.
Will tethering deals come down in price, do you think more operators like EE and o2 will do what Three are doing, is there enough network for this without decreasing speeds? the idea of not having to get an engineer to install broadband etc, tethering good for people who move houses alot too. I'm really for this technology”
Highly unlikely that other networks will do what 3 are doing because there simply isn't the bandwidth to compete with fixed line services. Nowadays folks are using broadband for watching catch-up tv and streaming Netflix and LoveFilm, gaming and downloading large video files. It's fine for a handful of folks to use mobile broadband for these but if the average street relied on wireless services to get the same as fixed line there would be little chance anyone would get much!
The question has to be asked..... If it was that easy to provide unlimited data on 3G or 4G why hasn't all the networks done it? T-Mobile match unlimited data but without tethering and the speed is capped to 4Mbps. GiffGaff have a £10 SIM only deal with unlimited data but only on the phone. Tethering may become an issue for 3 if folks use their mobiles to replace fixed line broadband. They have an answer to that problem when it arises and it has already been tested, Trafficsense, which is now more prominently mentioned in 3's advertising. Customers won't like the restriction when it's implemented but they can't say they were not forewarned and if they are at all realistic they should know that replacing fixed line with 3G is not possible for large numbers with the bandwidth any of the networks have.