4G Wifi hub NOT worth it - DOES NOT WORK WITH PS4

[georgiacass]

I am in the unfortunate position of having had to move to a house where there is no cable wifi... so I had no choice but to take the 4G wifi hub - which I was assured would get decent speeds where I am and would allow me to game online with my friends (I live alone and most of my friends are far away so this is important to me). 

20% of the time, the internet is great and the speed is good. The rest of the time I can't be on my phone and laptop at the same time without it having issues loading pages. I work from home so this is a big issue. I was also assured i could game on this network, but have since discovered that the EE network type isn't compatible with most console networks and I cannot connect my PS4 to the internet at all. 

DO NOT get this router if you want to game. It won't work. I can't wait til i can move and get out of this ****** contract. 

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[XRaySpeX]

You are probably finding yourself up against a limitation of EE's mobile network. The EE mobile network uses Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) resulting in a double NAT, which games consoles often object to, which means you don't get your own public IP address but share it with other users. So you can't be uniquely id'ed on the Net & therefore your LAN cannot be addressed from outside for unsolicited accesses. This is unlike fixed BB. 

If this occurs there is nowt you can do to avoid it.

IMHO the EE mobile network is not really suitable for gaming.