Calling on Aussies

[Sinz187]

https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Providers/vividwireless/Mobile/vividwireless-4G-Unlimited-Internet-Plan?contract=0&modem=Mobile-Wi-Fi-Modem-4G

 

From someone thats on an adsl connection，4km away from exchange，get absolute crap download speeds (youtube loads at 360p at best)，is something like this “home” 4g connection a viable option? Ive actually used my phone as a hotspot for gaming and latency wise it was averaging 30ms which is acceptable，im assuming this 4g modem would also provide a similar latency，plus the connection speed of 4g (and hopefully ethernet port?)

 

Am I overlooking something here or can this genuinely work for people in my case?

 

Pic very related.

[Teddy07]

Sorry but no wonder your internet is total garbage with this slow download speeds. You get the performance which you can expect from that.

 

EDIT: Sorry i fucked up. Ignore this post

[Sinz187]

What? Thats the point mate I dont know what youre trying to say here. I know my internet is garbage，thats why im asking about a possible new connection.

[Sinz187]

4 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

Sorry but no wonder your internet is total garbage with this slow download speeds. You get the performance which you can expect from that.

The link provided is what im curious about. The pic below is the kind of crap im on. I think youve confused yourself mate

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

i love how they don't even list the speed 

[Droidbot]

Vivid are alright, Optus also offers 200GB 4G home internet, iirc it's capped at 12/1 down/up in good signal zones, and 5/1 in others. Just so your downloads don't destroy the network for other users, I guess. 

 

I'd say it's good in your situation, your speeds suck. I'm close to the exchange for my area so I often get 1.8MB down from Steam. 

[Sinz187]

1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

i love how they don't even list the speed 

Of the 4g connection? Yea，although id assume itd be the same as an average 4g lte connection，at home on my phone，i get a pretty solid connection.

[Sinz187]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Vivid are alright, Optus also offers 200GB 4G home internet, iirc it's capped at 12/1 down/up in good signal zones, and 5/1 in others. Just so your downloads don't destroy the network for other users, I guess. 

 

I'd say it's good in your situation, your speeds suck. I'm close to the exchange for my area so I often get 1.8MB down from Steam. 

Yeah theyre advertising is as unlimited which really caught my attention，would probably have to call and ask what speed cap if any there is

[Droidbot]

Just now, Sinz187 said:

Yeah theyre advertising is as unlimited which really caught my attention，would probably have to call and ask what speed cap if any there is

It's pretty mediocre and they use WiMax iirc. 

[Sinz187]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

It's pretty mediocre and they use WiMax iirc. 

Still better option than my adsl connection ya reckon? About 20 bucks a month more for the 4g aswell

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Sinz187 said:

Still better option than my adsl connection ya reckon? About 20 bucks a month more for the 4g aswell

Anything is better than your current ADSL. 

Optus's 4G is $80/mo, how much are you paying now?

[Sinz187]

4 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Anything is better than your current ADSL. 

Optus's 4G is $80/mo, how much are you paying now?

At the moment 70，with tangerine telecom. Also when you mentioned the iirc speeds at 12 or 5 down，is that a “line speed” or actual download speed?

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, Sinz187 said:

At the moment 70，with tangerine telecom. Also when you mentioned the iirc speeds at 12 or 5 down，is that a “line speed” or actual download speed?

Line speed, but it's generally like that. Worth trying it out with a cheap $30 portable hotspot from coles or something before purchase

[Sinz187]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Line speed, but it's generally like that. Worth trying it out with a cheap $30 portable hotspot from coles or something before purchase

Oh right so you reckon i should get a cheap 4g lte modem，chuck in a prepaid data sim and try it out first? Would this be an accurate representation of an actual 4g plan tho? If the isp throttles the speed.