Reply to: Recommend a MIFI temporary wifi thingy

[SimonMac]

Went with the Zyxel, so far very impressed with it

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I assume you mean the TP-Link M7350, that is only a Cat 4 rather than a Cat 6 (4G compared to 4G+) might as well make it future proof as the last one lasted me years.

I was looking at the Huawei E5786, but in honest the number convention makes little to no sense, out of left field the Zyxel WAH7706 gets good review

My viewpoint is that one was £60 the other was £160 (at the time) and not in stock when I needed it. The price saving and availability won over increased speed

[SimonMac]

I've got one of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-E557...&keywords=mifi

Both the tp-link or Huawei will do what you want you just need to pick one...

I assume you mean the TP-Link M7350, that is only a Cat 4 rather than a Cat 6 (4G compared to 4G+) might as well make it future proof as the last one lasted me years.

I was looking at the Huawei E5786, but in honest the number convention makes little to no sense, out of left field the Zyxel WAH7706 gets good review

[SimonMac]

Can you not just use your phone?

I like having a second device for internet when I am out with the family and we can all connect to one mobile router, also when I am on clients site that don't have guest wifi.

I am on a legacy three tariff which gives me 15gb a month dirt cheap

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I've got one of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-E557...&keywords=mifi

Both the tp-link or Huawei will do what you want you just need to pick one...

[TheFaQQer]

After many many years my Alcatel Y800 has died an honourable death, what is the best to replace with these days, or should I just get another of the same

Can you not just use your phone?

[d000hg]

I've been impressed by this:

TP-Link 4G LTE-Advanced Mobile Wi-Fi Router/Hotspot ((M7350) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PFXFWTQ

[SimonMac]

After many many years my Alcatel Y800 has died an honourable death, what is the best to replace with these days, or should I just get another of the same

[d000hg]

EE and 3 were the ones I found doing proper PAYG rather than having to cancel a contract. A MiFi router will cost £50-70 but as mentioned, tethering via the phone might be the best option.

And as also mentioned - yes you can eat data remarkably fast these days. Make sure you turn Netflix, Amazon, etc, down to lower quality and you'll still easily surpass 1Gb/day with only a few hours use.

[sal]

There are some land line no contract broadband offers - linky wheer you can pay only for 1 month

[SimonMac]

For the actual device, I have an unlocked Alcatel Y800, rock solid bit of kit.

Fir the provider it will have to be a PAYG, check to see which offers the best signal as that will be the key rather than cost I would imagine.

[barrydidit]

I got a 3 MiFi for when the summer road trip in Europe (free roaming). Dead handy and it's just been pressed into service for navigating around New York too. You can get them on a 30 day contract or just buy the device and load a 12gb topup for £30

[Scruff]

When I was between providers, I went through 40GB in 10 days.

[Einstein Jnr]

If she can get a decent mobile signal from the house then adding an additional data bundle and then tethering may be an option. I have done it over 4G and it's decent for basic workloads.

[Fred Bloggs]

A 4G GiffGaff connection perhaps? There's no contract.