Broadband backup?

Just wondering what people do for the odd occasion when their home broadband is offline for some reason (maintenance/outage).

I suppose mobile broadband? I purchased one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-M7350-Portable-Unlocked-management/dp/B06XC16QC1

Not sure which provider to go with. It couldn't be a monthly fee and it would have to be something I could sign up for when the home broadband is unavailable.

Any suggestions? Weird post probably won't get any replies!

berocca2016

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just wondering what people do for the odd occasion when their home broadband is offline for some reason (maintenance/outage).

I suppose mobile broadband? I purchased one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-M7350-Portable-Unlocked-management/dp/B06XC16QC1

Not sure which provider to go with. It couldn't be a monthly fee and it would have to be something I could sign up for when the home broadband is unavailable.

Any suggestions? Weird post probably won't get any replies!

Turn on mobile hot-spot on the phone! Does the job!

chiral_fluid

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just wondering what people do for the odd occasion when their home broadband is offline for some reason (maintenance/outage).

I suppose mobile broadband? I purchased one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-M7350-Portable-Unlocked-management/dp/B06XC16QC1

Not sure which provider to go with. It couldn't be a monthly fee and it would have to be something I could sign up for when the home broadband is unavailable.

Any suggestions? Weird post probably won't get any replies!

Try 48.ie. Their plan costs less than 10 euros for 100 gb per month. Typical speeds are about 40 mbit/s. Should be enough for a backup channel for most of the users.

homer911

Work out which provider will give you the best signal:
https://coveragemap.comreg.ie/map

Also: https://siteviewer.comreg.ie/#explore for the mast locations

Craig_David

Fortunately I have a few options in my area based on the above coverage map..
My average usage is around 300 GB a month.
Does anyone know of which providers are more likely to throttle? I obviously want to avoid them..

Thinking of buying this 4g sim router :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BN36NMM/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

Would the 300Mbps version be sufficient ?

thanks

Ten Pin

Thinking of buying this 4g sim router :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BN36NMM/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

Would the 300Mbps version be sufficient ?

That seems to be a Cat 4 router (max 150Mbps). The 300Mbps quoted in the detail is the WiFi speed between router and connected devices (eg phone, laptop etc).

Search for a router with a minimum spec of 'Cat 6 LTE'

Craig_David

Ten Pin wrote: »

That seems to be a Cat 4 router (max 150Mbps). The 300Mbps quoted in the detail is the WiFi speed between router and connected devices (eg phone, laptop etc).

Search for a router with a minimum spec of 'Cat 6 LTE'

Thanks for that.. A quick google tells me..
"4G offers maximum real-world download speeds up to around 100Mbps"

So would the Cat 4 Router (Max 150Mbps) not be fit for purpose in this case?

Ten Pin

In theory yes....BUT....cat 4 eqpt uses a single carrier (frequency), while cat 6 (and higher) uses multiple frequencies (minimum 2) to deliver higher capacity.

Real world 4G Cat 4 might be 10-20Mbps whereas real world 4G Cat 6 might be 30-50Mbps.

Cat 4 theoretical 150 is unlikely in real world....maybe 100 at 3am but unlikely at 9pm.


Try a speed test comparison between a Cat 4 and Cat 6 phone (if you have access to one of each) to see if there's any noticeable difference. Results will depend in whether carrier aggregation is enabled on the mast.

banie01

I have a USB cat4 4g modem plugged into my router that gives fall over backup.

Craig_David

Ten Pin wrote: »

In theory yes....BUT....cat 4 eqpt uses a single carrier (frequency), while cat 6 (and higher) uses multiple frequencies (minimum 2) to deliver higher capacity.

Real world 4G Cat 4 might be 10-20Mbps whereas real world 4G Cat 6 might be 30-50Mbps.

Cat 4 theoretical 150 is unlikely in real world....maybe 100 at 3am but unlikely at 9pm.


Try a speed test comparison between a Cat 4 and Cat 6 phone (if you have access to one of each) to see if there's any noticeable difference. Results will depend in whether carrier aggregation is enabled on the mast.

thanks again.