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Three 5G Unlimited Broadband - £21 per month (24 month / £504 total) @ Three
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This was pretty popular when posted via unidays, but Three have seemingly opened this up to all customers at the £21 per month price point.
Just hit the 'Get Deal' link to get started.
Monthly Charge includes £5 discount for paying by a recurring method, such as direct debit. Each April, your Monthly Charge will increase by 4.5%
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Hands-on Video Review:
What is 5G Home Broadband?
5G Broadband is for serious screen lovers. Faster speeds for heavier streaming. Lower lag for near pro-gaming. And increased capacity for multiple users. It’s great news for busy homes with lots of screen time going on. Discover 5G with us.
Will 5G replace Home Broadband?
It’s going to be a game changer. When you get a 5G hub, you just plug in and you’ll get incredible speeds that’ll give traditional fibre and cable providers a run for their money. While others wait for appointments, engineers and fiddle with cables, you’ll be streaming 4K in one room, while your mates game in another, while you're streaming your favourite tunes, uploading selfies and ordering take out.
Can I get Unlimited data on a Home Broadband deal?
Home Broadband deals from Three are different – you don’t need a landline or fibre optic cable to get connected. Our wireless Broadband uses our signal network. All you need is a plug socket and a 4G or 5G signal.Then just follow the instructions to set up your hub and you're good to go.
You can use your hub anywhere you can get a 4G or 5G signal, upstairs, downstairs, even outside in the shed. All you have to do is plug it in.
Does Three Home Broadband need to be installed?
There's no installation when you choose a Home Broadband deal for your home. You only have to plug your wireless Broadband hub in and follow the instructions in our user guide. Speeds can vary depending on where you use your hub, but our user guide will help you get the best speeds in any location. We also offer next working day delivery too, so you can get connected as soon as possible.
Is there a home broadband setup fee, or any other fees to pay?
There’s no set up fee to pay when you sign up to one of our home wireless Broadband plans. If you choose a 24 month plan, there’s only your Pay Monthly charge to pay. If you choose a rolling monthly plan, you’ll be asked to pay a one-off upfront fee as part of your first bill.
Just a reminder that if you’re on our 5G service the broadband hub remains the property of Three Broadband. It will need to be returned when your contract ends to avoid any additional charges being made to your account.
Just hit the 'Get Deal' link to get started.
- There's no landline or installation
- Plug in and you're ready to go
- Free next working day delivery if you order before 20:00
Monthly Charge includes £5 discount for paying by a recurring method, such as direct debit. Each April, your Monthly Charge will increase by 4.5%Help
Hands-on Video Review:
What is 5G Home Broadband?
5G Broadband is for serious screen lovers. Faster speeds for heavier streaming. Lower lag for near pro-gaming. And increased capacity for multiple users. It’s great news for busy homes with lots of screen time going on. Discover 5G with us.
Will 5G replace Home Broadband?
It’s going to be a game changer. When you get a 5G hub, you just plug in and you’ll get incredible speeds that’ll give traditional fibre and cable providers a run for their money. While others wait for appointments, engineers and fiddle with cables, you’ll be streaming 4K in one room, while your mates game in another, while you're streaming your favourite tunes, uploading selfies and ordering take out.
Can I get Unlimited data on a Home Broadband deal?
Home Broadband deals from Three are different – you don’t need a landline or fibre optic cable to get connected. Our wireless Broadband uses our signal network. All you need is a plug socket and a 4G or 5G signal.Then just follow the instructions to set up your hub and you're good to go.
You can use your hub anywhere you can get a 4G or 5G signal, upstairs, downstairs, even outside in the shed. All you have to do is plug it in.
Does Three Home Broadband need to be installed?
There's no installation when you choose a Home Broadband deal for your home. You only have to plug your wireless Broadband hub in and follow the instructions in our user guide. Speeds can vary depending on where you use your hub, but our user guide will help you get the best speeds in any location. We also offer next working day delivery too, so you can get connected as soon as possible.
Is there a home broadband setup fee, or any other fees to pay?
There’s no set up fee to pay when you sign up to one of our home wireless Broadband plans. If you choose a 24 month plan, there’s only your Pay Monthly charge to pay. If you choose a rolling monthly plan, you’ll be asked to pay a one-off upfront fee as part of your first bill.
