So,
I'm coming to the end of my Vodafone FTTC 80/20 £23 a month contract in April 2021, and I'm wondering if the mobile connection in Northampton has improved.
Looking back at my notes, any 3 UK network, 3, ID Mobile, Smarty, need a router that supports B1+B3 for carrier aggregation so:
Huawei B535
Huawei B618
TP-Link MR600
Mikrotik Chateau LTE12
ID Mobile offer unlimited data on pay as you go for £20, no contract, including 4G Calls and Wifi-Calling, though the wifi bit will be a bit useless in a router, and you can call customer support.
3 I'm not touching unless I need to
Smarty I'm not touching as it's behind Carrier Grade NAT and no customer support.
Looking at my current 4G Modem, the SXTLTE3-7
https://mikrotik.com/product/RBSXTLTE3-7 it supports both Band 3 1800Mhz and Band 7 2600Mhz, modem is capped at CAT3 100/50 but to truly see if this would work I really need to look for a carrier that supports Band 7.
According to Halberd Bastion:
https://halberdbastion.com/intelligence/countries-nations/united-kingdom EE and Vodafone support both frequencies.
For Vodafone:
If I upload a blank image to Voxi's Jobseeker page:
https://www.voxi.co.uk/for-now I can have unlimited data for £10 a month for 6 months, I'm aware of people doing it, but I do not want to be dishonest.
True Unlimited data from Voxi is £35, but includes 5G when available
For EE:
Utility Warehouse do Unlimited data for £20 a month
BT Mobile do mobile broadband for £45 for 15mbps max speed 24 month contract.