Forum Discussion
4g and 5g Not available
Yrs I agree, sadly this place doesnt have a telephone line connected to the house. Its one of the rare properties that never had one due to huge road works many moons that involved taking away the main box on the road, distribution unit. So to get a line here costs around £120. Not working at the moment soo thats not a viabke option although respect your feedback, you werent to know..
Cheers...I think the best way say to look at mobile signal boosters as there is 5g here.
I decided ro go for a walk down the main road yesterday and was literally outside the area of the mast. When i done a speed test the results blew me away.
Let me check them.
So at 16:38 my download speed was 860 Mbps upload 79.3 Mbps I downloaded a 20 meg file in 2 seconds or so.
This mast as the crow flies is about 0.1 Miles
By car takes 1min 30sec and is 0.2 miles its literally yards away, further its not a mast its i think a unit thats on the roof as I csnt see it.
Obstruction wise buildings theres very little if at all anything major.
So i took a stroll into town speedtested every mast i connected to during my walk to tescos as i have no car, and on my way back. One of the masts again a roof one was very very poor, and at rhat point started screenshoting my results all the way into the house.
I understand this isnt your concern at all, but two heads or more can help with a solution as I dont want to be making the wring decision. I am supprised smarty hasnt j7mped in here to support, but their just telling me all sorts of excuses and dont believe them sadly, hence the reason why I amntalking to my community genuine people who can help and care...
Thanks.
EthanielUK Quick check: A Nedis booster costs £51.99 at Amazon and MAY work. A landline costs £120 and WILL work.
Another problem that you may be encountering is signal fluctuation. Seems to happen frequently. Also, your signal quality may be affected if the mast experiences busy periods.
It is admittedly a difficult problem to solve, but to be fair to them, Smarty do suggest that people don't rely on a mobile signal for internet vs. a broadband line - this may be why.
- Thanks for the speedy reply. I did some more checking, and it appears that my little area has 5G for outdoor use only and weak indoor coverage. I cross-checked this with various UK providers on their network coverage map, and they're all saying the same thing. EE seemed to have a better coverage map with more accurate readings, showing black for my area, indicating outdoor use only.
- So, this pretty much roundss things up for myself and as you indicated in previous post that it seems likely that this is the only option. I did have a look and there appear to be two aerials by nedis on amazon one rectangular and the other cone shaped. I read somewhere that these need to be connected to wifi i think someone said in a post I only have my phone to rely on, no routers here, wifi.
Here is a copy-paste from Amazon's description below...
Connect the Antenna to your 4G or 5G device's Antenna Port. The device can be a 4G LTE or 5G CPE (Customer Premises Equipment), SIM card router, or cell phone Signal Boosters.
Ensure a secure and snug connection to minimize signal loss.
Not entirely sure what their trying to say there. I understand the concept of the aerial outside, cable coming inside, but what doesbthat connect to I dont have anything. Lifes to complocated
EthanielUK I'm no expert, but I imagine that the signal booster will then supply the boosted signal to a router in your home. Your phone would then pick up internet from that router.
Yes, through Wi-Fi. I assume I just need a router that has that strange connection on the back, which in all my life dealing with technology, I myself have never seen before.
Sorry for the delay. I was cooking pancakes and had a look around the house to see where this thing can go. It, however, may be too costly to implement depending on the router now. I don't see why they just don't make one from the outdoor aerial to an indoor booster to another aerial that transmits only through this indoor aerial being a small box.
