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Mobile hotspot vs mobile router

raxy · 2019-03-14 12:29:37

I am using a spare phone as a hotspot for my laptop. It's fairly crap & pages take ages to load, partly because of it being a crap laptop but also crap internet. I also use it to stream Netflix on the tv which usually works fine but does tend to buffer from time to time. I've been wondering if a wireless 4g router would…

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14-03-2019 1:29pm

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raxy

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I am using a spare phone as a hotspot for my laptop. It's fairly crap & pages take ages to load, partly because of it being a crap laptop but also crap internet. I also use it to stream Netflix on the tv which usually works fine but does tend to buffer from time to time.
I've been wondering if a wireless 4g router would give better performance than the phone I'm using as a hotspot.

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