To not understand how to WFH in new house with no internet yet?

[Newhome101]

Posting in AIBU for traffic. I’m moving in to my new home in 2 weeks which has been empty for quite a while, so doesn’t have a working phone line. I need to work from home from day one, so my question is, does anyone have any ideas what I need to buy as a stop gap measure so my iPad, computer, tv can connect to the internet? I know years ago I used to have a dongle to plug into my laptop for emergencies, but is this still the best solution? Is there any sort of wifi device that I could put a data only sim in or similar? Has anyone else had this issue and found a good solution?
thank you!

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Would work.

Your provider can send a dongle

Three PAYG SIMs are really good value for the amount of data you get, assuming you're in a good signal location.

Get an old (or current) phone unlocked and use that as your wifi hotspot.

My home Internet is a bit rubbish so I tether to my phone when wfh as it's more reliable

BT send you something you can use for accessing the internet while you wait for installation, if you plan to use BT?

I used my work phone to hot spot when we moved and I was considering a home WiFi thing from Amazon.

Get a data only SIM; and use this in your phone while you hotspot
www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/sim-only/data-only-sims/

4g router, I got one from Vodafone last year when we moved, we had to wait 6 weeks for our broadband to be installed. The 4g router worked a treat.

We had a BT 5G dongle thing for a few weeks that was ok. It couldn't handle 2 lots of video calling at the same time but would be fine if it's just you at home.

Find a WiFi shared office space. There are a few about. You can plug into a hotdesk on provided WiFi.

I work from home and have a lot of meetings that I can't miss.

I have Vodafone mobile broadband as a back up to my home WiFi, OP.

It's like this:

www.vodafone.co.uk/mobile-broadband-deals

When I lost WiFI for the day I headed off to Costa, used thier WiFI .. I’ve also worked from a local pub, and Tesco Cafe

Depends on your job - my employers would take a very dim view to me working in Costa on their wi-fi.

That's why a hot desk in a proper office is a better idea. Just Google hot desks near me.

Thank you everyone for some great advice!

Same position after moving. We have this and an unlimited data sim only from ID mobile which goes in it.

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Hot spotting.

V easy to do but be aware if you use for things like streaming it eats through data scarily fast.

Book your WiFi provider to run it in day after you move.

I WFH with three's 5g broadband. If you don't want to commit they have a £28 one month plan. Next day delivery too,!

https://www.three.co.uk/broadband/home-broadband?mc=paidSearch&mp=google&mcn=broadband_hbb_5g_brand_ms_all_match_types&mct=brand&mdt=04Aug23&mctt=hbb&mlob=hbb5g&s_kwcid=AL!14693!3!661330215076!e!!g!!three%205g%20broadband&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAq-u9BhCjARIsANLj-s1J_oEFH-_QuYL1XKUPpYpkn0a4Rk7kWIB_jTHHbODp9c2yuqKWE5waAnQ3EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Bit late! This thread was posted in 2022