For Mobile Broadband this is not bad, especially is you have no traffic Limit, I wish we could have this in Germany. I Pay 9,90€/month with a limit of 4 GB, and then I have just 1 Mbit/s Thank you for the Video.
4G LTE has come a long way, and it was originally designed to be the final step in wireless broadband. As you can see in Vince's vid, a proper permanent solution will work very well, also helps if the ISP has a good deal for your data package.
do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.
I've got the same setup. In my loft, it was bimbling around 15Mbps. I bought and external aerial and no matter where o put it upstairs, the signal & speed didn't get better - in fact it got worse. Like Vince said, try it all over the house... And similar to him, the best signal for the router alone was in the kitchen. I positioned my external router outside and tried various positions and the best one was about 7feet off the ground in the opposite side of the house to where the masts were located!! (Found this using the Cell Tower location finder app) and now I'm getting 50, 60 and sometime 70Mbps. Use either of those apps to find the optimal setting of RSRQ, RSRP and SNIR. A couple of tips - go into the router settings (if you've got a Huawei, use the Huawei Manager app or the 3rd party HuaCtrl app) so make sure the antenna is set to EXTERNAL. Another tip is to set the receiving signal to just channel 3 (1800Mhz, or 3 and 20 (800Mhz). 3 on its own works best for me. (Using the frequency locking option of the apps)
do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.
We are lucky to live in both virgin and BT fttp.. we were with BT fttc but we got great deal to switch to their fttp and gets speeds of 960 down and 120 up for £40.. so far it has been a dream.
I'm on my eighth or nineth playing by now. I'm running it in another tab with the volume low while watching other content. Doing my best to tickle the algorithm, VINCE!
I live in a rural area, so with three, ended up with the B535, but initially had problems, good connection, 20 mbps down (v good for edge of Bodmin moor), but, I had to reboot or reset at lest once a day, when it went to less than 1 mbps. By chance, I came across a blog for the 535. The guy said for maximum speed, 2 or three settings need to be changed; so, off I went to 192.168.8.1, and in advanced changed the aerial setting to internal, and the network setting to 4g only. Now I have 30mbps! The guy said to never leave the aerial setting on both. I have also changed the aerial setting on auto. Hope this helps others who have problems, and maybe Vince could try this on his to see what difference these settings make to his router. Really enjoy your videos, keep it up.
If you buy one independently you will get the B353 with a Tel socket. I have been plugging my standard line phone into it and it's been fine for phoning and receiving calls but now peoples calls are eing diverted to the answering phone service on sms.
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As a tip for anyone around here, as far as many Huawei routers go, try forcing the band to 1800/2100 MHz. Even if the signal is terrible, it may still perform better than 700/800 MHz. Or try forcing 800+1500 MHz.
Me and my 2 uncles have set these up in our houses (we all live out in the country) before we all got below 3MBs and now I get between 30 to 50 one of my uncle gets around 70mbs and the other gets 90mbs we all use the same router that's in this video along with an exterior 5g ready antenna from poynting
Thanks for that Vince, I've been following your tips for a long time now. We're in the country and 'exchange line only' i.e. copper cable to the exchange. Although the exchange is fibre enabled, Openreach have no plans to improve our connection. BT quote us 5mbs down and 1mbs up but using your tips I got that up to 7.5mbs down with the phone line. However, I recently changed to a 4G router and a Three 12 month unlimited data contract. We only get a 3G signal and although the signal strength is 75-100%, the signal quality is poor at -85 to -90dBm. Moving the router and now with an external antenna makes little difference, but my download is now a fairly stable 15-20mbs and 1.9mbs upload. That might not sound great, but it's twice to three times better down and double the speed up! Thanks again for the videos and good luck with the channel.
I've been considering this for a while for an organisation that has no cable broadband or even a phone line, but data limits were too low. Assuming the 3 network gives a good signal £15 unlimited would be great! Thanks for showing this.
So impressed I went straight online to order one, unfortunately, £15pm was a special offer that has expired, still not horrendous at £22pm, but the differnce was enough to make me stop and shop around a litle. But all that aside great video thanks.
Vince remember to change the default password and also remember to change your SSID and your password phrase not what’s on the wall way box it is more secure
@@ClayMann yeah this kind of stuff really helps people, if I didn't know how to do it I'd probably be looking for a short video by someone with a lot of subs just so I know they aren't wasting my time
Hi - The One thing you did not show was the information on the mains adapter because this modem can be used anywhere in the uk and The Adapter will show what Current / Volts O/P is required for using a mobile battery power pack. To publish the Adapter info just click RU-vid Edit video - Icon - and up date the text in ( SHOW MORE )
Wow, 33.18 download and 19.37 is better than i get with fibre to the cabinet. I didn't expect mobile broadband to be that fast. But i am 0.2 of a mile from the cabinet. I have a friend who lives across the road from the cabinet and he gets 70Mbps down.
