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Can you say how much difference it made using the Omni? Would you recommend it?
Can you say how much difference it made using the Omni? Would you recommend it?
Most of the time, plugging the Omni increases the signal strength shown by one or maybe two marks. Doesn't really make much difference to the connection or the data speed.Can you say how much difference it made using the Omni? Would you recommend it?
I'll have a go, but it's not at all photogenic! It's a round aluminium tube that goes up through the wardrobe shelf, and through a round gland in the roof. There's a clamp that holds it still.Any pics of the sliding mount? I am thinking of either off the bike rack is a suction mounting for a pole but not really looked round
Not easy! Can't get far enough away to show much of it.Photo to follow if I manage to take a good enough one.
Until earlier this month I was pleased with Three. Recently they seem to have messed up their routing, giving poor speeds, terrible latency and frequent dropouts. If they can't support a 4G network, when 5G finally does arrive here, will it be worth having?https://kenstechtips.com/index.php/three-5g-home-broadband-review Bit here on 5G looks like we got some time yet to upgrade our kit
Yeah I removed my aerial completely and blanked over the hole in the roof. If I want terrestrial tv if mrs is with me I have an Avtech aerial that works extremely well. I usually stream if I want to watch anything thoughI take no credit for doing it: the TV aerial setup was installed long before I bought the van. It cost the best part of £350 twenty years ago. No idea if it worked: I never had a TV.
Windows phones were good, but most apps are Android or Apple, so not many about now., I have not had a Garmin, but I occasionally run updates on my TomTom Camper with no issues, but mainly on my Plusnet at home. I use a Cubit Power phone from Amazon, 6gb of RAM and 128gb of storage, expandable to 256gb, they sell for around £180, compared to expensive brands, had it 2 years now, no issues! I run it on o2 with no issues, £20 for unlimited calls and texts and 100gb of data, which I use to stream Netflix etc through an Amazon Firestick in the motorhome if the t.v. is naff. CheersI am fed up with my broadband from Plusnet and thinking of replacing my BT landline with mobile data.
My line had gradually become noisier and slower over time despite Plusnet assuring me noise on the line did not affect broadband.
In the first week of December 2019 I started to suffer frequent dropouts. I bought a new router following advice from Plusnet and they adjusted their settings several times. Eventually, on 21st January, the second Open Reach engineer sent to fix the problem found water and a poor connection in one of their cabinets. The line is still slow but now much less noisy and does not drop the connection so frequently.
Open Reach can provide a fibre connection (FTC) on the edge of our village with my final connection via the existing copper overhead wire. Plusnet would charge a little less than I currently pay for my slower connection but significantly more than they would charge a new customer which puts me off.
I think that using a data SIM in a mobile would be cheaper, faster than my existing connection and could be used away from home. Coverage maps from the mobile network suppliers and OFCOM suggest that there is a good signal at my location from Three.
I could borrow long term a Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile but am not fond of Google and Android things.
I rather fancy a Nokia Lumia 640 XL Windows phone.
So question 1 is: Any comments and advice on Windows phones?
Question 2 is about using a mobile to download data to update my Garmin maps.
The Garmin Express System Requirements specify:
High speed Internet access (Not for use with dial-up, mobile or satellite connections)
I have asked Garmin to clarify whether this excludes tethering a mobile to my PC and await their reply.
In the meantime has anyone tested this requirement? I will need to be able to update my Garmin periodically.
Very rare for me to be in a town let alone a city and it’s also very rare for me not to have internet in the van using data SIM cardsWe'll be using satellite internet on motorhomes before we ever get to use 5g. That is unless you like wildcamping in towns and cities.
Very rare for me to be in a town let alone a city and it’s also very rare for me not to have internet in the van using data SIM cards
Not following your meaning, I have a home router that takes 4g SIM card and it’s rare for me not to be on the internet? There have been a couple of places in Scotland and Kielder forrest was rubbish but in those places satellite internet would not work either. You need to be able to send a signal out over a landline or SIM card to request what you want over the satelliteThere's a big difference between having internet on the 800mhz band in the middle of nowhere to getting a signal on 3ghz+. What you're getting now won't change until satellite internet.
Ah good old Elon MuskI'm talking about something like this: https://www.starlink.com/
It's broadband anywhere in the world, it will be perfect for motorhomes. No roaming fees, full speed all the time, low latency...etc