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Ditching virginmedia for tethering.....

 myti
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How did you get on with the voda broadband? We're just going through similar process to you. Just moved so no bb currently and were considering trying a mifi unit but after seeing 2 people above not happy with it not so sure. Though it would be Vodafone not 3 providing the 4g.


 
Posted : 09/04/2022 4:51 pm
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getting on great with it, pleased we made the leap now.
the three mifi was garbage.

ive got a speedtest webpage open all the time and every now and then i just click it and it constantly gives around 50 Mbps which is waaay more than we need. connectivity is good. every now and then (maybe once every 2 days or so) a page is slow to load and it looks like the connection has stalled but 10 seconds later all is well again.

£19 for the next 2 years, i'll settle for that. recommended.
we went through broadbandgenie and had a £60 voucher or somethings too, so i ought to have a look at that, thanks for reminding me.


 
Posted : 09/04/2022 5:15 pm
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In a similar vein, don't think it's been covered.

Virgin got switched off for good last night. GF was paying nearly £100 a month after many years! Crazy.

Got a Zen contract coming in a couple of weeks, but in the mean time, anyone know if/how I can cast stuff from my Pixel 3a to my Chromecast connected to the tv, WITHOUT Wi-Fi?

I've googled it a bit but am at a loss. It mentions using 'guest mode' in Google Home app but I don't seem to have that.

Another way I think is using my phone as a hotspot and casting from another phone?

Anyone got a workaround? 👊


 
Posted : 11/08/2022 9:22 am
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if/how I can cast stuff from my Pixel 3a to my Chromecast connected to the tv, WITHOUT Wi-Fi?

Not possible I'm afraid.


 
Posted : 11/08/2022 10:06 am
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We have VM and ditched the phone & TV part of the package for broadband only some years ago. Even that price has gone up to I believe £48 a month for 100 Mbps, Mrs asbrooks pays for it. So it's not much cheaper than the base TV, phone & braodband package.
The VM connection is OK at best. Working from home on occasion, using Teams is no good, audio drops out all the time. I have to connect using my phone over 4G.
My daughters when use their phones to tether laptops and watch Netflix no bother at all with 4G connections.

Three mobile say that they will have 5G in our area this year, in fact they already do but it's not stable which is around £20 month. I'm waiting for the confirmation as I'll be going this route once the 5G become more stable.


 
Posted : 11/08/2022 11:15 am
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