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Old 31-10-2015, 13:10
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EE would never offer unlimited data. At best we could hope for 50, 75, 100, 150, 200GB plans or something - and pay a lot of money.

If EE can manage to stay ahead of what's offered elsewhere, people may pay the premium quite gladly.

I can't get FTTC broadband or Virgin cable, so anything faster than 6-7Mbps is good for me.

Even someone WITH FTTC broadband (40 or 80) could find EE faster.

When Cat 9 comes along, speeds of 300-450Mbps will be quicker than what a large percentage of the population will be able to get.

And let's not forget, the prices go up even on fixed line once you want high speeds.
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Old 31-10-2015, 13:19
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Is it possible that under BT's ownership, "EE" might go into the home broadband by 4G market more extensively?

I would think that it would be a pretty good advertisement for the network to say, "we can support home broadband and mobile broadband with no hit".
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Old 31-10-2015, 13:52
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Is it possible that under BT's ownership, "EE" might go into the home broadband by 4G market more extensively?

I would think that it would be a pretty good advertisement for the network to say, "we can support home broadband and mobile broadband with no hit".
But at what cost to the consumer?
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Old 31-10-2015, 14:55
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What difference is it going to make? The number of MNOs will be the same.

I'd think that EE's formation was more costly than the BT acquisition.
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Old 31-10-2015, 15:08
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But at what cost to the consumer?
I stil don't get why people think BTs ownership is going to see less investment or competition than has happened under France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom. If anything, I would think they should be better for EE then the foreign owners who would prioritise their own national investment over the UK.
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Old 01-11-2015, 08:28
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A few of this just got this on existing EE SIMs :

More data just for you! Here's another 100GB a month for two months if you top up £10 by 11 Nov. Once you top up, text DATA100 to 150 and enjoy!

This is welcome madness.....
Indeed.

I just found this message on my unlocked Three Mifi (which has an EE 100GB sim in it.) At this rate I need not have signed up for a landline broadband contract. I live 500 metres from an EE/Three mast and get anything up to 18 Mbps downloads on these SIMS. Much faster up speeds than my SSE broadband, too.

If only we knew whether the offers would continue. The 'Christmas' SIM arrived yesterday and is up and running, merrily, on high.
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Old 01-11-2015, 12:11
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Indeed.

I just found this message on my unlocked Three Mifi (which has an EE 100GB sim in it.) At this rate I need not have signed up for a landline broadband contract. I live 500 metres from an EE/Three mast and get anything up to 18 Mbps downloads on these SIMS. Much faster up speeds than my SSE broadband, too.

If only we knew whether the offers would continue. The 'Christmas' SIM arrived yesterday and is up and running, merrily, on high.
I have got over 80 on my iPad.

In view of that and because TalkTalk have shot themselves in the foot I was able and happy to get out of my contract without penalty, the last contract I have.

This week I'm buying a 4G Mifi to replace my existing 3G model. I'll be using EE SIMs in the house from now on. I have enough of them to see me right until March, so have every confidence there'll be another solution by then.

The only headache is how to allow my existing Airport Express network join and share the data from the Mifi
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Old 05-11-2015, 20:09
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do these sims have 4g +?
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Old 07-11-2015, 11:33
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I have got over 80 on my iPad.

This week I'm buying a 4G Mifi to replace my existing 3G model. I'll be using EE SIMs in the house from now on. I have enough of them to see me right until March, so have every confidence there'll be another solution by then.

The only headache is how to allow my existing Airport Express network join and share the data from the Mifi
If you haven't bought the Mifi yet, you can use a 4G USB dongle in a 4G TP-Link cheap router. I ran Three B/B sims as my only broadband this way for about five years.

There is another tweak for home Mobile data users. If you have neighbours with BT Wifi/Fon, you can add a Fon router to your 3G/4G setup.

This gives you free access to BT Wifi, and it's now fast enough to stream Netflix. Useful as a backup if you start running out of SIM data.
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Old 08-11-2015, 16:52
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If you haven't bought the Mifi yet, you can use a 4G USB dongle in a 4G TP-Link cheap router. I ran Three B/B sims as my only broadband this way for about five years.

There is another tweak for home Mobile data users. If you have neighbours with BT Wifi/Fon, you can add a Fon router to your 3G/4G setup.

This gives you free access to BT Wifi, and it's now fast enough to stream Netflix. Useful as a backup if you start running out of SIM data.