Just a reminder that if you’re on our 5G service the broadband hub remains the property of Three Broadband. It will need to be returned when your contract ends to avoid any additional charges being made to your account.
More details at Three has currently Get up to £40 each when a friend purchases a new phone, tablet, laptop, SIM or broadband campaign, if you want to use it you can do so from this .
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Edited by Mark, 7 December 2021
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sorted byThe bigger problem was when I went to cancel - they sent me notifications even after I confirmed returned device. I realised one of the letters that came through was actually an extremely well hidden scam - they had all my correct details, but had a weird number to call them on to pay for not returning device. Why is that a big deal? Because it means their data is getting leaked internally to scammers. Huge red flag. I advise all my friends and family to avoid Three because of this. If you do take it on, just be wary and always call/contact them on official numbers if needed.
The router has a better internal antenna (plus two ports to attach an external antenna); it may support higher speeds than your phone's modem; it has Ethernet ports so you can wire it in to your home network and connect faster than most WiFi; it has a rudimentary firewall; it is plugged into the wall power; and you can leave it on at home all day, which you may not be able to do with your phone.
I have a program that tests and logs the speed every four hours; I get consistently around 700Mbps on average and occasionally it gets to 900Mbps. That's a pretty good deal for £21 a month. (edited)
Watch the video above in post, it clearly says you cannot set ports and even if you could it wouldn't matter as you still don't have a fixed IP. Even if the router allows port opening without a fixed IP it wouldn't matter. This is a limit of 5g from 3.
Unfortunately you won’t be able to. These devices come with the option to enter the unlock code 3 times. After that the device is locked to the network and Three send them out with all of the unlock codes used so basically stuck on Three
Pleased to say it's the Pro 2 version.
Just a reminder that if you’re on our 5G service the broadband hub remains the property of Three Broadband. It will need to be returned when your contract ends to avoid any additional charges being made to your account.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!
Sorry for the caps but they don't know what they're talking about, the Huawei router has UPnP and you can manually set the ports (as I have for my XSX). I play online with zero issues and stream on twitch also.....
That's incredible unlikely to happen though. If you get near the top end of the speed i.e. 200mbs, you would need to download for 11 hours straight to hit 1tb downloaded.
The biggest games out there are about 100gb now so you'd have to be actively trying to hit that 1 tb limit to get to it in 24 hours.
Sounds like that would be a good thing for you.
Just buy a 5g router!
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You realise most ISPs are dynamic IPs right? Having fixed IPs is not needed at all it doesnt make any difference for gaming, if you need to forward ports then you forward the ports on your INTERNAL IP, you can fix IPs against a mac address this is basic router options....
Your post is vastly wrong and you should probably stop spreading this false information, "gaming ports" dont make much difference unless the router itself is broke in some way or you have turned on QoS which for most low - mid range routers shouldnt be used as they are too slow to process but you can turn it off.
Nothing to do with the deal but couldnt let this information be left uncorrected sorry.
The free TV was supposed to be delivered within a few weeks of my first bill, but there is still no sign of it.
And the speeds and reliability is TERRIBLE. I get a signal half the time, and the other half the time it just drops.
Just be aware when 5g does come to your area the speed you receive is variable.
On 4g I get a 90mb connection (iPhone 11)
On 5g I get 223mb (iPhone 13 pro) but a few miles down the road this drops to around 80mb.
I have had it for 3 years now no problems, the 4g router not 5g as it's not in my area.
Always had good speeds and I can only think of two or three times over the years I had a slow connection when the weather was very bad. No internet connection can be truly 100% reliable. Three give you bang for your buck, heat.
Ended up going with a fibre broadband provider (community fibre) and have no regrets, get fast consistent download and upload at a great price.
Three's customer service was absolute garbage, the first guy tried to convince me that i was over the 14 days return policy which i wasn't, but i placed my order when they were offering 30 day returns even the email and letter stated this and i offered to send screenshots, so he transferred me to a higher up who was almost as bad in that he said he can cancel the contract but i would be charged for the first month and then tried to sell it like it was a good deal on that i wouldn't be charged for 24 months. Eventually i accepted.
