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4G home broadband router and Xbox party compatibility

Tipsymoth
Investigator
Investigator

‎26-12-2021 10:38 PM

We took delivery of a 4G router last week as an attempt to improve our woeful broadband speeds. Big mistake. I have a 16yo losing his tiny mind because he is struggling to join/stay in his Xbox party.

 

I can see there have been some issues with it with hot spots and I’ve tried the ideas to resolve that (namely turning off the parental controls) but is there a resolution for this with 4G routers? If not then when it is being sold there does need to be a question about whether this will be a necessary feature because really in this house it makes it pretty unfit for purpose 😔

 

If anyone has a fix I’d be grateful. I watched a streamed tv show the other day, I can’t do that with standard speeds here so I felt I’d joined the modern world!  (16yo has also bought himself an Xbox X series and I can’t bear the thought of that not working when it’s delivered!)

 

Many thanks in advance

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XRaySpeX
Grand Master
Grand Master
In response to Tipsymoth

‎28-12-2021 04:52 PM - edited ‎28-12-2021 04:54 PM

No, no fibre there at all & none planned.

 

You are getting 24 Meg, the best you can get from your type of BB. That should be at least bearable.

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Tipsymoth
Investigator
Investigator
In response to XRaySpeX

‎28-12-2021 05:27 PM

Thanks, it’s so frustrating, our house is at right angles to the street. The rest of the village has fibre, it’s just the 3 houses 😔 on a little spur. The exchange is 3 doors away, the fibre box is 4 doors away.  In reality we don’t get 24, it tends to sit nearer low teens.  Hey ho, it is what it is.  I (and my neighbours) regularly register our interest on the bt site. 

 

Thank you for looking.

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