theonecraw
aka Rioja
After months of shelling out for wifi on site (when available) and also going over our data plans on our mobile phones which is not cheap, we decided to investigate options for getting wifi in our Cali.
We considered a wifi booster, we upped the data allowance on our phones and considered getting new iPads with SIM cards. All had pro's and all had con's.
In the end we stumbled across an awesome deal from EE for their new Osprey 2 mini. We now have 4G in the Cali and anywhere we choose to take the tiny box of magic. We have a data allowance of 50GB every month for only £30, usually £60 but they are having a 50% sale right now if you take out a 24month contract.
The coverage is fantastic (98% of UK). For example sat in my home office connected to our SKY wifi I get PING 7, DOWNLOAD 27, UPLOAD 8. Using the new little magic box I get PING 3, DOWNLOAD 56, UPLOAD 23.
It's an awesome piece of kit, charges in a matter of hours, can have 10 devices attached at once and can hold charge for up to 50hrs.
It's a win win all round. the kids have Netflix for long journeys, we have napster music streaming, we can use social media and watch movies/tv whenever the weather is no good and we're bored of playing games or there is some important (usually sporty) on.
As you can see by the pics it is really small and can easily be carried around in a pocket.
We considered a wifi booster, we upped the data allowance on our phones and considered getting new iPads with SIM cards. All had pro's and all had con's.
In the end we stumbled across an awesome deal from EE for their new Osprey 2 mini. We now have 4G in the Cali and anywhere we choose to take the tiny box of magic. We have a data allowance of 50GB every month for only £30, usually £60 but they are having a 50% sale right now if you take out a 24month contract.
The coverage is fantastic (98% of UK). For example sat in my home office connected to our SKY wifi I get PING 7, DOWNLOAD 27, UPLOAD 8. Using the new little magic box I get PING 3, DOWNLOAD 56, UPLOAD 23.
It's an awesome piece of kit, charges in a matter of hours, can have 10 devices attached at once and can hold charge for up to 50hrs.
It's a win win all round. the kids have Netflix for long journeys, we have napster music streaming, we can use social media and watch movies/tv whenever the weather is no good and we're bored of playing games or there is some important (usually sporty) on.
As you can see by the pics it is really small and can easily be carried around in a pocket.
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