Upgrading my current setup.....

[houghton19]

I currently have a ASUS 5300 running merlin, I have FTTC and run via a openreach white modem. I currently struggle to get more than about 50meg.

Cable is not available in my area!

I run speed tests on my 4G sim and can achieve 70+ meg...... last night it topped 103meg.

I am thinking of getting a Vodafone sim as these now advertise unlimited 5G and max speed for £30 a month....

I have a TP link LtE modem that I can plug into the router via usb and have tested this works previously.

So also thinking about getting a second asus 5300 to put into the loft with the 4G sim connected too, I’m hoping being higher might give me a faster connection and running the 2 asus on asus aimesh.

Then when 5G is in my area upgrade to a 5G dongle and hopefully have even faster speeds.


Can anyone see any issue with this? Other advice?

Thanks.

 

[Grisu]

you have to test it, nobody could seriously answer this. It is even dependent on exact location and LTE-radio there. Turn it some degrees may change things.
Would be good to have direct sight to the 5G antenna of you mobile operator.

 

[AndreiV]

1) Do you really need the extra "speed" , most people wouldn't see any difference between 50+70 Mbps in normal use and pings will be much higher.

2) Are you sure you want to rely on Vodafone , their service suffers far more downtime than your ISP ever will.

3) You have FTTC at present , have you asked if GFast or FTTP/H are coming to your area yet? Both are being rolled out in many parts of the UK.

 

[houghton19]

Thank you both for the replies.

1) Need is maybe not the correct word as we do survive on 45/50 meg that we have. However I would like it. I notice sometimes when I’m downloading and streaming I get buffering. This never happened on my old 330 meg circuit. We moved house and can’t get that now.

2) I just took out a 30 day rolling contract as I can cancel in 14 days. I have ran a few speed tests and no doesn’t get more than 20meg..... was told 5G is here soon so that was part of my idea.

3) We live in a little village with G.fast but due to my cable run being about 900m I’m outside the 300m limit for Gfast. Also no FTTP here being rolled out for a while. (I actually work for openreach so I know about the services I can’t get )