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UK mobile networks summed up: super cheap, inconsistently fast, inconsistently terrible and slow, coverage
Gave up on trying to force my way with only O2 and Three without broadband. Third line added with EE, which is also mixed results
O2 - Main line, 300GB/mo, £15.2/mo
5G: coverage is not great and not very fast (about 70Mbps in testing).
4G: coverage is very good but the speeds range from "decent" to "0.05Mbps on 4G? O_o".
3G: coverage is great but speeds are not great
Mind you, that 4G mast is still broken next to my home...7 months later...
Three - iPad (but is a phone line), 40GB/mo (with rollover), £4/mo
5G: coverage is pretty great with amazing speeds (200Mbps+)
4G: uninspiring due to oversubscription (aka a bit crap).
3G (HSPDA+): Still by far Three's biggest strength, 25/4Mbps+ is honestly very solid even in 2024 with lower ping than 4G and better coverage.
EE - Second phone line (did need for work), 30GB/mo, £3.50/mo
5G: acceptable coverage but speeds are not great (around 90Mbps in testing).
4G: 125Mbps spikes before settling to 80Mbps, pretty solid for 4G. Solid coverage as well.
3G: What's that? You mean edge?
Honestly, I'm surprised I can have 370GB of data, across three lines and it only costing £22.70/mo. I do actually need all three lines, albeit the two secondaries could both be <5GB of data (but it wouldn't have been cheaper so 30 and 40GB it is).
I guess now that I've become a commuter who lives out of a hotel 50% of the time, always having 330GB+ of data is actually really nice.
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