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What mobile service companies allow tethering nowadays in UK?
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jabbamk1
31-10-2013
Originally Posted by DevonBloke:
“So, ok, I'm with EE for my iPhone because I'm very rural and worry about the lack of 2G fallback which is fine.
My home broadband is 1.7Mbps so pretty crap.
I can get a 1-2 bar 3G signal in an upstairs window so this would be the same for Three also (mast is MBNL).
My ADSL is currently down so I'm right now connected wirelessly to my iPhone 5 which is in said window.
Rather cool as I'm getting 7 Meg!
4G coming soon (and I understand Three will be using EE's 1800Mhz) so could I get a £15 per month SIM only (The One plan) and stick it in a 4G ready handset and then use as much data as I want tethered to my PC?
That would be rather splendid I have to say.

4G would be around 3-4 bars (and more with 800Mhz) so I would then be getting up to 30 Meg or so.
I'm reading the Three T&Cs but can't quite believe them ”

Yeh that's right. I currently do this already. Think the max i've used in a month is 80GB. Normally my usage is somewhere around 20GB-30GB per month.
DevonBloke
31-10-2013
Well that's pretty bloody cool then.
Thanks.
Eddy_Eddys
31-10-2013
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“Neither.

What's your budget?”

as cheaply as possible because after couple months I will move into flat and I will probably get a broadband.

buy anyway for couple months I need some router(called phone) I would say my budget is till 30quid maybe more (I have found some galaxies up to 30quid on ebay). The reason why I choosed galaxy i9000 is because I had same galaxy couple years ago and thought it will be fine for tethering. But I wouldn't mind for a bit more expensive phone if that can give me more Mbps speed. Wouldn't that galaxy become warm after 3 device connections actively using internet ?

7.2Mbps is quite decent speed isn't ?
Eddy_Eddys
07-11-2013
now I have three one plan, I am happy with speed and service, is it allowed to use for torrents ?
jabbamk1
07-11-2013
Originally Posted by Eddy_Eddys:
“is it allowed to use for torrents ?”

Yes. But they throttle P2P heavily so it's no point really.
Eddy_Eddys
07-11-2013
Can you explain please ?

I read on this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...676052&page=97 that they had very slow internet for weeks because they had throttling.

Also when I can know when they are watching me ? Okay its unlimited internet but what then I can use , just for html websites ?
Zee_Bukhari
07-11-2013
Originally Posted by Eddy_Eddys:
“now I have three one plan, I am happy with speed and service, is it allowed to use for torrents ?”

Use it. I get excellent speeds on torrents when and if I use tethering on Three. 1.5MB/s transfer speeds.
jabbamk1
07-11-2013
Originally Posted by Eddy_Eddys:
“Can you explain please ?

I read on this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...676052&page=97 that they had very slow internet for weeks because they had throttling.

Also when I can know when they are watching me ? Okay its unlimited internet but what then I can use , just for html websites ?”

That thread regards a trial that took place more than a year ago. This trial is no longer in practice and Three no longer throttle users on the One Plan.

The only throttling is on P2P activities which receive a lower priority than other types of data usage.

Three won't throttle any user on the One Plan for browsing, streaming, downloading etc... Only P2P like mentioned above.
Eddy_Eddys
07-11-2013
So you are saying torrenting and movie streaming its allowed 100% without any ban or low speed afterwards ?
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