Three new plans unlimited calls, texts and 5G data

Ones a router and the other is a hotspot? 🤨

A router is a fixed access point designed to provide internet to multiple devices spread throughout a home at all times.

A hotspot is portable and designed to provide internet temporarily to one or two devices.

Which you need depends on your circumstances.

Well my question is, knowing they are not the same, what the end result differences will be. You can have a hotspot permanently if you leave an old phone in a room doing it. My question meant what would the router give me over and above that in that context. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Ultimately they're doing the same thing, a phone in hotspot mode is acting as a router.

But a dedicated router will have better performance - if it has external aerials it will pick up the 5G signal better in marginal areas and broadcast a stronger WiFi signal. It will handle multiple devices and connections better and will have more configuration options. But if a phone does the job for you, then go for it.

Is this a sim only deal where you pay 15e every month or can you skip a month like pay as you go?

Switched over yesterday but at home I'm only getting 3G and 2/3 mbps at work (indoors) it's the same, out in the middle of the Curragh plains i got 160mbps so i think I might switch back to Vodafone.

ok so a previous post of mine a few back i said eir was doing a slightly better deal. went to local eir store, its sign up via DD, passport, house bill etc required.

is the three deal the same or can i just walk in to the store and grab a sim card and top it up when required?

Yes correct, was my bad.

But can i go to the Three store after work and pick up a sim card, dont have to sign up and show ID and all that stuff? Im planning on going straight after work and dont have this stuff.

Went into 3 store, they got a sim and did the porting (they had my details from online request).

done in 10 minutes, swapped sim. (LTE only in my house, not too happy with that about 8 megs).

Can't schedule top up, keeps on going back to same page, without confirming the scheduled payment successful.

edit: unless the website is just cráp and it has taken note of the request without providing a confirmation..if someone could oblige with checking this thanks.

Got back on Vodafone over the weekend, they have a Vodafone X 5G PAYG plan for 25e so went with that, getting 3 or 4 times the speed of my home broadband on 5G in my house so going to look into a good 5G sim card router and maybe use it as main broadband. Anyone got any feedback on a good 5G routers?

One of the reasons I test sim is because you seem to get the headline speeds at the start but they slowly drop off over time.

5g routers seem to be a serious price - starting at about €300 on Amazon and those are usually unlocked from 3 which comes with its own problems. A decent one is about €400. The savings you are making on the cheap sim are quickly eaten up by the router cost

With this offer you're not paying extra for it. Assuming you get the speeds.

When I say dire speeds as in not being able to use apps etc., because the speed was too slow. Like < 1Mbps

Well i was prepared to go back to the regular Vodafone X at 20e so the extra 5e to see what the 5G coverage was like as a test is worth it.

Im thinking of changing to this. Even though i have a non 5g phone. Im with 48 and tired of the roaming nonsense of trying to get it working when I land in the UK (sim applications). I assume with 3 you dont have to go to settings when roaming, but just turn the phone on and it works?