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[nwgpcl]

It's just mobile phone connected via WIFI6

 

[Vincero]

This is all you get in a mid-sized town in the Great British Midlands. Pathetic!

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Well, depending on your area there is always 5G broadband:

If higher download/upload rate is more important than ping stability. This is with 3's NSA 5G - hoping to see an uplift when they move to SA 5G - in an area that's only 'it'll be OK' for their rating for signal strength. <£20/month

Actually ping stability isn't that bad - variance is maybe 10-20ms - but definitely not as good as VDSL/FTTC/Cable/FTTP options, and the rate does vary a bit more during the day - but nowhere near as bad as <40/4 - lowest I've got is 200+Mb/s download, upload stays reasonably consistent around 35-40.

I don't really see this as a long term option - I got fed up with Virgin and their forever price rises with very little offering for existing customers, and no FTTP in my area - all BT/OR providers pretty much price FTTC only a fraction under the cost of FTTP options if you live in an area with it, so essentially FTTC is now way overpriced for what it is.

Oh, and you get a proper IP address still (not static but still accessible with dynamic DNS) - not all of the FTTP providers offer that without additional fees to get off CGNAT.

EDIT: Of course, speedtest.net is only one check - due to it's mix and match of different ISP endpoints/servers to connect to it is quite variable.
Netflix's fast.com offers an alternative usually with similar but a different outlook, e.g.:

 

[AusWolf]

Well, depending on your area there is always 5G broadband:

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If higher download/upload rate is more important than ping stability. This is with 3's NSA 5G - hoping to see an uplift when they move to SA 5G - in an area that's only 'it'll be OK' for their rating for signal strength. <£20/month

Actually ping stability isn't that bad - variance is maybe 10-20ms - but definitely not as good as VDSL/FTTC/Cable/FTTP options, and the rate does vary a bit more during the day - but nowhere near as bad as <40/4 - lowest I've got is 200+Mb/s download, upload stays reasonably consistent around 35-40.

I don't really see this as a long term option - I got fed up with Virgin and their forever price rises with very little offering for existing customers, and no FTTP in my area - all BT/OR providers pretty much price FTTC only a fraction under the cost of FTTP options if you live in an area with it, so essentially FTTC is now way overpriced for what it is.

Oh, and you get a proper IP address still (not static but still accessible with dynamic DNS) - not all of the FTTP providers offer that without additional fees to get off CGNAT.

EDIT: Of course, speedtest.net is only one check - due to it's mix and match of different ISP endpoints/servers to connect to it is quite variable.
Netflix's fast.com offers an alternative usually with similar but a different outlook, e.g.:

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It looks really good, but I don't know how it would work for me. I live in an apartment which is right in the middle of the block. There's too many walls to block the signal.

 

[Vincero]

It looks really good, but I don't know how it would work for me. I live in an apartment which is right in the middle of the block. There's too many walls to block the signal.

Well that'll depend a lot on how close you are to cell tower - ideally you'd have direct line of sight from a window, or at least a low amount of obstruction.
In my case I know I am around 200m away from nearest 5G mast, no direct line of site but also nothing higher than roof level in the way.
You can use an app like Network Cell Info Lite (sorry, no idea about an Apple alternative) to show live cell data on your phone (but only for the network you are connected to). EE, Vodafone, and 3 actively sell 5G broadband products, and it's pretty easy to get a PAYG sim on any of them.
I did check all options before going down this road - make sure on best network in terms of signal consistency / reliability - mobile internet still has some historical reliability qualms to overcome.

'Advisable' signal levels vary however these seem to be fairly standard:

I pull those speeds with the following average sort of levels:
RSRP: -100<>-105
RSRQ: -10<>-12

As I said, right on the fringe of what would be seen as good enough.

Still... would much prefer to get fibre product when it becomes available - in an area where the exchange has been listed as part of rollout within the last couple of batches listed by BT/OR... but in reality I know that'll still be at least a year or two away.
If things got really dire I guess I could always sign back up to Virgin on one of their 'new customer' offers which usually is quite reasonable until the contract period is up.