I'm on three and have got unlimited data, I would just tether from my mobile to my laptop or whatever device needs the internet - works well and doesn't need a router.
Gosh I REALLY enjoy the "Trying to fix" series. I believe thats what brought me to Vince's channel. I will try to continue to watch but its a crying shame RU-vid dictates the content you make. I believe you ENJOY making those videos but have become a slave to the algorithm. I also found it amazing at 3:20 he took the router out of the box for the first time and it already had painters tape covering the serial and address information ;-)
Eek did you check the 3 coverage. I went O2 and get 33mb sec. Same router. 3 was so poor and I can see the mast. Also 3 do lower speeds and then increase until stable I think. 5Ghz is better for most used devices such as netflix.
Did anyone else get a questionnaire on the homepage of RU-vid about MyMateVince channel? I ticked everything in there survey that was relevant. E.g, enjoyment, fulfilling, etc. So I hope it helps Vince!
i set up all my family members respective houses using the same SSID and passkey and any new routers etc just get adjusted to match (im never a fan of an SSID advertising the equipment manufacturer or internet provider!). Any time any of us visit each others houses, the devices just work as if they were at home and if anyone get new phones, pcs, tablets it saves the hassle of having to add everyone's wifi details again as they only have to do it once at home.
It's like going into a new era. I will never forget how I found your channel. One of your networking videos was recommended to me from watching an old RadioShack tutorial video about setting up internet wiring in a house. And then you just recently released your first Trying to FIX video. I watched it and thought of how neat it was. Been watching since and will continue to do so. Oddly enough one of the most memorable videos was that refrigerator a couple years back.
Thanks I really like the way you explained the way to do it. I might go that route as I am borrowing with permission from my next door friends house. But the signal drops out sometimes. Thanks.
I appreciate this video a lot Vince. It was pure coincidence you uploaded this the day I was trying to find a eay to improve my 4G LTE signal. I went out and bought a netgear 4g ltr modem with dual antenna and a wifi router and its been wonderful. Thank you!
Ive got the same router with an outside omni-directional aerial and im getting 160mbps down and 20 mbps up. I am down in a dip below the main mast and about 5 miles away from it. if you download the open signal app to your phone then insert the router sim in your phone you can walk around with your phone and find the strongest signal this is particularly handy for finding the best signal outdoors. mounting the omni-directional aerial close to a wall will cause signal bounce and reduce the gain it has to offer so an aerial mast or pole about a foot long will prevent this. it is also adviseable to not increase the length of the cable that comnes with the aerial as its gain will be reduced. playing around with the orientation of the saerial also seems to help a lot particularly placing the aerial in a position where signal bounce from a nearby wall can be reduced, we mounted ours on the front corner of the building sticking out diagonally about half way up the front wall of the house but I used the phone open signal app to find the best signal area around the outside of the house. we are also on the 3 network with smarty mobile. we pay £18 a month for unlimited broardband and the price hasnt increased yet there is no contract and no standing charge to pay because it doesnt need a landline.
It's in the title, "for Beginners" A beginner wouldn't change the SSID or password, and most of those wouldn't even know that you could change the SSID.
Not only a inbox video, but also very useful tips like the antenna... Which I was going to search later 😁 and then you provide it 🤗👏 Great! Many thanks 👍👍👍
Obviously I have been using this for one year now, firstly as a life saver after BT messed up my install 😡 Now I've moved in an area with no cable etc.... And very crappy bad mobile reception 😞 So I need to improve this set up! 🤨
A brilliant tech video Vince! Content like this is really good for the technophobic. I know that many people would get a lot of out of this - in a previous job I spent many hours trying to talk through the process of this and other gadgets. People might not understand these things initially, but they have to begin from somewhere.
do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.
