Post by thruxton on Aug 13, 2023 16:40:52 GMT
Ah ha! Yes an update.
I was going to give one next Thursday, it’s being installed then, but seeing so you asked …..
So this will be instalment number 2.
Back track here to instalment number 1. Which has gone back and I’m fully refunded no questions asked and all very simple.
Which was from National Broadband. Faultless company.
I’ve been on a steep learning curve here.
Chap turns up to fit it. Yada Yada …. ‘Well it’s all a bit pants mate’ …. Because?
The design is 5+ years old, never been upgraded and some down sides such as.
The cable from receiver to modem is just coaxial and looses 50% of received signal strength over its 5M.
Increasing the cable length is not possible either. It’s already at only about 40Mbps tops, before the losses.
Long short here …
I was told that the best units out there are from Elon Musk and are about £1000 then £75/month, but they are crazy fast 150Mbps.
Then there is the one I am now having fitted next Thursday.
100Mbps and £30/month. Initial cost £650. I know, more than I had first thought but, you get what you pay for and it’s a 4/5G hybrid system now and ready to
go 5G with no further work needed or monthly costs involved. It also comes with what is called a micro 5G cable about 3mm thick and can be almost any length with no
signal degradation. I locked in for a 12 month contract but could have been up to 5 years with fixed costs.
More I can tell you on/after Thursday.
Regards.
Rich.
I was going to give one next Thursday, it’s being installed then, but seeing so you asked …..
So this will be instalment number 2.
Back track here to instalment number 1. Which has gone back and I’m fully refunded no questions asked and all very simple.
Which was from National Broadband. Faultless company.
I’ve been on a steep learning curve here.
Chap turns up to fit it. Yada Yada …. ‘Well it’s all a bit pants mate’ …. Because?
The design is 5+ years old, never been upgraded and some down sides such as.
The cable from receiver to modem is just coaxial and looses 50% of received signal strength over its 5M.
Increasing the cable length is not possible either. It’s already at only about 40Mbps tops, before the losses.
Long short here …
I was told that the best units out there are from Elon Musk and are about £1000 then £75/month, but they are crazy fast 150Mbps.
Then there is the one I am now having fitted next Thursday.
100Mbps and £30/month. Initial cost £650. I know, more than I had first thought but, you get what you pay for and it’s a 4/5G hybrid system now and ready to
go 5G with no further work needed or monthly costs involved. It also comes with what is called a micro 5G cable about 3mm thick and can be almost any length with no
signal degradation. I locked in for a 12 month contract but could have been up to 5 years with fixed costs.
More I can tell you on/after Thursday.
Regards.
Rich.
le sigh