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Ha05ger
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Joined 24-04-2025
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Re: Calling all Unlimited Plan customers…
I have an unlimited plan as a connection via a backup router. My internet is not the most reliable being with a small independent fibre provider. There are 6 of us in the house and tethering off my phone just isn't great. I probably don't need unlimited but it's better to have more than less.bmy phone has always been unlimited which uses I'd but I hardly use data nowadays but I'd rather have it. My own improvement would be speeds especially where I am recently during the day I'm seeing 5ish Mbps so not usable for much during the day. I haven't used overseas but did a few years back via three and that was fine but I think the data limit is poor.6.5KViews2likes1CommentRe: My SMARTY experience after 1+ month of use
I have a smarty SIM in a router and it works but isn't fast. I have id mobile in my phone and it's similar speeds. I'm in a congested area and it's just what we have to deal with. My smarty SIM is literally for fail over as my fibre isn't the most reliable. I was originally with EE years ago and then it got so congested where I am most the time speed tests hung around 0.04mbps. it was unusable so I swapped to three and got very good speeds. Over the years it has slowed in my area and that fine they are cheap and congestion is high however I have tried other networks and have similar issues. Personally as a backup it's usable. We are a household of 6 and multiple days I've switched out fibre off and it's handled it. We also had 24 hour outage so had to be used as our main source. I only get between 15 and 30 but it was enough to have the TV going and the kids tablets plus cameras and all other smart stuff that uses the internet. I personally don't think there is any throttling or traffic shaping last month I used 703gb so pretty heavy use and it's been fine. Last couple days we've had a drop slightly in speed but did state on the checker the other day that they were working on the mast so quite possibly that. Now If EE could give me 100+Mbps would I take it ? Probably not for the backup or my personal phone as everywhere else it's usable and that's fine by me. I couldn't care less about getting 100+ I have that at home. I just want to be able to doom scroll or watch videos and maybe download the odd app. The other day I went to a town down the road from me and my speed test was over 1000mbps during peak times.2.8KViews1like0CommentsRe: Three Network is "Throttling us all" [My Opinion]
Smarty has no fair usage policies or anything to that affect so it shouldn't be slowed. I have a pretty decent phone and it's on three and I have a SIM in a router as a backup for our unreliable fibre connection. I actually get better speeds on the cheap router than I do on my phone. I live in a congested area three have admitted that and I have no slowing or anything of my smarty service. During the day I get 10-20 Mbps on the smarty SIM where as my phone is around 5mbps. During the evening they are pretty level pegging. All networks are congested where I am so there isn't much option of who to choose I just go for the best value for unlimited. On both Sims I've consumed well over 500gb in a month and no problem and I do regular tests as I find it quite interesting. Essentially what you are paying three for is the customer service side of things more than anything.4.1KViews0likes0Comments