sfha Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 The Wifi system at our caravan park is being switched off in January as it wasn't cost effective for the firm that ran it and we've been advised to get our own Mifi system and I've seen a few on the internet. We use the caravan a full 6 weeks a year with weekends every month or so in between. Can anyone give me pointers as to the best and cheapest deals. The ones I've seen are 18 or 24 month contracts but I was also looking for deals that are PAYG. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 First thing to check is which firm has the best signal at your caravan park. GiffGaff use the O2 network and do an unlimited data sim for £35 a month which you can cancel whenever you want, otherwise it could get very pricey especially if you want to stream video by buying PAYG gigabytes as you use them. Not sure if you need a dongle or if you can just use your phone as a hotspot. https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-deals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Cheers! EE and O2 appear to be the networks that are stronger at the site. I understand you can buy a gadget that you can plug a sim into and it extends to something like 10 devices. Considering we were originally paying up to £15 per week the £35 deal looks ok. I've seen deals of around £20-30 per month but these are on 2 year contracts which I hope to avoid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Queens got an huawei one on O2 which worked really well for streaming before the broadband was installed. Does exactly what you say - has a SIM card and can either plug into a laptop with USB or act as a wifi hotspot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Thanks for the input, people, I'll look into these. The wifi is being switched off on 5 January but it is up in the air when we'll be able to travel to the site! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Giffgaff works fine for streaming and you can buy the goodiebags as and when you need them. If you have an android phone you can set it up as a WiFi hotspot which might be good enough for your needs in a caravan. If you're not using Giffgaff as your main mobile network I think you need to send a text every six months or something to keep the SIM active 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Well I went ahead and bought a Huawei mobile router and put in a sim from giffgaff (an 100gb for£20). Works a treat and is 100% better than the old system. Edited May 2, 2021 by sfha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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