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Old 06-09-2016, 15:27
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Anyone know anything about 3's home broadband router/box? Saw one in the shop on Sunday but ran out of time to ask about it. Can't find it on their site, looks like a small black elongated pyramid, has a yellow ethernet connector on the back.
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Old 06-09-2016, 17:18
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It's actually disappointing to see how 4G has not really caught on in the UK as a home broadband alternative. In some European countries 4G is marketed as an alternative to slow data speeds over ADSL with mobile providers offering unlimited 4G bundles for home usage.
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Old 06-09-2016, 17:34
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Anyone know anything about 3's home broadband router/box? Saw one in the shop on Sunday but ran out of time to ask about it. Can't find it on their site, looks like a small black elongated pyramid, has a yellow ethernet connector on the back.
Isnt that just something they are testing in Northern Ireland http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php...n-ireland.html
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Old 06-09-2016, 18:27
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Maybe, I found a photo of the device I saw in the shop;
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2016/...-in-n-ireland/

Not a bad price, £17 for the 20GB rolling offer, while 40GB costs from £20 per month.
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Old 06-09-2016, 18:38
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Maybe, I found a photo of the device I saw in the shop;
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2016/...-in-n-ireland/

Not a bad price, £17 for the 20GB rolling offer, while 40GB costs from £20 per month.
Are you in NI?

(wondering if they've either expanded the trial or turned it into a full product)
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Old 06-09-2016, 18:42
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It was the Three shop in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. (England )

My home broadband is with Virgin Media who are for the third time in a year jacking up the price yet another 10% in November, so I'm looking into alternatives.
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Old 06-09-2016, 22:49
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Maybe, I found a photo of the device I saw in the shop;
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2016/...-in-n-ireland/
That looks almost identical to the Huawei B315, albeit with some changes to the casing. If it has the same innards it will be a great piece of kit.

3 in the ROI sell a 4G 'home' mobile broadband package that comes bundled with the B315.
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Old 06-09-2016, 23:18
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It only had one ethernet port so it's probably the B 310
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/smart-...ry/b310-en.htm
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Old 07-09-2016, 01:22
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It only had one ethernet port so it's probably the B 310
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/smart-...ry/b310-en.htm
Ah yes - looks like it... I'd still expect it to be pretty good judging by other Huawei models.
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Old 10-09-2016, 19:13
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Im using a Three 3-2-1 sim for main broadband with a £25 add on.

All in One 25, All-you-can-eat data, 500mins, 3000txt
Are you tethering? Asked in the shop today and said not allowed. They're not much help in there tbh.
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Old 10-09-2016, 19:32
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It was the Three shop in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. (England )

My home broadband is with Virgin Media who are for the third time in a year jacking up the price yet another 10% in November, so I'm looking into alternatives.
3 price rises a year from virgin is about typical, I'm on 2 retention deals as I refuse to keep accepting 3 rises a year and would just go elsewhere. One retention is £9 and the other is £7, so I get £16 a month off the £38.

I don't have TV and don't want the home phone, this is just for the 100Mb/s broadband, not bothered about the speed, would go to BT 58Mb/s if virgin won't do me a good deal in January when my retentions run out, 12 month contract with BT £28. Only reason I'm on 100Mb/s with Virgin is the dire upload on lower packages.

Not amazed with Virgin, so could quite easily be tempted to BT, especially with a letter coming through the door every X months talking of price rises.
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Old 11-09-2016, 00:02
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Isnt that just something they are testing in Northern Ireland http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php...n-ireland.html
What about PAYG?
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Old 11-09-2016, 10:50
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Are you tethering? Asked in the shop today and said not allowed. They're not much help in there tbh.
Yes im tethering, since renewal of add- on (7th sept) i have used 13gb, last month i used 60gb tethering, no contact from 3, apart from phone call a couple of days after i began using 321 sim(questionaire).
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