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Originally Posted by nomadking
Would they be able to do it if I didn't have a BB connection? No, so they are using my BB connection. They could be getting unlimited mobile BB for £5/month on the basis that I am paying a lot more for non-mobile BB.
I supposedly have a 152Mb connection and for most of the time I can achieve that. Peak times it is a lot less. Mobile BB could end up being the bottom tier of unlimited BB.
Although these might help mitigate my concerns.
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This is my understanding of the arrangement. VM will not not use YOUR broadband connection for this arrangement. They use your SH router and an additional broadband connection.
The VM coax that enters your house is capable of carrying many modulated signals. It carries your TV signals, your telephone and broadband and can carry extra broadband signals. Your SH similarly can process more than one signal in, ( WAN side), and out, (LAN side). VM plans, through a softaware upgrade, to enable your router to manage your usual broadband signal and WiFi needs whilst using an additional broadband signal and creating an additional WiFi signal for the hot spot.
For example I have had a pure FON router for 10 years now, piggy backed on my main router. This enables me to use FON spots worldwide and BT Fon spots nationwide. It sends out a private signal for me if I want it and a public signal, which folk have to log into. The router has built in capacity to do this. In my case I have chosen to share my single broadband supply because this is my own custom arrangement. As it happens only two people have ever logged into it during those 10 years. In VMs case you get your broadband and a backup channel running alongside that do not compromise each other.
I am told insistently that the speed upgrades have nothing to do with the WiFi development. They neither enable the WiFi development, by providing extra capacity, or act as a sweetener for those who opt to have a hotspot.
Not convinced? Then you have the choice of opting out, but that will mean you won't be able to access VM's WiFi network for calls or broadband.