Just wondering if others have done this? The price and speeds seem comparable or better with 4g, what has your experience been like?
NBN vs Wireless 4g?
alex123711 on 11/01/2022 - 12:20
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Did you manage to get 5G at your premises even though it was not available
Hi Op,
I was looking for internet connectivity in June 2020 and decided that NBN was too expensive to upkeep.
So I went with a $80 dollar Belong sim (for 30 dollars off ozbargain classified) and purchase GB's from ozbargain.
I used the Netgear LBR20-100 AUS Orbi 4G LTE router/modem (ref: https://www.netgear.com/au/home/mobile-wifi/routers/lbr20/) together with an antenna.
The 4G has been producing consistent 100MB per second at all times.
We have been using about 150GB per month. Usage includes WFH, Netflix Ultra/Disney+/Tidal/Spotify and Youtube between 2 people.
The cost worked out to be 30 dollars (maths: $80 dollar sim, $ 20 referral = $100 dollars) for the belong plan over 6 months (maths: $25 on sign up + $15 dollars a month x 5 months = $100), plus any GB's you buy from OzB, in our case it was $45 per month (150GB x 30c per GB).
For us the flexibility of being able to move the modem from house to house (ie as a renter this was a major bonus) and take it with us on a domestic holiday was a plus (and being able to cancel the plan at anytime and restarting it at anytime without connection fee). I could effectively work anywhere where there was Belong 4G.
I used telstra 4g( data share with mob) and previously optus 4g for home internet. If its you own house and you do not plan on moving, you can invest in a good 5g modem and external antenna for better speeds.
Changed from NBN12 to TPG Wireless 4G 20/2 for $50/month. The speeds are sufficient for me, and as I don't do online gaming, ping isn't an issue. It's at least a lot more stable than NBN where it was constantly down (lost internet for 4 days at one point and I had to rely on hotspotting my phone anyway), so it was worthwhile for me but it will depend on your location with the 4G tower.
Same here, changed from tpg nbn20 to TPG Wireless 4G 20/2, hardly see any difference, it’s more stable than nbn.
I had Internode for NBN. I was a bit annoyed when I moved house they made me go onto a higher plan. It was like the old, 'the plan your on is not available anymore'. I was paying $50 for 100GB before. The unlimited plan was $69.95 and wasn't necessary as I only really stream and use the internet on days off.
I switched to Felix when they had this deal. It;s noramally $35 a month:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/649807Yeah the reception on Vodafone is not the fastest where I live but it's enough to stream. Have a lot less drop outs than I did on NBN. My friend ended up using my referral code so I needed up only paying $17.50 for 3 months. I'm using the sim in a Huawei E5180 I picked up cheap on ebay
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-E5180-Unlocked-Router-Cube/d…
This topic has been covered many times….
I have been with Optus 4g starting off with a e5186.
Currently have a B818 modem and a 500gb Optus data plan.
This is a shared sim with my phone so share the data.Ive seen speeds up to 250/50 down currently getting ~100/25 during,rarely drops below 50 down.
I do a little online gaming, for the most part ping doesn't impact the games I play compared to my poor performing line connection previously.BTW The B818 works with Telstera and Vodafone SIMS. You can check out speeds and data along with locking bands etc by using LTEHMonitor or LTEInspecture on Windows.
4G over NBN. For why, pls PM me
Could be great, or shit.
Really depends, and is impossible to say from here.
If you have great mobile coverage and shitty NBN, then yes, it would be good.
If you have poor mobile coverage and great NBN, then no, stay NBN.
If both are the best they could be, pick what suits your needs.
If both are shit, which one is less so?
Worth a shot, and that's why many Wireless Broadband carriers (or some, at least) offer a free month to try it out.
For me Optus 4G (in Adelaide) was crap most of the time. Constantly resetting the modem because download speeds were all over the place. Now have NBN FTTN which has been exceptionally stable.
I didn’t want to pay nbn $300 new connection fee. So started on Optus 4G home broadband plan. I enjoyed it and had faster speeds than NBN at a much lower cost.
If you need more data than 4G Optus offering. You can sign up to their 5G plan. Just use an address in a 5G zone and get it sent to your home address.
I did it, but our usage has grown past the 500Gb data limit on a full speed 4G plan.
Our FttN has a max speed of just over 25mbps thanks to shit copper (800m line length should and did get around 50mbps but speeds have degraded since 2016 activation, NBN tech said "everything is working as expected" when called out to investigate the speed drop).
I jumped to 4G Optus with a Huawei e5186 modem locked to Band 40 and external Omni-directional antenna with line of sight to the tower (I suspect speeds were impacted by a powerline in that line of sight).
Saw 100/10 speeds offpeak and 30/10 speeds during peak hours and across the 2 years we had it, only 2 dropouts, both of which were rectified by power cycling the modem.
Overall a decent experience and I'd still be on it (using the B818 modem) if we could get more than 500Gb.
I'm hoping to be able to strongarm Telstra into letting me have 5G (even though their address checker says I cant) by threatening to leave for a different NBN provider.