When i eventually got the final bill it mentioned a credit as part of Three's no fee policy and then some time later i got a refund so the customer service reps were talking nonsense and were causing unnecessary stress. Definitely not going back to them again after that.
If you do get this I'd recommend running as many speed tests as you can and check how often you're connected to 5g as opposed to 4g and if you find speeds aren't what they're advertised as return it quickly. Fibre beats this easily, don't be fooled by the crazy high speeds that SOME people get, do you need those crazy speeds that you might get sometimes or do you need a consistently fast and reliable connection with fast up and down? If it's the latter then go with fibre. (edited)
Lol.
Always advisable to check network coverage yourself. I wouldn’t trust any networks word.
Simple enough to do.
Super
Having said that, I don’t understand why it bothers some people if you own it or not.
Who cares!
The hub will most likely be old hat in a couple of years time and I’ll be wanting the latest version. (edited)
Ordered mine on Tuesday after 10pm. It states on the website if you order before 8pm it will arrive the next day so I knew mine wouldn't arrive the next day as 8pm had already gone. Mine arrived this morning at 11am. I'm getting 500mbps+ and have spent most the day experimenting with different spots in the house factoring in signal to the Three mast and wifi signal strength to my electronics.
I am over the moon with it thus far. Thanks very much OP. When I entered my postcode I was only able to see 4G and 4G+ deals. Using your link directly allowed me to order the 5G contract. I took the risk and was happy to pay the extra £4 per month even if I only got 4G. I figured within at least six months I should have 5G so I am very happy that it's picking up 5G. I checked the coverage map before hand and it suggests I can get 5G outside but not inside. However the antenna is so good on these that I am getting 5G everywhere in my house. Worst spots I was getting 3 bars but most of the house I am getting 4 bars. If I put it on the window sill in my master bedroom I get 5 bars and 570mbps is my fastest result so far.
This is the router that doesn’t have option for external antenna I believe (edited)
I guess my 5g router uses magic to play games and stream without any problems
Aren't I lucky
Great deal.
Have iPhone 12 on Three and didn’t realise 5G was in my area! (normally have Wi-Fi turned on)
Just done a speed test. Lightening fast!
Strange thing is when I check availability on their website it says not currently available!
I guess it’s worth peeps checking for themselves regarding availability as it looks like Threes website isn’t up to date
When I left 3 they never asked for it back. I still have it under the stairs just in case but they've never asked for it
All set up and running sweet.
Got the latest model (Pro 2)
Getting great speeds.
Will be ditching my Virgin fibre optic tomorrow.
(Twice the price and only a quarter of the speed)
Top deal.
Price goes up to £29 from month 7
Appreciate it
Not talking from experience here just the fundamentals. If you are like me and can only get a maximum fibre speed of around 50-60mbit then 5g is a great option, you will get 100-300mbit, and most areas will get 5g rollout before they get full fibre rollout because BT etc are so slow.
However ping will be a massive issue for gaming, I have seen people suggest they still get low pings well under 100ms on 5g, but I suspect you will feel the difference if you game online
If you don't game then it'll be a very suitable option, with other perks like being able to take it with you if you move which etc.
I suspect a lot of students and such will start taking 5g contracts over fibre as it avoids the contract issues.
I just copied and pasted what was already in the description
Are you sure it was 5g?
Even says on 3 website I'm sure, that the 5g router had to be returned at the end of contract
I’d only switch back to using a fixed line if I could get gigabit internet or something similar. (edited)
Few questions then:
- no ISP is able to service the building with fibre so stuck on speeds of at most 10mb - very frustrating!
- If no 5G coverage, would this then default back to 4G?
- I don’t think my phone can do 5G ( iPhone XR) but presumably that wouldn’t be a problem for other connected devices (laptops etc?)
- read all the comments, how suitable have people found this for gaming?
- general Q - what do people recommend where fibre is unavailable? It’s incredibly frustrating. I’ve just upgraded to an Oled and my current broadband (lucky if i get 8 down!) really struggles with anything 4K or more than a few devices connected!
Thanks, wondering if this is worth a punt. Havjng this for every other device + my current sky line for with just gaming PC connected? :/ (edited)