Hi all,
I’ve been using Three’s 5G Home Broadband service for a few weeks now with the provider Zyxel NR5103e.
Using an external antenna (XPOL-V2 4x4 5G) I can pick up an excellent 4&5G signal.
The issue is I’m in the middle of two masts that both do 5G and the one I’m connecting to and is slightly closer (1.13 kM vs 1.41KM) only has ~300mbps backhaul via Microwave link so not only can you not get the full 5G speeds but in the evenings it gets congested which causes latency to go from 30-50ms to 400ms + and the usual issues that come from that.
I tried moving my external antenna in the opposite direction facing the other mast which I know is fibre fed and can support the max 5G speeds but the router won’t lock onto it and just connected to the other mast still.
it would be great to get cell locking which would enable us to choose which mast to connect to for situations like this.
Anyone know of another way to get the router to prefer a different mast?
Fingers crossed Three upgrade the backhaul of the mast I’m connecting to as I do get an excellent signal from it and it has the two n78 carries and B1+3+20+28+32 LTE bands.
Many thanks,
Nathan
