Three 5G Home Broadband - 6 Months half price - £11pm then £22pm from month 7 (£16.33pm Effective) 24m contract ( + £70 Quidco OR TCB)

Same experience here. Never again.

sorry but in the router settings I can’t find a reboot setting, how did you setup a scheduled reboot? Have the NR5103E Three branded router (edited)

How many device's do you use in your home though?

First world problem

I bought a 5g router from eBay £120 and I also have the three sim for £6 it runs great

Yes. No matter which model they supply they all support this.

You got lucky then. Vast majority of Three's routers made by Sercomm and Huawei are hard-locked to their network. It's only the ZyXEL and ZTE Ones that are always provided without a network lock.

I Wouldn't recommend buying a Huawei router with Three branding expecting it to be unlocked. Most people won't get so lucky so picking one of the other brands would be wiser.

Assuming you're asking what I think you're asking, yes. It's got a bridge mode if you want to connect your own router to this one. Just note that the V2 Router that the majority of customers are being sent these days are only equipped with gigabit ethernet ports, and in some areas Three speeds can easily break past gigabit speeds. By using this as just your 5G Modem and a separate router you'd be limiting the theoretical maximum data throughput rate to about 950Mb.

These routers are actually very capable and powerful devices. Unless you're using your own router for the sake of a mesh network, I would personally not bother and stick with their hub as-is.

There's a low power 3 mast near me on a building and if it goes down, typically takes weeks to be restored. Also drops off after 20 mins if there's a local power cut.

Not quite.

1) Smarty doesn't have a dedicated broadband APN So you're stuck behind CGNAT Whick can be a big problem for some.
2) A 5G Phone will have smaller antennas inside, as well as the constant tethering potentially doing harm to the phone's battery.

Some can and do get away with doing this. But I Personally wouldn't.

Everyone's saying this! Surely you can just PAC out during the 14 days and not have to deal with them if it's that bad to get hold of them. I rang them yesterday and was through in less than 5 mins (edited)

Most providers don't charge customers to cease a line. It seems like your specific ISP is one of the more awkward ones with charges.

Likewise, most ISPs will be more than happy to give you a free install to activate your line again if you want to go back.

There's not much you can do about the cease charge if that's what your current provider wants to impose on you, but you can absolutely avoid an activation fee if/when you decide to return to fixed line services in future.

You wouldn't with any other provider

If you buy a three router it doesn’t need to be unlocked for Smarty or ID as they both piggyback on Three anyways. Just beware with ID and Smarty that unlike Three they don’t have a dedicated broadband APN and you’ll be behind CGNAT. This can be a problem for some people. Fine for others.

Giffgaff have terms that aren’t favourable to being used in routers so I’d avoid them anyways.

Three do occasionally do good offers direct. Just keep an eye out on comparison sites rather that their own main site. Also consider business plans as they often do business data SIMs stupidly cheap for as little as £5+VAT.