bendyone
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I asked this in the liveaboard but has anyone got or use a slingbox? If so which model?
Thanks
Thanks
TV in the Med - on your TV using the internet.
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c_j
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Sounds like I will be ditching the three and buying a vodaphone Sim in Palma. Anyway I will try the three setup in Palma on Monday and post what I get.
Hurricane
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My Spanish Vodafone connectiln was OK in Mallorca last year but it was mostly 3G.
I expect that will have changed by now.
Orange is good here in Sant Carles but Movistar hasn't yet got any 4G coverage for us.
Movistar or Orange might be good in Mallorca though.
I thknk I will be repeating my last year's connect and go with Vodafone it was OK in the islands and excellent in SC
jrudge
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And in my final report. Savona Italy 2mbps
So a rage from 24 to 2 Mbps !
So a rage from 24 to 2 Mbps !
KINGFISHER 9
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I haven't got a mobile phone, 3G, 4G or any other G ... my marina has good free Wi-Fi so I use a laptop or tablet to get Filmon which is fine. I can't get the internet at anchor anywhere but I can manage without telly for a night or two and just watch it in the marina and it's free! Do most marinas in the S of F and Spain have free Wi-Fi ... or Wi-Fi at all?
jrudge
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Just about all marinas have it. Some are free some you have to pay for.
However they all have one thing in common ... they don't tend to work. Not just slow but totally unusable!
Happy to be contradicted ?
I have tried the wifi extender route and it is not really worth the hassle. You need to know the code of the wifi you are trying to connect to ( normally the local bar) but your phone is usually better.
c_j
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I understand where the nameThree came from. its the Kbps that you get in Palma! Well 14 kbps actually at times. 1.6mbps with vpn but very unreliable. Vodaphone payg sim 4gb 25 euros may be expensive but works without fault and fast. Regarding the Marina wifi, again as judge says, it is for any practical purpose not fit. Let me be clear we are not intending to watch much TV but it is good sometimes and last night we were able to watch 3 hours from Netflix and ITV Hub without any problem. not worked out how to find out how much data we have left but hey, I am on line now!
I looked at all the options including Orange and Movistar and Vodaphone seemed best.
I looked at all the options including Orange and Movistar and Vodaphone seemed best.
jrudge
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Are you in club de mar ?
I am down tomorrow night collecting new boat. In navietta at the moment moving club de mar next week.
Jeremy
c_j
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Yes Pontoon 4
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matm
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Just bought a 120gb SIM on a pay monthly from SpainSur. 75EUR for top up per month which I don't think is too bad given the level of data.
Using it in Cala D'Or now and getting a 40ms ping and 15-17mb up and down. Using a Dlink 4G router.
Also have a 3 SIM with me but haven't checked that yet for speed (on the 20gb UK plan).
Using it in Cala D'Or now and getting a 40ms ping and 15-17mb up and down. Using a Dlink 4G router.
Also have a 3 SIM with me but haven't checked that yet for speed (on the 20gb UK plan).
jrudge
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Where did you buy it from please ? They also do lower amounts of data I think.
I am on the plane to Palma now
Jeremy
I am on the plane to Palma now
Jeremy
matm
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These guys Jeremy - previously linked to on here by Deleted User I think:
https://simcard.spainsur.com/
4g here: https://simcard.spainsur.com/24-4g-internet-for-spain
Forgot to mention, It's a vodafone SIM which is nice. There's different volumes of data but nothing mid-size. I got them to send it to the Marina. You then send some ID and they activate it. There's a higher M1 price slightly then reverts to 75EUR for top ups. You transfer money to their account so not a DD.
Not sure why ID etc so not really PAYG but it works nonetheless.
Cheers
Mat
https://simcard.spainsur.com/
4g here: https://simcard.spainsur.com/24-4g-internet-for-spain
Forgot to mention, It's a vodafone SIM which is nice. There's different volumes of data but nothing mid-size. I got them to send it to the Marina. You then send some ID and they activate it. There's a higher M1 price slightly then reverts to 75EUR for top ups. You transfer money to their account so not a DD.
