Newby Wifi advice please

Phil ClubMember replied on 09/02/2024 17:50

Phil ClubMember

Posted on 09/02/2024 17:50

Hi,

We are relatively new to Motorhoming (if that's even a word) and are embarking on a trip to southern Spain in March. We want to have unlimited Wifi whilst we are out there and some helpful advice on the kit I have chosen before I buy would be muchly appreciated.

I've picked out a MiMo 3 V2 15 antenna, a Huawei 535-333 router and a European Holafly unlimited data prepaid eSIM.

Some of your more experienced thoughts on this kit would help a lot.

Many thanks

Phil

16 replies

hitchglitch replied on 12/03/2024 19:06

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hitchglitch

Motorhomer

Posted on 09/02/2024 21:23 by Cartledge

I always use my mobile hot spot wherever we are, the UK and Europe. . My provider is Sky mobile and I have a good data allowance which I don’t otherwise use much. Unused data allowance is auto rolled over every month.
we can connect our caravan TV, iPad, or laptop to the hotspot with acceptable speed provided the mobile phone signal is adequate.
Never needed anything else, even for streaming.

Posted on 12/03/2024 19:06

Agree, but with Sky as with other UK providers you have to pay for access in Europe since Brexit. It was £2 per day but I haven’t checked lately.

Rose N replied on 04/06/2024 15:22

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Rose N

Caravanner

Posted on 04/06/2024 15:22

Hi everyone

We are new caravanners and we’re off to France in our Buccaneer caravan this month.

Similar question to those above…… we have a WI-FI Router already installed into the van and were hoping to buy a sim with data (around 100GB) that we could use whilst away on our 3 week trip.
We obviously don’t want to be tied into a 12 month contract, we just want it on a Pay as you go or 30 day rolling contract basis.

I’ve tried EE, O2 and Vodafone, none of whom can help.

Has anyone tried buying a sim abroad? This was suggested to me by the chap in the Vodafone shop.

Thanks

peedee replied on 04/06/2024 17:28

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peedee

Motorhomer

Posted on 04/06/2024 17:28

Service providers change their offers every 5 mins, we'll it seems like it! I have used Three Mobile pay as you go in the past and I thought I saw they were offering a current PAG sim with roaming a couple of weeks.ago.

Check them out.

peedee

richardandros replied on 05/06/2024 07:23

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richardandros

Caravanner

Posted on 05/06/2024 07:23

Whilst I don't know whether it will work abroad - as stated upthread, I use an EE 120Gb sim card which is valid for a year and then can be loaded with more data - but it's cheaper to buy a new one. A card usually lasts me about a year anyway. Strange thing is - is that they are no longer available from EE or BT as they used to be - and the only place that seems to sell them is Argos. Oh - and the price has gone up from £50 to £60, last time I looked. Still cheap internet, though.

eribaMotters replied on 05/06/2024 20:29

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eribaMotters

Caravanner

Posted on 05/06/2024 20:29

We are currently in France using our TP Link 4g Router and SMARTY data only SIM card for Wi-fi. It cost £9 for 15 gig of data. You are capped at 12 gig of data so no use in buying a bigger card.It was a bit of a pain to set up as had to reconfigure a few things and I'm not really tech savvy, but now all working well.I cannot see any reason why you could not buy several cards and swap over as/when your data runs out. Give them a call for advice.