Thanks for this. I'd have replied sooner but I've been having the divil's own job of late being able to log into DS on iPad for some odd reason.

Great information : I haven't bought anything yet, but am about to. The dongle seems interesting but I would want a 4G unlocked model. Is there any Mifi that you recommend ?

Pity I have to introduce yet another device into the mix but as I understand it Airport Express won't let me connect to a 3rd party device and I had already researched the TP Link.

I used to be a Fonero myself a few years back.
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Old 08-11-2015, 18:02
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Do EE still send a SIM if you already got a Dan and Phil SIM when they previously had this free SIM offer? EE's site says '2 per household', but it doesn't mention anything about if you got a free SIM previously.

If you haven't bought the Mifi yet, you can use a 4G USB dongle in a 4G TP-Link cheap router. I ran Three B/B sims as my only broadband this way for about five years.

There is another tweak for home Mobile data users. If you have neighbours with BT Wifi/Fon, you can add a Fon router to your 3G/4G setup.

This gives you free access to BT Wifi, and it's now fast enough to stream Netflix. Useful as a backup if you start running out of SIM data.
As it creates a FonSpot, does this mean a lot of data could be used up if neighbours connect to the FonSpot? It doesn't sound like it's suitable for mobile data users.
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Old 08-11-2015, 23:39
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Do EE still send a SIM if you already got a Dan and Phil SIM when they previously had this free SIM offer? EE's site says '2 per household', but it doesn't mention anything about if you got a free SIM previously.
They'll send them. It's a "different" promotion. Same "deal", but technically different. Had these as well as the Summer SIM's
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Old 09-11-2015, 07:35
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Thanks for this. I'd have replied sooner but I've been having the divil's own job of late being able to log into DS on iPad for some odd reason.

Great information : I haven't bought anything yet, but am about to. The dongle seems interesting but I would want a 4G unlocked model. Is there any Mifi that you recommend ?

Pity I have to introduce yet another device into the mix but as I understand it Airport Express won't let me connect to a 3rd party device and I had already researched the TP Link.

I used to be a Fonero myself a few years back.

I bought the MF823 usb stick from Amazon. Takes the EE sims and is fast. It's plugged into a Tp link 4g router to give Ethernet out.
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Old 09-11-2015, 07:45
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Do EE still send a SIM if you already got a Dan and Phil SIM when they previously had this free SIM offer? EE's site says '2 per household', but it doesn't mention anything about if you got a free SIM previously.



As it creates a FonSpot, does this mean a lot of data could be used up if neighbours connect to the FonSpot? It doesn't sound like it's suitable for mobile data users.
It does. But I live in a quiet area, and in the last three years nobody has connected to the Fon. Ever. The Fon Simple router has a range limiter, too and I'm surrounded by BT WiFi nodes. I think people might use Fon in towns, but the (early) Fons could limit bandwidth through the Fonera interface. It's a fair exchange for me as I use a lot of BT WiFi when I'm out.

Fon keeps changing slightly, it now requires a log in for instance, and a lot of people don't seem to understand it. Maybe that's why mine is unmolested.
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Old 09-11-2015, 08:23
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... I was timed out on the last post,, to continue; so many people use mobile data now, I don't know if Fon will be able to sustain growth. But it works very well for me with the Fon Simpl as my only wifi AP, plugged into mobile data.

Back to the EE sim and dongles. I have the USB Dongle and TP link/Fon Simpl combo, with EE sims. There are two Soho66 VOIP phones plugged into this, and it all seems very seamless.
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:42
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I bought the MF823 usb stick from Amazon. Takes the EE sims and is fast. It's plugged into a Tp link 4g router to give Ethernet out.
Have you found that it reboots frequently or needs restarting as I have read elsewhere ?
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Old 09-11-2015, 11:23
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Have you found that it reboots frequently or needs restarting as I have read elsewhere ?
No, it's (mine is) rock solid. USB problems seem to happen on some PC's with low power settings enabled. I've run the stick in in my three Windows 7 PC's for days at a time and in two TP Link 3G routers.

These USB sticks do take more power than some phone chargers provide, so if it's used in the TP Link travel router thing with a standard phone charger, then it fails to start.

With a 0.5 Amp tablet USB charger the USB dongle runs for days on end. They do get warm, so need plenty of ventilation.

Here's the 3G/4G router I use..

