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I've just moved to a boarding house in Kingsland, which has a reasonable fibre/wifi setup, but the internet connection keeps dropping for minutes at a time. Hot-spotting with my 4G phone works partly, ping is okay, but it drops me out of games a bit too often. How do you think 5G via a wireless modem would go?

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  #3242531 30-May-2024 07:05
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Ping wont be great, run an ethernet cable to the router




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  #3242533 30-May-2024 07:11
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Hi, yeah dont think you will be impressed wtih 5G as a gaming connection, get the fibre wifi issue sorted is a better plan I suggest.

 

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  #3242539 30-May-2024 07:32
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Too many factors to give a true answer - Fibre is king



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  #3242549 30-May-2024 08:49
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Faffin:

 

I've just moved to a boarding house in Kingsland, which has a reasonable fibre/wifi setup, but the internet connection keeps dropping for minutes at a time. Hot-spotting with my 4G phone works partly, ping is okay, but it drops me out of games a bit too often. How do you think 5G via a wireless modem would go?

 

 

If 4G I flaky, 5G is not going to be better.

 

Get the Wi-Fi sorted. At best try an Ethernet cable to the router. If it's solid then you know to focus on the Wi-Fi fix. 




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  #3242562 30-May-2024 09:12
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nztim: Ping wont be great, run an ethernet cable to the router

 

 

 

Ping is fine as long as the coverage is adequate; we have no other option but LTE for broadband and my son plays twitch games all the time. But you're right about ethernet!




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