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#2006875 3-May-2018 08:15

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I've been using Skinny 4G BB for the last few months while I wait for Fibre to get laid at my new place. Honestly, it's not bad and the signup and onboarding was super simple, no wonder it's such a hit. I've now got the option to change to the 240GB plan - might just renew to that soon so I can watch some HD content again...

That's indeed one of the larger contributors to why its such a great product. :)

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#2008509 5-May-2018 18:21

Had the 120gb plan previously on their 4G service but eventually went to ADSL as i needed more data. Now that the new plans are out, it looks like a go.

Q - I get give or take 20mbit on 4G with Skinny, have a couple of external antennas that i threw up myself as we get next to no signal inside. Would getting a "professional" in to set up the antennas likely yield anything more? Or are they likely to do the same thing as i did and look up the tower location on geekgis, point the antennas in that direction to get a decent signal?

Will the new modem potentially yield better results than the old Huawei one?

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#2008511 5-May-2018 18:23

Shrapz:

Had the 120gb plan previously on their 4G service but eventually went to ADSL as i needed more data. Now that the new plans are out, it looks like a go.

Q - I get give or take 20mbit on 4G with Skinny, have a couple of external antennas that i threw up myself as we get next to no signal inside. Would getting a "professional" in to set up the antennas likely yield anything more? Or are they likely to do the same thing as i did and look up the tower location on geekgis, point the antennas in that direction to get a decent signal?

Will the new modem potentially yield better results than the old Huawei one?

Your biggest gain will likely be CA from the new modem assuming there are two towers in range.

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#2008513 5-May-2018 18:30

Thanks

Do have two towers, though in opposite directions.

What is CA? Would it be beneficial to point one antenna at one tower and the other at another tower?

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#2008517 5-May-2018 18:34

Shrapz:

Thanks

Do have two towers, though in opposite directions.

What is CA? Would it be beneficial to point one antenna at one tower and the other at another tower?

depends if both towers support you. Best advise i could give there is check your phone, see where CA goes - Does it hit say, L700 and L1800 on the same tower, or is it possibly picking up L700 on both?

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#2008518 5-May-2018 18:39

CA = Carrier Aggregation

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#2008530 5-May-2018 19:38

CA is off the one tower. It does not use multiple towers.

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#2008541 5-May-2018 20:40

coffeebaron: CA is off the one tower. It does not use multiple towers.

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#2008557 5-May-2018 22:18

Thanks guys, will order today :)

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#2012755 9-May-2018 15:29

Tried to sign up to the 240gb plan, no go, not available in my area.

Tried to order one of the new modems, no go, only available for the 240gb plans :(

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#2012785 9-May-2018 16:17

What's with this new modem thing going on iam on the 240gb plan I can get reasonable good speeds .worth the upgrade?

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#2012802 9-May-2018 17:07

cokeman2: What's with this new modem thing going on iam on the 240gb plan I can get reasonable good speeds .worth the upgrade?

Yes, it supports potentially faster cellular connectivity, and faster local wifi connections, plus more.

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#2021311 23-May-2018 19:19

Just got the new Skinny modem

Old Modem - b315s - 16Mbit down / 5Mbit up - Connected to 2x external directional antennas

New Modem - B618 - 30+ Mbit down / 15mbit up whilst sitting on the windowsil, have not connected to the directional antennas as i am still waiting for the pigtails to arrive. Impressed!

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#2021313 23-May-2018 19:22

Shrapz:

Just got the new Skinny modem

Old Modem - b315s - 16Mbit down / 5Mbit up - Connected to 2x external directional antennas

New Modem - B618 - 30+ Mbit down / 15mbit up whilst sitting on the windowsil, have not connected to the directional antennas as i am still waiting for the pigtails to arrive. Impressed!

Wow. It sounds like it's worth paying the extra $10 a month for the better modem even if you don't need more than 120Gb!

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#2021339 23-May-2018 19:43

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Shrapz:

Just got the new Skinny modem

Old Modem - b315s - 16Mbit down / 5Mbit up - Connected to 2x external directional antennas

New Modem - B618 - 30+ Mbit down / 15mbit up whilst sitting on the windowsil, have not connected to the directional antennas as i am still waiting for the pigtails to arrive. Impressed!

Wow. It sounds like it's worth paying the extra $10 a month for the better modem even if you don't need more than 120Gb!

Yep, LTE-CA will make a massive speed improvement :)

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