Not sure why ID etc so not really PAYG but it works nonetheless.
Cheers
Mat
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MikeA
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That sounds decent value, something which can be renewed throughout the season and then leave it to lapse over the winter. Is there a way to monitor remaining data on a portal or something? Mifi shows data consumed but it never seems to tally with the Movistar sim I use currently.
Cheers
Mike
Cheers
Mike
Nigelpickin
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Vodaphone uk have just launched a roam free service, apparently unthrottled and 4g where available...
Not sure of what the fair use caviates are tho'
Does sound like existing customers will need to upgrade.
Not sure of what the fair use caviates are tho'
Does sound like existing customers will need to upgrade.
jimmy_the_builder
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That's an interesting change - Vodafone only launched inclusive Europe roaming just under a year ago, and data limits were quite heavily capped (I think my contract is 10GB UK, 2GB Europe). Network speeds were quick enough to stream in France. The global roaming (now branded as roam further) is just too expensive at £5 pd though - I use my 3 uk phone when in the US which is good enough for casual browsing, email and navigation, and wifi for anything else.
Nigelpickin
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I think that from what I understand, we are about to enter a super competitive phase with providers moving toward unlimited/unthrottled data; to create customer churn in a saturated market. The vodaphone roaming now looks to be better than 3. fwiw we've been abroad for 1 year and 3 have brought to bare their fair use clause on Ann's phone but not on mine.
It might be time to change to VP, once I've read the small print.
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Hurricane
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Just bought my service for the year.
This one
http://www.nerja4g.com/prices/
It is probably expensive but the service is very good.
The Vodafone service in Spain is limited to 120Gb per month but I checked my usage last year and I think I will be ok with 120Gb.
Just got back from using my phone as a Tom Tom (Google Maps) to navigate across Spain.
Three seemed to work fine for that kind of thing.
I think Three's UK 4G coverage also seems better in the short time I've been using it.
In the past, I've been stuck with Vodafone because we don't have mobile coverage at home and I've been using the Vodafone femtocell (Sure Signal).
Three (like some of the others) have a WiFi service that seems to work better than Vodafone's Sure Signal.
So, I'm still likely to move my phone number over to Three as planned.
But Three was definitely throttled in our part of Spain last week.
This one
http://www.nerja4g.com/prices/
It is probably expensive but the service is very good.
The Vodafone service in Spain is limited to 120Gb per month but I checked my usage last year and I think I will be ok with 120Gb.
Just got back from using my phone as a Tom Tom (Google Maps) to navigate across Spain.
Three seemed to work fine for that kind of thing.
I think Three's UK 4G coverage also seems better in the short time I've been using it.
In the past, I've been stuck with Vodafone because we don't have mobile coverage at home and I've been using the Vodafone femtocell (Sure Signal).
Three (like some of the others) have a WiFi service that seems to work better than Vodafone's Sure Signal.
So, I'm still likely to move my phone number over to Three as planned.
But Three was definitely throttled in our part of Spain last week.
mcanderson
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We both have this contract and ours are sim only contracts. The reception and speed of the 4G in the sof is very good and we have had no complaints. You get 4G per month and it resets on your normal end of the billing month day. You also get free calls and text within Europe and back to the UK whilst in Europe.
matm
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No portal that I can find yet so tracking on router. I doubt I'll use 120gb though so should be fine.
Interestingly, I just did a comparison of the Spanish SIM in the Dlink router vs an on-board SIM in a laptop on a Voda business UK contract that is roaming.
The Spanish/Dlink SIM was as above c. 16mb up/down. The roaming Voda SIM gave me 65mb down and c. 20mb up! 54Mb connection to Dlink router (fastest it goes I think as not AC etc) but there's still a big difference. May try the Spanish SIM in the laptop later.
Hurricane
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Perhaps you could connect the laptop to the Dlink router with an ethernet cable rather than use the WiFi.
As you say, the Dlink isn't AC - I use mine as a "kind of" modem which feeds downstream into another ships router (running DDWRT) - all with cable ethernet.
