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[Mogman]

As some are aware I bought a plot of land last year and just about have it useable now, fenced all round, 3 ph electric supply, water, fowl drains even got an electric sliding gate that opens with a phone callnow I’ve got a land line onto site (this was the biggest and dearest job) so now need a provider to connect me, all I need is internet to run my cameras, who are you using as when I’ve looked there is that many options and deals my head is fried

 

[sjs5060]

Mog we don't have cable and found the Internet down the phone line shite, I've now got a three mobile router, works off s SIM card the same as your phone and it's the best broadband I've ever had. Think it's about £22 a month

 

[Mogman]

Mog we don't have cable and found the Internet down the phone line shite, I've now got a three mobile router, works off s SIM card the same as your phone and it's the best broadband I've ever had. Think it's about £22 a month

Wish I’d known that earlier would of saved openreach ripping out my newly planted black thorn hedge and digging a hole big enough to bury a shipping container f****ng halfwits I’d already found there ducking and back filled with sand for them while I was finding the electric cables

 

[V8Druid]

Mog we don't have cable and found the Internet down the phone line shite, I've now got a three mobile router, works off s SIM card the same as your phone and it's the best broadband I've ever had. Think it's about £22 a month

please tell me a lot more Ste ??
currently with SSE @Mogman , after taking the greatest of pleasure in telling BT to **** right off, after years of miserable service ...... £19 a month line rental and two quid a month for unlimited BB ..... don't have a phone plugged into the line ... just the router and would love summat that'd do away with the line too

 

[Regy53]

What speeds can you get very roughly

 

[V8Druid]

Just looked @sjs5060 ...... no 4G coverage here ... looks good though ... and all for a fixed 21 quid a month .... can't wait

 

[Gecko]

18 months ago, I installed a 3/4g router as I wanted a cheap, low use connection. I won't talk speeds, companies or costs because it's not helpful (it's in Oz),but it certainly works well.
Due to the almost unique Oz radio bands, the dlink 921 was the pick at the time, but has been superseded since then.
These also support DSL with 3/4G failover, but work fine with only a SIM card.

The 921 has removable 4G antennas allowing a roof mounted antenna to be substituted if the signal is marginal.

 

[fred]

If and its a big if, you can get at least 2 bars of 4G signal then a 4G router is really good. Put a cheapy pay as you go voda sim that has unlimited internet and you good to go.

Router

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[V8Druid]

If and its a big if, you can get at least 2 bars of 4G signal then a 4G router is really good. Put a cheapy pay as you go voda sim that has unlimited internet and you good to go.

Router

TP-Link TL-MR6400 300 Mbps 4G Mobile Wi-Fi Router, SIM Slot Unlocked, No Configuration Required, Removable External Wi-Fi Antennas, UK Plug: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Shop for TP-LINK PC products at the Amazon.co.uk Computers & Accessories store.

www.amazon.co.uk

voda deal

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how do you tell then @fred ?? is it a special 4g phone .... I always have full bars here .... can see the mast across the valley from me patio ... but not sure what sort of phone signal I use??? ...... having looked at the link that Ste put up last night it says there is no 4G here

 

[fred]

it shows you on your phone normally. Do a speed test on a mobile and you soon see what speed you can get.

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[Regy53]

We use 4g at the yard for all our internet. It’s as good if not better than landline. Apart from a little dearer

 

[V8Druid]

it shows you on your phone normally. Do a speed test on a mobile and you soon see what speed you can get.

SpeedOf.Me, Internet speed test for all devices

SpeedOf.Me is a broadband speed test that allows you to easily measure your actual Internet speed on all your devices like mobile, tablet, game console, smart TV, etc.

speedof.me

I don't have internet enabled on me phone ... too bloody small to be of use to me .... and rarely have a need for it ... will get one of the kids to tell me next time they're here

 

[DaveDCB]

Mog we don't have cable and found the Internet down the phone line shite, I've now got a three mobile router, works off s SIM card the same as your phone and it's the best broadband I've ever had. Think it's about £22 a month

I’m considering this.. I didn’t know if it was suitable for running cameras from but I guess my question has been answered

 

[sjs5060]

What speeds can you get very roughly

Usually averages around this

 

[Gecko]

... I always have full bars here ....

To be pedantic (and risk boring ya sock off), the number of bars on the phone is not signal strength, but rather BER (or Bit Error Rate).
BER is a measure of quality and gives a much better indication of what you can expect in terms of speed or clarity.

 

[doobin]

I’m considering this.. I didn’t know if it was suitable for running cameras from but I guess my question has been answered

Mobile broadband is only suitable for running modern cameras that use peer to peer protocol. It's not suitable for the majority of IP cameras that require a fixed IP, as the IP is always changing.

 

[fred]

Mobile broadband is only suitable for running modern cameras that use peer to peer protocol. It's not suitable for the majority of IP cameras that require a fixed IP, as the IP is always changing.

can get around that pretty easy, the router keeps it updated automatically.

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[Gecko]

It also depends what you want to do with the camera; if you need to see what it sees, you need to be able to find its IP (dyndns is ideal for this).
I've got one setup so it triggers on movement, takes a 1min vid and emails me a still. This setup is light on data and I don't need to know the IP.

 

[Smiffy]

One thing to note is if you haven't already done so you might have to buy an IP address
Company I used to work for set up a fancy remote view system but Everytime the phone or power dropped out the system reset to a new up address and remote viewing had to be set up again
Or atleast I think that was how it was explained to me not great at computers just know the boss would be in the yard all times of the day and night as the cameras had dropped out until he sorted it

 

[Gecko]

Everytime the phone or power dropped out the system reset to a new ip address a ...

That's exactly the problem a dynamic IP service (like dyndns) is setup to solve.
Some ISP's will charge you extra for a static IP (what you describe) which is another viable solution.