Getting Vodafone GigaCubeĪn often overlooked point to make in reviews comes before even opening the box. Here’s what I’ve learned from my experience so far with this new 5G offering from Vodafone. GigaCube is Vodafone’s answer for customers whose homes can’t access the speeds that they want with a fixed-line connection - whether that’s because the property can only get slow, copper-based, ADSL broadband or because they can’t get broadband speeds faster than 70Mbps. It already offers fixed-line broadband through the Openreach network, but recently it’s started making use of its nationwide mobile network coverage to offer mobile broadband, and primarily 5G broadband, to eligible users. Vodafone is one of a small number of mobile network operators expanding their services into the home broadband market. Read our 5G home broadband guide for more detail on how it works. However, provided your home is covered by a strong enough signal, a 5G home broadband router will give you ultrafast speeds without the need for any 5G devices, and without you having to set up a fixed-line broadband connection. While 5G has been available in some places for the last couple of years, it still has a very low uptake due to its small coverage area and cost, so the majority of people don’t currently own 5G-enabled devices. What is 5G home broadband?ĥG home broadband is the latest evolution of ‘mobile broadband’, where a household’s router connects to a mobile network for internet access instead of a fixed-line broadband installation, like with providers on the Openreach network (BT, Sky, TalkTalk, and others) or Virgin Media. We’re starting to see some incredibly fast mobile broadband connections from UK network operators, where entire households will be able to access the next generation of mobile connectivity, not just smartphones.
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Some, like full fibre, connect fibre cables all the way to your property, some use better quality cables from the street cabinet to your home (Virgin Media) and some, understandably at this point, use 5G.
Not only does the UK have full fibre to look forward to over the next several years, but a wide range of new options for ultrafast broadband - which refers to speeds over 100Mbps - is emerging all over the country.
And with new products like Vodafone’s GigaCube hitting the market, it could be coming to you soon. 5G home broadband is the latest of many new ways the internet in the UK is speeding up to levels never before seen in this country.
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