Mobile mi-fi

jeanette

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Need help as to what is the best mi-fi to buy,had Vodafone one and to be honest it was useless as we got not connection at all! So if possible a one with good connection way up in the highlands! We got told that EE was good but I would appreciate some advice to which one would be ideal as some on here know I'm not at all tech minded




Thanks in advance!
 
After consulting many wildcamper s last winter in Iberia, the majority swear by 3 mifi, so I have just taken a year's pay as you go for £70 giving 12 gigabits, works well in the areas that my fone provider didn't, don't know about Scotland, though.
Absolutely no cover in Portugal with 3 !:sad:
 
Hi Jeanette,
we use a 3 mi-fi and have nearly always been able to get connected. Basically if your phone works you should be able to get connected. Have not been to Scotland though.
 
I use TP Link. Never let's me down. Can connect up to 10 devices at once.
 
3 for me, also new destinations to be added to feel at home in sept.
Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands (Jersey & Guernsey), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.
 
We both have Windows phones (Lumia 535s) and these are on iD network which is 3, provided by Carphone Warehouse.
We tether the iPad to one of the phones and we've only had one failure, in England.
In Scotland we never had a problem.
Ideal for finding POIs but you wouldn't use it for streaming TV.
We've never exceeded our data limit even when uploading pictures to Facebook.
 
For me it was a matter of signal, as i travel in a 6 metre metal box, for all intensive purposes.

I opted for a T-Link, that is positioned up in the plastic skylight. This allows it to work 'Outside the Box' inside it is a 3 network, 12gb, Data Only, 12 month sim. £25 on-line

I am estimating I will use about 4 to 6 of these per calendar year and so would like to buy from different networks, when the 'Price is Right' so allow for the times when some network signals out perform others.

On retirement I will bin the phone contract and use the likes of 'Whats App' and Data Only packages but, having not fully researched that, advice welcome.
 
I think the OP is asking two questions?
1. What mifi unit
2. What provider.

If she buys a unit from 3 it's locked to that network so won't take foreign sim cards if required.
I've been considering the TP-LINK M7350 on Amazon but waiting to see if the price will drop. It doesn't have an external antenna point though.

In the wilds of Scotland, nothing's going to do it :-/
 
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Good point Jazzbow, it does lack an external antenna unlike its market alternative but I find siting it in the dome of the skylight works well.
 
Cant help with mobile WiFi but I've just bought a refurbished Samsung galaxy note 3 on 3 and it's had 4 g signal everywhere we have travelled to date. Mightily impressed :cool1:
 
Im very happy with 3. At least when you get a signal it is always 3 or 4g, as opposed to O2 which is often only gprs.
In Scotland its fine in more populated areas but many rural areas have no signal, but this is true for all networks.
In the USA whilst it is part of feel at home it's usually a very slow service.
 
Jazzbow said:
I think the OP is asking two questions?
1. What mifi unit
2. What provider.

If she buys a unit from 3 it's locked to that network so won't take foreign sim cards if required.
I've been considering the TP-LINK M7350 on Amazon but waiting to see if the price will drop. It doesn't have an external antenna point though.

In the wilds of Scotland, nothing's going to do it :-/
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The last time we were in Oban we found a phone shop to see what was wrong with the one I had (Vodafone) and he said in no way would that work up there he said he should have looked at a map on the computer and seen what was the best for the highlands to work? He said EE was the best but I thought I would ask here before I bought one again as I've said I'm no techie the more basic the better haha but it just seems it comes down to preference to that individual,
 
Jazzbow said:
I think the OP is asking two questions?
1. What mifi unit
2. What provider.

If she buys a unit from 3 it's locked to that network so won't take foreign sim cards if required.
I've been considering the TP-LINK M7350 on Amazon but waiting to see if the price will drop. It doesn't have an external antenna point though.

In the wilds of Scotland, nothing's going to do it :-/
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Ref the 3 MiFi... They are locked to 3, but it is possible to unlock them fairly simply without cost. I did this quite recently to the MiFi Dongle I bought as part of a 12 Month, 12GB package back in 2009.
Tried it with a vodaphone and an O2 SIM afterwards (plus 3 still as well) and worked fine :)
Will caveat this statement by saying it was a MiFi from 2009 as mentioned, and possibly later ones will be harder/not possible to unlock, but could be worth looking into in readiness :scooter:
 
This link may be helpful. North of the border there are a lot of 'dead' areas.

maps.ofcom.org.uk/check-coverage

There are dead areas everywhere. Before retiring I worked at Sutton Hospital in Surrey and there was no network coverage there.

I resorted to marking POIs in the road atlas at one point, when I had a Blackberry on Vodafone.
 
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