EE 4G WiFi Mini

R and R, we also have EE broadband at home and was looking to make use of the 5 gb uplift with an EE sim (currently on Vodafone)...

the was an issue that the data couldn't be used for tethering so I declined and stayed with Vodafone, which has been fine..

 having just looked again at EE community, it seems you can thether abroad...do you have any experience of this?

We had a MiFi until about 4 years ago, and it worked well but ..... your phone is a MiFi in effect so they are pointless nowadays. Just choose a mobile provider that allows tethering, and you can use your phone signal as a WiFi anywhere, without needing to power the MiFi. I use GiffGaff which works on O2 on pay as you go. The advantage is you can vary your data allowance each month, so you can increase it if you are in caravvaning mode, and drop it back at other times when you are mainly home based. To buy a MiFi, which is basically a simplified phone, and buy a SIM card that you already have in your phone, so that you can access the internet on your phone or iPad, that you can already  do by tethering your phone, seems a bit of a waste of money and effort.

Hi All

Just back from Folkstone where we tried out our new MiFi! in words three words "Brilliant" "Amazing" "Fast"

No more messing around connecting to site WiFi hoping that you get a signal! No need to faffing around using you mobile to tether! Just turn on and leave on and you can connect at least 3 devices as we had the Tablet and 2 mobiles each running the internet on one connection and great speeds as well!

So my advice is get one while the offer is on and don't forget works in the car as well just as long as you can connect to a 12 volt supply!

No more yearly cost for site WiFi now and I get to use it in the car as well with the tablet which is not a Mac 

I’ll be sticking with my phone and tethering but I’m glad to hear you're pleased with the mifi, Gateway.  👍🏻

BB - sorry can't help on that - haven't used it abroad but I don't bother with tethering anyway.  As I said, because the 6sPlus has such a big screen, it's virtually made all of my other toys redundant!

I’ve bought an unlocked HUAWEI 4g mifi unit and bought a couple of 3 mobile internet with legs sims.  Amazon do a 24gb version for £43.50 at the moment. The advantage for me of these sims is the expiry date.  The 12gb version gives you 12 months from first use and the 24gb 24 months, this suits my erratic data usage.  Obviously if you know that you are going to use a lot of data over a short period it would be worth buying a sim with a shorter usage period but a cheaper per Gb cost.

Amazon sims

I have a mifi from 3 network. 10gb for £8 p m. this also gives me as being a Netflix subscriber free use of Netflix and doesn't come of your monthly data allowance. you can take it anywhere with you just fits in pocket if needed while out and about. also up to ten devices can be used at any one time. good enough for me.

If you own your smart phone outright and set up a SIM only contract with EE, having haggled for their best deal, then you should be able to have unlimited call, unlimited texts and circa 10Gb 4G data / month for less than £20.

You will need to look up new customer deals then ring EE Customer services to price match their offer if you are already an EE customer.

Tether your smartphone to your tablet or computer for a bigger screen.

At present the EE 4G network (shared by BT etc) has the best 4G coverage.

There are lots of rural areas without 4G coverage, so a backup Huawei with a 3 data only SIM will possibly provide service where there’s no EE service.

We use WiFi a lot, both at home and on the move, so connectivity is important to us. Although we’re not TV addicts, we do stream certain programs when away. We haven’t used the television for several years now. We also have an online newspaper subscription, research local information, check our home heating and control lights for security while away. In car, we’ve abandoned TomTom and use a phone ap for navigation. Occasionally the phone gets used to make telephone calls too :-)

Our integration into WiFi/ mobile technology means that we no longer use a landline at home. Our WiFi service is part of a SKY package on fibre, which also needed haggling (£98 reduced to £65) as above,

I hope that the above helps.

We use Giffgaff pay as you go on our cheap smart phones. It works well but our own area of the SW has slow internet connections and in some places poor phone connections too. We have a Huawei but don't use it very often, we used to take a laptop but tend to use the phones more. Much depends on how much use you want from devices, ours are kept at fairly minimal levels.

But it’s only any use if u are on a site where phone signal is any good so what’s the point. Might as well just tether to phone. No extra cost. Site like climber park don’t get a phone signal so mifi would not work and nor would tethering. So WiFi would be needed