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I've been using a Three 5G broadband deal for the last 3 to 4 years. I bought an external antenna and it works great. Occasionally Three can struggle with loads but mostly I have all the bandwidth I need. It was £24 a month on a monthly rolling basis (£20 if a 1/2 year package was bought) but think it's £25.50 now or something. Still loads cheaper than what I was paying before for proper broadband.
I saw some deals in that direction, but I'm sticking with OpenReach (shitty company, loads of gotchas you have to watch out for) with £26 for 80Mbps Fibre.
One of the tipping points for me to go 5G is that no matter which provider I used I kept getting the same type of faults and they couldn't fix it. New lines, changing master sockets, etc. multiple times. Something was wrong some where so I thought fuck it, not paying all that money for a shitty line which breaks all the time.
Oh for sure -- I actually have a bit of a fox problem, and they do seem to have a knack for chewing on glass fiber... whenever the internet goes down I flip a coin and wonder if it's my provider or the foxes haha