EE 4G WIFI Device

The economics might be different if you rent your phone and have oddles of free data bundled in with the rental rather than pay as you go. Also as far as I know you cannot use a phone as a hotspot when on Continental trips. That is certainly the case with the service provided by Three Mobile and this was the primary reason I purchased a MiFi

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We have an inexpensive Huawei device but tend to pick up on our phones using giffgaff. We are not on contracts, use cheap Ulefones and pay as we go. Seems to work well in most places.

Difficult to say but you should be able to check how much data your using monthly on your phone. This month I have used 1.4Gbs but I have also had my home desktop available. Last time I bought 12Gbs I used it all in about 10 weeks while on Continental trips. I have topped up with 5Gbs for a month for use in the UK and used it all and it is rare for us to download any films or TV while away but I think on that occasion my other half watched catch up TV for an hour.

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firstly, Peedee, it really depends on which supplier and which type of comtract when it comes to being able to tether...

my Vodafone Red pay monthly sim only (£15 unl mins,unl txt, 5gb data) certainly allows full usage for tethering here and abroad..(extra 2gb).

i was looking to check out a new phone (or new sim) with other providers and there are 'provisos' with some...Three especially.

the feel at home deal (which was one of the first to 'allow' uk allowances to be used abroad, ahead of the EU directive where everyone has to...) only applies to certain levels of deal...the cheaper ones do not allow tethering.....so not for me...

David, re data usage....the 7 gb (total) that we have when 'away' is more than sufficient to allow OH and I to browse as much as we like over a month...we do not download film or the like, which will eat your allowance.

the Vodafone app also allows checking of your usage as you go through the month.  

believe me, ive tried really hard (tight git) to better what ive got with more data or less cost, but i simply cant get 5/7 gb of tetherable data, usable abroad with any other supplier for anything like the same cost.

you could try Giffgaff (O2) or Tesco or Plusnet or.....but there are likely to be restrictions in usage one way or another....

I am on my second month with Huwei MiFi - just got rid of Virgin media home broadband - got a deal with 3 for 40Gb of data per month for £17 pm which covers all my home requirements and certainly all my caravanning needs - don' t use club wi fi anymore.

I have not had any reception problems at all as yet and am getting average of 74mbs speed- better than my Virgin 100 mbs !!!!!

Worth a try in my book .

For info: ALL 3 products are supplied unlocked even if they display the 3 logo at start-up. EE, if asked, should be able to unlock their devices at time of purchase as it is company policy on PAYG devices. However the Alcatel devices they supply are not as good as the Huaweis from 3.

You can usually find used but guaranteed mifi units from the Computer Exchange (www.webuy.com) for around a tenner but many of them are 3G only. The Huawei 4G units are in the 5000 series model number and cost a little more but work much better.

Having used GiffGaff on O2, EE, and 3 I would recommend EE for preference. Not only is their 4G fast (like nearly 50Mb/s for me!!) but as they have the contract to provide the infrastructure for the replacement for the emergency services Airwave communications system their coverage will be significantly better.

Hi 

I have one supplied by three. 

20gb per month cost £10.00 per month 

used it to download films and stream live tv 

it works on 4g most of the time only switching to 3 g in low signal areas. 

Went over limit once ( 2 weeks holiday and kids downloading everything) 

This cost approx extra £20 but have now set control so no extra can be used