A phone's mobile hotspot will have limited wifi range/penetration and little or no routing/networking options.
There is a halfway-house option of connecting an Android smartphone to an Asus router via USB tether to lever the standard features of the router such as
• dual band decent penetration 2.4GHz & 5GHz wifi,
• multiple LAN ports (typically gigabit),
• integral VPN client; integral torrent client,
• real routing/networking options,
• decent interface often with mobile app
• option for custom firmware providing additional features
• optional WiFi 6
• the router also powers/charges the phone when USB tethering.
Typical Asus router prices from £8+ via CEX, with £15 Asus RT AC1200G+ probably being the sweetspot
uk.webuy.com/pro…692
All with 2 years warranty.
Add £1 for a USB cable if you haven't got one kicking around a drawer."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51055384","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TinplateGeek"},"datePublished":"2023-09-25T07:46:45.000Z","text":"Given NI has 93% of premises with FTTP availability, you are very unlucky.
Have you checked with the altnet Fibrus for your area (as they have been very active in rural NI with Government supported contracts) ?
Source of % figures is thinkbroadband.com/new…ons"}],"commentCount":9,"interactionStatistic":2,"articleSection":"Ask"}