Upgrading Home broadband (Narrowboat)

Psycloud — Fri, 30 May 2025 16:09:01 GMT

Hi All

We've had a Three 3g/4g router (B535-232) for many years, it has 2 rabbit ear antenna and sits in a window on our narrowboat. We can get a signal in most places we travel between Leighton Buzzard and Northampton.

Comparing the router to my iPhone 16 in the same window:
Router 100 up / 20 down
iPhone 700up / 50 down

We are paying £27.48/mo for the router sim (well out of contract) and I am thinking of changing it for the current offering of £21/mo (rising over 2 years) with the current 5g home hub.

Does anyone know what hardware is currently shipping and what ports does it offer? I think it might be an MC888 https://devicesupport.three.co.uk/guides/device/Three/5GHubMC888AD, in which case it's not possible to add external antenna. Not a deal breaker, just means it would have to be by a window at all times.

Also wondering if I could get the outdoor hub offering instead, would be ideal for a pole mount when not in a high signal spot?

Any thoughts on the best option for a steel narrowboat very welcome 🙂

Thank you

David

Re: Upgrading Home broadband (Narrowboat)

MymsMan — Fri, 30 May 2025 17:03:05 GMT

The external hub is probably the best option, it comes with a long reel of cable to connect with the eero internal wifi router. I have mine on a roof mounter aerial pole.

Which option the three site reccomends depends on which post code you put into the coverage checker but I am sure you could upgrade to external hub if it suggests an internal one - internal was not an option in my area.

I don't know what you use as a delivery address with a narrowboat!

I got a better monthly price and good cashback (£93) using TopCashback website.

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