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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2018 19:57:34 GMT
Any experience using a 4G Hub here?
I've had one suggested for solving my interweb problems here.
Not 100% sure how much data 5+ hours a day web browsing would eat - any guesses?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 15, 2018 21:18:49 GMT
All depends on what you are doing with it - obviously any streaming content, especially video will eat away at your allowance.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 15, 2018 21:28:32 GMT
I stick with my old BT broadband account as it came from the days of unlimited data. They keep asking me to move to a new faster one but with a data cap so I tell them to spin!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2018 22:15:34 GMT
All depends on what you are doing with it - obviously any streaming content, especially video will eat away at your allowance. Andy As mentioned elsewhere, the brother has cancelled mum's Sky & Internet. The sky is get roundable - all the FTA channels will remain on her sky box or I could bring my freesat box up. Broadband is slightly harder. Phil needs email and internet - inc FB, Twitter & The Hub - while he is in London. I use little video. So I need to get an idea of how much data I consume daily on that to have a guess at how much I would need monthly for a contract. I also need to do it against the clock to have one ready for the end of next week. www.o2.co.uk/shop/pocket-hotspot/huawei-4g-2017#contractType=paymonthly looks a good bet but it's how much for how long. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2018 22:17:07 GMT
I stick with my old BT broadband account as it came from the days of unlimited data. They keep asking me to move to a new faster one but with a data cap so I tell them to spin! -Ralph As is mine at home. However I need the interweb here in London after the internet here gets turned off. tmukhub.proboards.com/post/346810/thread |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2018 22:19:06 GMT
It is a problem I could have done without today
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 16, 2018 16:52:42 GMT
Bought. Maximum amount of data (36gb per month) over minimum amount of time (3 months). Had a conversation with Andu this morning where I put what I did against the next lower data usage (12gb per month) and neither of us was sure that was enough. £27 a month seems a lot but it's only 3 months hopefully by when Mum should be home and we get the box at the end of it which we can use on a PAYG basis going forward so I don't have to be parted from the interweb on holiday anymore. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 17, 2018 10:35:50 GMT
Hello from the 4G hub!
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Post by browny87 on Dec 17, 2018 13:55:15 GMT
it works!
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Post by browny87 on Dec 17, 2018 13:55:46 GMT
you will probably use more data then you think, uploading/downloading pictures uses a bit
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 18, 2018 10:26:06 GMT
And hello from the hospital in Swindon!
Phil likes his new toy!
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 18, 2018 10:29:37 GMT
It won't be long before we can fit these things to ourselves physically so we'll permanently be online.
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Dec 18, 2018 12:32:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 18, 2018 12:32:43 GMT
And hello from the hospital in Swindon! Phil likes his new toy! *spits out juice* -Ralph |
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Dezzeh
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Wait, what?
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Dec 18, 2018 19:37:20 GMT
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Post by Dezzeh on Dec 18, 2018 19:37:20 GMT
I would suggest looking at 3, they had some very good deals when I needed them last year.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 1, 2019 22:56:52 GMT
Because Mum's internet lasted far longer than I expected to this is the first visit where the 4G Hub has been my main source of interweb and thus far it's doing a really good job. All depends on what you are doing with it - obviously any streaming content, especially video will eat away at your allowance. Andy Because I'm way way under my data for the month, and cos I was up the hospital while it was on, I decided to iPlayer tonight's DW. According to my usage stats the hour long DW cost me 565.06mb, which is useful to know. |
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Jan 1, 2019 23:13:17 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 1, 2019 23:13:17 GMT
iPlayer sizes depend on the quality you stream at. Top quality 1080p 50fps video is 2 gigs an hour.
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