herby Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Hi all Firstly hope everyone has a good festive period or the best it can be ha I have Sky broadband and the landline and T.V My download speed is 0.3 average 1mb at best very occasionally just not good enough to do anything. I want to get a decent speed and possibly ditch Sky all together. I have a Humax 1000 box somewhere but I can get a new TV/Box/Broadband/ whatever to make life a lot easier. I don't watch football just documentaries so to get Discovery (I don't have it now) would be good. So what would you do in my shoes? I know there are many threads on here and I have read them all but none really have such poor speeds as I get and I am very rural so no cable. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Hi there,Kodi through fire stick, is the way forward.But you need half decent internet.I have it and it's great and you don't even need an ariel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Hi there,Kodi through fire stick, is the way forward.But you need half decent internet.I have it and it's great and you don't even need an ariel.or just don't buy anything and just download from here https://www.tvaddons.ag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 No provision for internet through phone lines where I am, so I have the tooway satellite internet. Downside is it's quite pricey at £35/mth for 20gb of download. Upside is I am connected and at half decent speed. About 18mb at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks Crowman. I am downloading that now Martyn but may take a few hours haha How do you find the broadband? I heard its bad in bad weather? I wouldn't think I use a lot but might go up if I watch tv over broadband so could become expencive just for bradband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks Crowman. I am downloading that now Martyn but may take a few hours haha How do you find the broadband? I heard its bad in bad weather? I wouldn't think I use a lot but might go up if I watch tv over broadband so could become expencive just for bradband hi I had this in lot in my house http://www.quickline.co.ukIt was good for me with 4 kids on Xbox iPads but dose cost a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Thanks Crowman. I am downloading that now Martyn but may take a few hours haha How do you find the broadband? I heard its bad in bad weather? I wouldn't think I use a lot but might go up if I watch tv over broadband so could become expencive just for bradband With regard to the satellite service - its the same service whatever the weather. I find the 20gb does my wife and I fine(general searching, fb, instagram etc) You have to ration TV programs a bit. Maybe a 2 or 3 a month. I think you can get unlimited for about £75/month. Even if you go over you're allocation, it just throttles the speed to 1mb. Edit - I thought you were replying to me sorry! Edited December 24, 2016 by Highlandladdie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDon Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Satellite is ok but a bit pricey for data, for example streaming. But it's very laggy so no good for gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Some sat packages are unlimited downloads over night, so you can download content without it killing your allowance. It's not cheap and the set up isn't usually free! Have you looked at 4g have had amazing download on EE in some very rural areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 As HDAV said try looking into 4G most providers will have a coverage checker on their website and if it doesn't work you can normally take it back i think you get 30 days. EE are brilliant speeds i was in Cornwall a few weeks back staying in a place in the middle of nowhere and was getting 4G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Some sat packages are unlimited downloads over night, so you can download content without it killing your allowance. It's not cheap and the set up isn't usually free! Have you looked at 4g have had amazing download on EE in some very rural areas... Read you post and got me thinking.....I've just hotspot with my phone and the fire stick is in full flow no lagging. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🎅🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Firestick with Kodi, you'll be spoilt for choice, just need a half decent broadband speed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Read you post and got me thinking.....I've just hotspot with my phone and the fire stick is in full flow no lagging. Merry Christmas Good effort there are some good deals on PAYG data especially on EE top up £10 and get 10GB of data etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thanks for replys. I am on EE with my mobile and I have a EE booster connected to my wifi as signal is not very good inside. Would there be a mast I can put on my roof to get a better signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy trigger Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 BT were only able to offer around 1meg where I live, when I would have eventually been connected, close by waited 12 months, BT wiring in the house, with all the hassle I have had in the past with them decided they were not a viable option. so looked at the alternatives, decided in the end on an EE dongle, £25 odd a month, 16 gig, just checked my speed whilst typing this 13.4, best I've seen 27+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglebert Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 We're in the middle of nowhere, .3mb landline broadband, which struggles to do anything, so we use an EE 4g SIM in a Router and get 50-60 mb speeds, 32 gig package for about 25 quid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano0404 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Go on BT web site and see what they recommend your broadband line speed should be, if it's lower than that chances are you have a fault on the line. We had satalite to start was very good ( had a 60gb package ) but after the first month they slowed us down because we was using to much, and with the ping witch was over a second. Web browsing became very slow by this time we was tied in to a two year package, even done a test and when your not using it the mb counter was going up. In the end we moved to BT and eventually they sorted the line problem, but before when we was with aol is was one blaming the other. If you do sign up just be careful of their far usage policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Thanks for replys. I am on EE with my mobile and I have a EE booster connected to my wifi as signal is not very good inside. Would there be a mast I can put on my roof to get a better signal? Yes you can get an external antenna for mobiles not sure how well they work with 4G I'll dig you a link out for a supplier of such things Give these guys a call in the new year http://www.solwise.co.uk/4g-antenna-omni-xpol-a0001.html Edited December 24, 2016 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted December 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Question already answered Thanks That may solve the issues Edited December 24, 2016 by herby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 We're in the middle of nowhere, .3mb landline broadband, which struggles to do anything, so we use an EE 4g SIM in a Router and get 50-60 mb speeds, 32 gig package for about 25 quid 4G! 3G would be nice..........come to think of it, signal would be nice. Seriously wondering why even I have a mobile phone, total waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Best just move house Herby it's the only way you are going to get decent speeds without paying a small fortune each month. If your in a village see if you can get fibre optic brought in, some other rural places have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted December 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 4G! 3G would be nice..........come to think of it, signal would be nice. Seriously wondering why even I have a mobile phone, total waste of money. You can get a signal 3g thing that connects to your wifi so at least you can get a mobile signal in the house using your satellite internet. Best just move house Herby it's the only way you are going to get decent speeds without paying a small fortune each month. If your in a village see if you can get fibre optic brought in, some other rural places have. I know. The village down the road to me has had a fibre duct put into it but 8 mile away at my friends house they have had the fibre cable dangling from the telegraph post outside his house for the past three month while he sufferes poor speeds too so I am still going to be waiting about a year anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglebert Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 4G! 3G would be nice..........come to think of it, signal would be nice. Seriously wondering why even I have a mobile phone, total waste of money. The 4g makes living here work, if we didn't have it we wouldn't have bought the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Am going to try the 4G option as I know I will run out of date very quick and it will end up costing lots. Will get a EE wifi thing and aeriel soon and post results up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglebert Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Our router is similar, but not exactly the same as this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-B593s-22-Unlocked-Wireless-Router/dp/B009QW3ZG4/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1482783040&sr=8-10&keywords=4g%2Brouter&th=1 It's really good, gives a good, constant speed, never drops the signal and doesn't need an external antenna, used with EEs wifi calling system you'll get mobile service where you normally couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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