Gwylan
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- All at sea⛵
I have 5gb on my phone and rarely run out.
Look at Lebara, simple, rolling contract renews each month, cheap at £6.00 per month and works well in UK and bits of Europe.
Will test later today in Germany.
Internet connections: Mb/s; Gigabytes; 4g and 5g, oh my.
- Thread starter Andy in Germany
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I have 5gb on my phone and rarely run out.
Look at Lebara, simple, rolling contract renews each month, cheap at £6.00 per month and works well in UK and bits of Europe.
Will test later today in Germany.
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Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
Like Aldi, there's no hotspot as far as I can make out.
presta
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Not all SIMs will work in routers. (eg: Smarty will, Talkmobile won't.)
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Andy in Germany
Guru
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
No, I don't need that. I'd also think twice before giving Space Karen any money.
Are you only looking at mobile broadband rather than fixed / fibre broadband?
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Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
The only fixed broadband I know is available is o2. This has only 16mb/s and costs more than the Hotspot (see original post for the numbers)
So not very broad - band!
To be honest I'd go for the smaller data allowance as I'd be very surprised if they don't let you upgrade to allow you to give them more money if the data allocation isn't good enough.
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Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
No, not really.
Apparently the Vodafone has something called a "shop" in Tübingen, where you can, and I know this is a bit outlandish, speak with a human being and ask questions before actually spending any money. This mysterious facility is also available if I have any problems with my connection.
I will investigate this alleged concept and report back.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
If you don’t download / watch a lot of videos or movies then 30Gb is far more than you’d use in a month.
presta
Legendary Member
I have a Smarty SIM which gives 32GB for £8.
With surfing and watching a few You Tube videos, but not streaming TV, my usage for the last few months has been:
24, 31, 27, 16, 19, 18, 17, 21, 29
The main thing is to check which network masts best cover your village. I'm guessing that there must be a German tool that tells which which mobile network mast owners have coverage at your house, given that there is a UK one.
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Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
Thanks for the advice and assistance. The 4G Hotspot is now stitched on and logged into the system, and it's working pretty well; it's as fast as the landline connection, although it occasionally sulks when using Google Maps, for some reason. Other than that, it seems fine.
I checked this before buying the Hotspot. I have a good 4G connection in the village and a 5G connection if I stand on a specific bench on the top of the hill just outside, facing east, when the moon is waning.
I checked this before buying the Hotspot. I have a good 4G connection in the village and a 5G connection if I stand on a specific bench on the top of the hill just outside, facing east, when the moon is waning.
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HMS_Dave
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That'll just be Google harvesting all your location data. It settles down when they have it safe on their servers.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Following this thread, mostly because the only broadband provider in this area is Virgins. They are terrible. At the end of each contract they bump up the price as a punishment for staying with them. Last year it went from £30/month to £74 (for up to 500mb/sec) so we had to haggle like mad and eventually ended up with up to 350MB/sec for £49/month. I'm hoping next June we might be able to get a SIM-based deal that uses 5g, if it's fast enough.