These sticks also handle SMS and work with EE My Data, so you can see how much credit you have, and also text EE 150 with CHRISTMAS100 or whatever the code is they want. BAL for balance, and so on.
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Old 09-11-2015, 11:32
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No, it's (mine is) rock solid. USB problems seem to happen on some PC's with low power settings enabled. I've run the stick in in my three Windows 7 PC's for days at a time and in two TP Link 3G routers.

These USB sticks do take more power than some phone chargers provide, so if it's used in the TP Link travel router thing with a standard phone charger, then it fails to start.

With a 0.5 Amp tablet USB charger the USB dongle runs for days on end. They do get warm, so need plenty of ventilation.

Here's the 3G/4G router I use..

These sticks also handle SMS and work with EE My Data, so you can see how much credit you have, and also text EE 150 with CHRISTMAS100 or whatever the code is they want. BAL for balance, and so on.
Yes. Have just ordered that router. I would have preferred to source a Mifi, though, as it can be brought travelling with me.

I've found a seller on eBay offering the stick at a low price, but I can't get a reply from him. He shows a BT badged (and sealed) model, yet claims it works with EE. I don't understand that as I would expect it to be locked and have asked for clarification, but no reply yet.
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Old 09-11-2015, 13:42
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These USB sticks do take more power than some phone chargers provide, so if it's used in the TP Link travel router thing with a standard phone charger, then it fails to start.

With a 0.5 Amp tablet USB charger the USB dongle runs for days on end. They do get warm, so need plenty of ventilation..
With another TP Link router, the USB dongle caused problems when it drew too much power, and the solution was to have the dongle in a powered USB hub, then connected to the router. Bit of an oversight to have a PSU for the router that couldn't provide enough power to the dongle when in heavy use/low signal area.

A Huawei LTE (Cat 4) router is probably really cheap these days (the Cat 6 ones are silly money) and another alternative. My parents use one for their business and it's rock solid and they get speeds of 50-80Mbps down and 40-50 up.
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Old 09-11-2015, 20:32
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I would have preferred to source a Mifi, though, as it can be brought travelling with me.
I have one of these, Cat 6 Huawei portable wireless hotspot:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Techn...=huawei+e5786s

I've seen 99Mbps on it in an EE 4G+ area (2600 & 1800 CA).
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Old 09-11-2015, 21:50
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This is what I use too (white version though) and I have also got 95-100Mbps many times. Lowest seems to be about 75Mbps at home.

No doubt if EE lifted the cap, I'd be doing even better.

It has: Great battery life. Cat 6. 802.11ac. Can charge other devices + act as a Wi-Fi repeater.

There's plenty to like about this device (but it's pretty big).
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Old 09-11-2015, 22:03
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I have one of these, Cat 6 Huawei portable wireless hotspot:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-Techn...=huawei+e5786s

I've seen 99Mbps on it in an EE 4G+ area (2600 & 1800 CA).
Thanks.
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Old 10-11-2015, 09:30
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This is what I use too (white version though) and I have also got 95-100Mbps many times. Lowest seems to be about 75Mbps at home.
I see 45 at home, but that's 1800 only and I think a lot of users. Hoping my local mast will get 2600 added as the one in the town centre did a few weeks ago (and shows as CA 4G+ on the map!).

No doubt if EE lifted the cap, I'd be doing even better.

It has: Great battery life. Cat 6. 802.11ac. Can charge other devices + act as a Wi-Fi repeater.

There's plenty to like about this device (but it's pretty big).
I find the size about right, but it goes in the bag. The only gotcha is not simultaneous dual band, you have to switch it from 2.4GHz/N to 5GHz (N or AC) using the menu on the front screen. The WiFi router is good for hotels and saving 4G allowance!
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Old 10-11-2015, 12:15
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I am quite fortunate in that most of my devices are now 5GHz compatible, so it stays on 5GHz pretty much all the time.

2.4GHz when out and about is a congested mess, and impacts the speed quite considerably at times.
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Old 13-11-2015, 13:13
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I bought the MF823 usb stick from Amazon. Takes the EE sims and is fast. It's plugged into a Tp link 4g router to give Ethernet out.
Thanks for this again. In the end, I got a Huawei in-car wifi stick for cheap and the TP Routeur arrived this morning. Took 18 seconds to boot up and start running. I then took the Ethernet cable out of the back of the TalkTalk super router and all my existing networks are exactly as they were with no perceived loss of speed and zero configuration.

Brilliant.

As I've enough SIMs to see me through until March, that'll do for now. 32 down and 20 up.
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