Would 4G MiFi (Mobile phone/cell phone) connection work?

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

Well in the U.K. an unlimited 4/5G data plan is fairly cheap. I pay £30 a month. Fair use is something like 300GB a month, which you’re never gonna hit realistically. 

[wim123 758]

22 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Well in the U.K. an unlimited 4/5G data plan is fairly cheap. I pay £30 a month. Fair use is something like 300GB a month, which you’re never gonna hit realistically. 

dont say that too fast, it depends hwo much you fly, i often see around 50 gig used with just a few hours of flying..sooo

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 hour ago, wim123 said:

dont say that too fast, it depends hwo much you fly, i often see around 50 gig used with just a few hours of flying..sooo

Where? I’ve never seen that used. That’s what I normally use per half month (if I am flying). Maybe photogrammetry using that? 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

1 hour ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Where? I’ve never seen that used. That’s what I normally use per half month (if I am flying). Maybe photogrammetry using that? 

Yeah, my game reports just over a 100G per month (250Mb fibre) .

[jcrider 22]

7 hours ago, wims80 said:

Mobile data is often very expensive compared to landline internet. He needs to have a very good dataplan (unlimited) to be able to use MSFS without having to pay huge mobile bills. Just the base sim is like 170GB, isnt it?

 

7 hours ago, Tom Wright said:

No reason why it wouldn't work. MSFS doesn't care how you're connected as long as it's fast and stable enough to keep up.

Data charges are usually pretty astronomical over cellular though so something to bear in mind and whether there's a data cap.

 

6 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

I am capped at 200 GB it is largely enough for MSFS and most of other internet access (except music streaming). Astronomical ? I pay 37 EUR per month. 

There are several data ‘unlimited’ SIMs I’ve seen for a reasonable price, but it’s whether they has a fair usage policy I will have to look into.

Edited May 4, 2021 by jcrider

[jcrider 22]

3 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Well in the U.K. an unlimited 4/5G data plan is fairly cheap. I pay £30 a month. Fair use is something like 300GB a month, which you’re never gonna hit realistically. 

 

3 hours ago, wim123 said:

dont say that too fast, it depends hwo much you fly, i often see around 50 gig used with just a few hours of flying..sooo

 

45 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

Yeah, my game reports just over a 100G per month (250Mb fibre) .

Very useful, thank you.

I was reading EE (in the UK) are the best at providing the fastest speeds.

 

Very much finger in the air this, but I expect MSFS is likely to be played several hours each day.  Hopefully that will stay within a reasonable (200Gb ?) monthly limit.

[Will Fly For Cheese 1,710]

jc - you need to check which providers provide the best speeds (and allowance) for your dad's address.

On each of their websites will be a "Coverage Checker" link. I'd carefully "audition" each one before committing.

Here's the one for O2 for example;

https://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

 

 

[jcrider 22]

3 hours ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

jc - you need to check which providers provide the best speeds (and allowance) for your dad's address.

On each of their websites will be a "Coverage Checker" link. I'd carefully "audition" each one before committing.

Here's the one for O2 for example;

https://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

 

 

Appreciated, thank you.

The plan is to grab a handful of SIM’s and see which one gives the best speeds.

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

12 hours ago, jcrider said:

Appreciated, thank you.

The plan is to grab a handful of SIM’s and see which one gives the best speeds.

Place the device on your windowsill. Sometimes gets 20-30 mbps faster..... As it is always better reception outside.

[rayharris108 259]

On 5/4/2021 at 10:41 AM, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Sure, it's EE.

I have EE also, but I think it depends where you are. Near London I’ve seen 100Mb, but down here it’s less than 30mb mostly.

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

35 minutes ago, rayharris108 said:

I have EE also, but I think it depends where you are. Near London I’ve seen 100Mb, but down here it’s less than 30mb mostly.

Depends on the weather and also the time of day too. Sometimes I get 40 sometimes 70 sometimes 100

[jcrider 22]

8 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Place the device on your windowsill. Sometimes gets 20-30 mbps faster..... As it is always better reception outside.

 

6 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Depends on the weather and also the time of day too. Sometimes I get 40 sometimes 70 sometimes 100

Thank you both.  I’ve spoken with EE on three separate occasions now and each time I get a different answer:

• Sales chap #1:  "You can’t put an unlimited SIM into a 4G router" - "Maximum allowance would be 100GB per month."
• Sales chap #2:  "Of course you can put an unlimited SIM into a 4G router.  Fair usage policy is 1000GB per month."
• Sales chap #3:  "Of course you can put an unlimited SIM into a 4G router.  Fair usage policy is unlimited."

So all in all, I’m ignoring #1.  The other two were very encouraging.

Thank you for sharing your real world experiences with 4G and EE.

Edited May 5, 2021 by jcrider

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i know this is an old thread but i have unlimited EE sim only in London that's so good I was able to cancel my home broadband for the last 4 years.

i hotspot 2 x 4G phones, 2 laptops and an iMac and an Android tablet. I can get speeds of over 100mb/s and can easily suck 200 GB in a 24 hour period with no caps and no throttling. 

I'm sure with 5G this will be even better.