Tinlizzie Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Hi all, we've been in France for nearly 2 weeks now. Before we left I signed up for a 3 contact with lots of roaming data. Whilst it is great for general internet purposes in France the main reason I wanted it was to stream tv using Filmon . This worked fine at home, but I haven't managed to get it to work in France - it just hangs. Anyone got any suggestions.? Signal strength has varied between 2 and 4 blobs - is it that? P.s. Worth noting for anyone thinking of getting this ,the other drawback is that you can't tether other devices to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I think the problem with the "3 feel at home" system is that they throttle the signal when using in mainland Europe. We used a MiFi in France and Spain using "3". Great for web and email but tried to download Kindle books from Amazon and it just hung. The Kindle books would download OK on campsite WiFi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventura Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Three.uk throttles the streaming when abroad, so much so that it's unusable, although they'll never admit that they do! Ireland's Three.ie don't tho. I managed to get a three.ie PAYG SIM card. It works great, no throttling, and for 20 Euro you get a months worth of unlimited data. Works for me! :) V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Tinlizzie - 2016-09-21 10:14 AM Hi all, we've been in France for nearly 2 weeks now. Before we left I signed up for a 3 contact with lots of roaming data. Whilst it is great for general internet purposes in France the main reason I wanted it was to stream tv using Filmon . This worked fine at home, but I haven't managed to get it to work in France - it just hangs. Anyone got any suggestions.? Signal strength has varied between 2 and 4 blobs - is it that? P.s. Worth noting for anyone thinking of getting this ,the other drawback is that you can't tether other devices to it. What kind of dongle are you using?.........Is it one of those stick thingy's or a separate stand alone like this? http://picclick.co.uk/Three-4G-Mobile-Broadband-Dongle-with-3-GB-231973894778.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm on three here in Spain and it works great for general internet use (on smartphone). I even called home using messenger video call and it worked. But anything from Amazon takes an age to load, if at all. The way round it is to use Mini Opera browser, it compresses the files before sending them you, and it works at normal speed again. In fact I would recommend Mini Opera for any week signal area, it's in the app stores free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Charles - 2016-09-23 11:10 AM I'm on three here in Spain and it works great for general internet use (on smartphone). I even called home using messenger video call and it worked. But anything from Amazon takes an age to load, if at all. The way round it is to use Mini Opera browser, it compresses the files before sending them you, and it works at normal speed again. In fact I would recommend Mini Opera for any week signal area, it's in the app stores free. Thanks Charles for the tip about using the Mini Opera browser. I do have Opera loaded on my tablet (downloaded from the app store) but didn't think of using it. Perhaps I ought to investigate downloading the Mini Opera as that would probably be even better. I seem to remember that Motorhome WiFi recommend using Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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