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Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network

From Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.telecom.broadband
Subject Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network
Date 2026-05-17 11:05 +0000
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Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> I've started a separate thread on this following my thread on Plusnet -v- 
> EE.
> 
> I started investigating available packages and despite banner headlines of 
> "Full Fibre" only FTTC is available here. I could spit on the BT and 
> Giganet manhole covers from my lounge (if I was so vulgar) but they are 
> apparently the wrong sort of manhole. There are 4 houses here served by a 
> private drive (not owned by any of us) and that seems to be  blocking point.
> 
> I then looked at FTTC (which I have currently) and the packages all offer 
> a max speed of 14 Mb/s so I did a speed test. I am getting 12 Mb/s, it was 
> 30 when I first moved here 4 years ago but the introduction of full fibre 
> seems to have slowed it down!
> 
> I then looked at broadband over the mobile network. I can get 4G indoors 
> from EE but no 5G here. I went to the EE website and they offer both with 
> reasonable speeds (higher than I am currently getting) and prices. I 
> worked through their website, clicked all the 4G buttons and ended up on a 
> page headed "4G WiFi" which contains a list of 5G packages.
> 
> When I tried the help links they suggest going to an EE shop, nothing 
> online.
> 
> I know I am getting old but how on earth does a customer find out what the 
> heck is going on?
> 

Starlink. 40 GBP/month, 100 Mbit/sec download. (It seems to have gone up in
price recently).

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Broadband Over Mobile Network "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-17 10:08 +0000
  Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-05-17 11:05 +0000
    Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-17 12:18 +0100
      Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-05-17 11:54 +0000
    Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-21 20:24 +0000
      Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-05-22 05:39 +0000
        Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-22 13:13 +0000
          Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-05-25 10:10 +0100
            Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-05-25 13:25 +0100
            Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 08:16 +0000
              Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-27 08:43 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 12:54 +0000
              Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-05-27 10:20 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 12:54 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-05-27 19:31 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-27 20:09 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-28 07:17 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-05-28 07:26 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> - 2026-05-28 07:59 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-28 14:07 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-05-28 11:14 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> - 2026-05-27 13:43 +0000
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-05-27 16:36 +0100
              Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2026-05-28 11:32 +0100
              Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-06-01 09:49 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-06-01 11:12 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-06-02 16:44 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-02 23:46 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-06-03 09:08 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-06-03 13:58 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-04 00:06 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-06-04 03:32 +0100
                Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-04 05:13 +0100
  Re: Broadband Over Mobile Network Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-17 15:01 +0100

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