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05/6/2023 at 4:02pm
Location: Lichfield
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I use an E-E mobile router but the monthly fee is expensive especially when you only get 5 gig of data.
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05/6/2023 at 9:31pm
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I have an ipad and buy an ee data only card for it from Argos. Generally speaking I find ee coverage very good.
The card costs £50 and includes 120Gb of data and is valid for 12 months. Just started using my second card. Young Aunty's ipad can also access the internet vis wifi using this card as well.
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06/6/2023 at 8:14am
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We used to tether from our phones which worked well but it meant having to keep swapping SIMs in and out of the phone as we would buy an unlimited data sim to cover the period we were away.
For this season, we bought a TP-Link 4G Router from Amazon and use a SIM from whatever network has the best coverage in the area. We just use 1 month contracts so we are not tied into the big data SIM and continue to use our cheap low data SIMs for most of the year.
So far, the router has worked well everywhere we have been. At the minute we are just using the small built in antenna that came with the router but it has the ability to attach a separate higher gain antenna should we find we need it in the future.
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12/6/2023 at 7:23pm
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For next week's camp, after weak wifi signal in May, we went to Vodafone and took out a 100g a month contract for 18 months, £10 a month. Only available if you're a long standing customer. Friend gave us a mobile dongle so looking forward to watching a bit of You Tube.
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18/6/2023 at 8:12am
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I also use a Huawei mifi dongle with a 4g antenna EE 120Gb data card valid for 12 month for £50, I find if it is plugged into the mains electric it works better
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19/6/2023 at 12:54pm
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Quite simply I don't go away with expectation of remaining in contact with the outside world!
Experience has taught me that mobile signals are very fickle, the network coverage maps are to be treated with some suspicion, even at home in the burbs of London, mobile signal can be pretty poor, and that's on more than just one network! Occasionally get a 5G signal, but often can do no more than talk and txt., no data! - and that's often via Wi-Fi calling over the land line internet! Got into the mindset that the mobile phone is NOT a reliable connection to the world!
It's not that important to me to maintain mobile contact constantly, and I can't be asked to stream video (never find enough I really want to watch!), so I wouldn't personally invest very much in hardware in a possibly vain attempt to get a signal, think DK and others have found the hard way, you can't BUY reception that simply isn't there with fancy hardware!
Usually find when out and about, once in a while I get enough of a signal to reconnect with outside world for the bare essentials, and that's good enough for me.
Quite like 'withdrawing' from the (un)civilised world and living in my little un-connected spot for a week or so. Actually find it rather sad to see people with faces constantly buried in 'screens' in the virtually world of social media etc., when they are surrounded by some of the most fantastic natural scenes on the planet, just my attitude to these things.
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Topic: Caravan Wifi
via mobile 05/6/2023 at 9:36pm