Not that I know of,@@crappymeal - although I admit I've been out of the game for 6 or 7 years, and tech changes fast. I know some networks do a family bundle where you can essentially give some of your data to another SIM within that bundle. That could give you a potential option? Also many Smartphones allow tethering; essentially using your phone's data and turning itself into a mobile hotspot. You could then go for a large data SIM deal. However it'll eat up the phone's battery. The trouble with phone stores is many will simply bluff their way into selling anything, especially when pressurised for sales stats and commission. I hope Vince can read these replies as he's probably more clued up than me - if not, try again as a fresh comment as he'll get a notification. Good luck, and I like the name. 😁👍
Never put it on a window ledge if you can help it? Half your WiFi will be beamed out through the window. You need the signal to bounce back in. The kitchen ceramic tiles will be putting all the signal back into the room and not losing some out put into soft walls, carpets, soft furnishings etc, etc.
Very good final result with the outdoor areal... the upload was 4x better than our 100Mbps Virgin Media connection which is a pitiful 5Mbps up. Things might get a bit slow with multiple people in a house on netflix, gaming etc etc at the same time, but still impressive for what it is... would be great for caravans and canal boats!
Can you do more wii u videos i know the console is old and not liked so much but a lot of people are getting in to retro gaming and some wii u stuff would be interesting
i have a personal hotspot (so can't be wired, but is portable) on three, kept it in roughly the same places when i had to use it, and it did fluturate from a couple of mbit\s to about 12, maybe higher i didn't check it constantly, just keeping it in the same place incedently i got a one month rolling contract, unlimited for £25, which i intend to either cancel and go pay and go or downgrade in the next few days since i have proper fiber broadband, it's just that i was switching providers from sky..................................................... still, i have a mobile hotspot now, and i have an old tablet that only works on wifi so thata cool. it's also much better and way cheaper then my o2 phone, for which i am paying £20 for 5 gig a month on a three year contract and get about 2 mbit\s tethered. i hate phone companies
a couple of issues here - you probably won t get a huawei router - they have been blocked from UK networks don't get three broadband in hull, my dad had it and it wasn't good avoid vodafone if you live nearish paneltex. signal drops out totally for some reason
50 Mbps is very good for 4g lte and should really do for most applications, even hd video streaming. However, when I think of my 1 gbps cable broadband.... as you sais, lte is a nice alternative for all who are not having access to vdsl fibre or cable .....
Your videos are so good I've watched you for a long time now and will continue so interesting to find out how things work and to fixs itams I will support you all the way egnore the hatter's
The never much thought about solution could be satellite internet which is blisteringly fast download side but reliant on the landline for upload and control on most systems. I did years back trial a satellite link when I lived in Cornwall and it was very fast download but it lagged having to wait for its uplink control but I imagine nowadays far more advanced.
Thanks, for making a video on this, I have the Huawei Mobile Wifi (portable version), and having difficulty setting it up.How do you activate a new sim, as my phone takes nano sims but the mobile wifi takes micro sim 🤔
I love "how to" content ! One time my disc stuck on my Fat Xbox One, and what? I found every possible model how to eject disc on "My Mate VINCE" channel :)
How much is the areal that your brother fitted to the side of the house and where did he get it from? I live in the uk and that end result is much faster than what I get
Vince, while I don't think I need much help setting up a router I do find your videos very helpful for my mood. I'll do my bit to support you regardless of content. Keep up the good work!
My phone provider left my business with no phone line or internet for 2 weeks so I picked up one of these on a 1 year contract. The speeds were actually better than my old fibre, but it managed to keep us going until a new phone line is put in.
I would actually like to see a HOW TO GET INTO REPAIR video showing all the tools and stuff you bought and what tools you use the most when trying to fix electronics.
when you take out the contract and they deliver the products. Do they only Deliver the SIM card and you have the buy the router separately or do you get both?
I am looking at that final speed test and can't help but notice how the upload is so much better than my upload from a "Fiber" (FTTC) connection that I have haha
Very nice. I gave it a watch to support you... but you can always learn something, can't you.... Yes you can. A friend who lives further out was asking me, is it worth it to do an external antenna... You kind of glossed over it at the end, but the antenna was running around 57% faster, which is not nothing..... I do agree with you, if you have access to decent cable or something, that will almost always be your best bet, at least in the USA....
the best thing to do before you get one of these is to do a search online to do a postcode search to see if 3 network works in your are. In Suffolk I got 12mbps but in wales I have got 110mbps
I had virgin broadband paying 44 quid a month and now prices up another 3 quid so 47 quid, a month just for the internet. so I got now this broadband with 3 and this routter I am paying 10 quid a month for the first 7 months and after 20 quid and I am getting nearly 50 mbps everyday, so guess what I did I tell virgin to fuck off and now I am saving 34 quid every month towards my annual holidays, is a no brainer if you ask me, it all depend ur area, but i couldn't be happier with my choice
