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4G to access the internet also at home, a good alternative to traditional broadband

4G at home? Internet access at home is usually a thing of three: ADSL, fiber and cable.While fiber and cable are solutions capable of offering speeds of hundreds of Mbps, ADSL lines are more "lazy", with speeds of less 6 Mbps down and less than 1 Mbps up.


On the other hand, access to broadband via fiber, cable or ADSL is uniquely associated with our home .And in some cases, there is not even infrastructure that reaches places such as a ship anchored in a port or areas away from urban centers.


Thus, we find a very diverse casuistry of broadband uses in which there are not always optimal solutions depending on each specific need .In many cases there will be, but if you are of those who live in a town with an ADSL, frequently move from one house to another for work, family or other reasons, or live in a remote or "peculiar" place, be it a lost town or a ship, Internet access is not that simple .


It is true that we can resort to the use of the smartphone as a WiFi router , but in this case we face data consumption normally well above the quota of 3 GB or 4 GB usual in this type of contracts.


4G at home


One of the most daring proposals to offer a broadband solution to users who are in any of the situations outlined above is 4G at Orange's home.It is a broadband solution designed for the home, not for the mobile, with 35 GB of data quota to access the Internet in a conventional way but using 4G as technology instead of fiber, cable or ADSL.


It is a unique for cases in which the traditional access modalities are not enough .To access the Internet, you can use a 4G router, although the contracting already includes the delivery of one.


4G to access the internet also at home, a good alternative to traditional broadband


Imagine that you are autonomous or professional liberal and you have a house that you love in a remote town, but with a poor ADSL connection , in which the nearest switchboard is four or five kilometers away.It is a more frequent case than you imagine.


At that distance, you will have a connection of 3 Mbps down and 256 Kbps up approximately .Parameters incompatible with getting the job done.With a solution like 4G at home, it is possible to "throw" of mobile connectivity to improve our speed and undertake tasks that need a speed greater than that offered by ADSL.We may not always have 4G if we are in an isolated place and very far from an urban nucleus, it is true, but even with 3G we will have better access speeds than with a limited ADSL.


Imagine that you simply want to move from one place to another to spend several days or weeks in each place where you stop, but you don't have the security of having an adequate Internet connection.With 4G at home, you just need to take your router on top to have broadband connection without relying on local connection.


Of course, it is necessary to have mobile coverage, but, as you can see here, the mobile coverage is very extensive both in 3G and in 4G .In a rural house, on a boat or even on land travel, without having to have a power outlet for the 4G router, we can have broadband with up to 35 GB of data available.


In addition, it should be borne in mind that according to the latest RootMetrics study, Orange offers the highest data transfer speed being, therefore, the best operator to navigate.


How much are 35 GB?


An amount of data such as 35 GB may seem few.And in fact, depending on what use we make of them, they can be more or less .This mode of Internet access is not, nor much less, for everyone.But it is for an audience for which there are currently no better options.


Precisely for this reason, those who choose this mode will have to focus on using it to solve the need that motivates their hiring and take Some measure than another in terms of data traffic.For example, a professional who depends on the Internet to work, preferably, will focus on prioritizing transfers of content related to his profession, such as photos for photographers.


Among other measures of data traffic management, it will be necessary to try that the updates of the operating system are not carried out until the end of the month , depending on our "balance" of megabytes. The Downloads , in general, also have to be limited , especially those of large files.


Options like streaming are efficient for the consumption of multimedia audio and video content.In fact, many times you download content that you don't even see, wasting megabytes, for example.


As a reference, we attach this data consumption guide for some common activities in Internet access.


4G to access the internet also at home, a good alternative to traditional broadband


The speed of access to the Internet is 50 Mbps symmetrical.They are not 300 Mbps, but if we have a perfect speed to access all Internet services without the speed being a bottleneck .Remember that those 50 Mbps are in 4G mode.If we connect with 3G, the speed will be lower.If you have doubts about the quality of coverage in your area, you can ask colleagues or friends who have a contract with Orange and do speed tests using apps like SpeedTest.


If all data from these 35 GB are consumed, the speed is reduced to 64 kbps, but no more will be charged , unless we extend high-speed access by acquiring extra data bonuses (10 € for an additional 5 GB).


An innovative and useful proposal


Together, 4G at home is a type of Internet access that offers a solution for an audience that, even if it was not a majority, if it was an orphan of proposals capable of improving a poor connection or offer a possibility where before there was impossibility due to lack of infrastructure.


It is not for everyone, but is an alternative worth considering if the traditional modalities of Internet access do not work for you.By the way, and before finishing, remind you that Amena also offers a product with these characteristics.

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