Replacing ADSL with Three tethering?
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It's not really that poor, broadband penetration and speed in the UK are better than average for developed countries, there are only a handful of countries that the UK would be considered poor against. Not a lot.
Well, I ended up getting a new phone and decided to go Sim only.
Three are doing the One plan, 2000 minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data with tethering for £15 a month (12 month contract). Seemed like a great deal.
I'm getting good speeds at home too:
For those on the one plan, what sort of usage are you hitting per month? I've had the sim since around 3PM and I'm already 1GB up... but obviously I've been playing with it a fair bit!
Hmmm, interesting that a few releases from Feb 2013 state:
But it is a rather disappointing offering though since you only get 2GB of data rather than an all-you-can-eat unlimited data allowance. Furthermore, tethering is likely to be excluded from the bundle.
Hope this isn't correct... doesn't mention it on the website and the chap in the Three shop said it was unlimited.
Three are doing the One plan, 2000 minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data with tethering for £15 a month (12 month contract). Seemed like a great deal.
I'm getting good speeds at home too:
For those on the one plan, what sort of usage are you hitting per month? I've had the sim since around 3PM and I'm already 1GB up... but obviously I've been playing with it a fair bit!
Hmmm, interesting that a few releases from Feb 2013 state:
But it is a rather disappointing offering though since you only get 2GB of data rather than an all-you-can-eat unlimited data allowance. Furthermore, tethering is likely to be excluded from the bundle.
Hope this isn't correct... doesn't mention it on the website and the chap in the Three shop said it was unlimited.
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Unlimited and tethering included, nothing to worry about
Are you sure, I'm reading mixed reports?! The old £20 tariff was 2GB... which is what this has replaced from what I can gather.
Yep. Loads of people spouting a load of rubbish and overcomplicating things. Tethering and unlimited data
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I'm also experimenting with this. My ADSL link is currently 3Mbps down and < 1Mbps up - its pretty poor.
This week, I got myself a new Three sim on the One Plan, stuck it in a device which doesn't support HSPA+, and get a max download speed of 3Mbps, average of 1Mbps. The upload was terrible at 0.1Mbps.
Today I tried the sim in a Sony Xperia L, which does support HSPA+, I now get a max of 6Mbps, average of 3.5Mbps down and about 2Mbps up.
So its reasonably ok - marginally better than my ADSL. But as others said, there is a fair amount of latency. Speeds are up and down, web pages do take longer to establish its first connection. I guess I need to try it for a few weeks (or months), before I can decide whether or not it can be used it as an ADSL replacement. I'm a light user, I sometimes catch up an episode on iPlayer, so I'm a bit worried about the new TrafficSense throttling my bandwidth.
If it does work, can anyone recommend a decent device to use with this? Three are upgrading to 4G soon, so it might be worth looking for a 4G compatible Android perhaps? Mifi routers are useful, but its also handy to have 2000 mins to use, included in the One Plan.
This week, I got myself a new Three sim on the One Plan, stuck it in a device which doesn't support HSPA+, and get a max download speed of 3Mbps, average of 1Mbps. The upload was terrible at 0.1Mbps.
Today I tried the sim in a Sony Xperia L, which does support HSPA+, I now get a max of 6Mbps, average of 3.5Mbps down and about 2Mbps up.
So its reasonably ok - marginally better than my ADSL. But as others said, there is a fair amount of latency. Speeds are up and down, web pages do take longer to establish its first connection. I guess I need to try it for a few weeks (or months), before I can decide whether or not it can be used it as an ADSL replacement. I'm a light user, I sometimes catch up an episode on iPlayer, so I'm a bit worried about the new TrafficSense throttling my bandwidth.
If it does work, can anyone recommend a decent device to use with this? Three are upgrading to 4G soon, so it might be worth looking for a 4G compatible Android perhaps? Mifi routers are useful, but its also handy to have 2000 mins to use, included in the One Plan.
Interesting, I may look into this 3 plan, is there a website that can show what speeds the area can achieve? Or even better is this contract available as 30 days? I currently have unlimited with O2, but my speeds are usually 1-3mbps on H+, so the increase in speed could be nice.
Last time i checked 4G data plans were ridiculously expensive and with quite small data caps.
Last time i checked 4G data plans were ridiculously expensive and with quite small data caps.
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Ooh that is tempting. I've just checked their coverage, i'm just outside of their ultrafast range, but supposedly have excellent service for their 3G coverage.
I might order a free PAYG sim and top up with £5 to test the 3G speeds, as £18 is a bit excessive, especially if the speeds aren't any faster than my O2 sim.
[TW]Fox;24504319 said:This is why its so difficult to find a contract that allows tethering these days. It's not supposed to be a replacement for your home broadband
How can they tell?
I have a standard vodafone phone contract with a Galaxy s3. I occasionally use it for tethering. Have I done something 'wrong' without knowing?
Presumably vodafone had the opportunity to remove the tethering option from the S3's UI before giving it to me...