Tethering

[whistonian]

Many years ago i cancelled my landline in favor of a Huawei mobile wifi on Three and GiffGaff on my present .phone If i bought a new phone with 100GB or more on a 24 month contract and cancelled my Three WiFi. and GiffGaff would i be able to use my laptop by tethering from the phone.Hope this makes sense as my old braon is not very tech savvy.

[barry1010]

Yes

[Hopkirk]

As long as you are out of contact on your current providers, and don't have to wait.

You would probably find that a laptop tethered to a mobile isn't as fast as a normal router

[Sunk]

// You would probably find that a laptop tethered to a mobile isn't as fast as a normal router //

Mine was faster. Depends on the broadband and mobile phone package you purchase, and the strength of tower signal where you live.

[barry1010]

whistonian, turn the wifi off on your phone and do a speed test. That way you will know if the speed is going to be fast enough for everything.
Whenever my wifi goes down I turn my phone in to a wifi hotspot and connect my pc and iPad - I get decent speeds of around 60 Mbps

[Old_Geezer]

If your laptop has wifi functionality, then yes.

[barry1010]

Every laptop has wifi, OG. They are designed to be used on the move :) If whistonian's hasn't it should be donated to a museum of technology :)

[whistonian]

Thanks everyone for your helpful replies. Barry I did as you suggested and although I have never had a problem with D/L speed I got a surprisingly low figure of 6Mpbs.

[barry1010]

That is fartoo slow. Try it again and then again with a different speed checker. Try it in different rooms and outside.
I use this one https://www.speedtest.net/

[whistonian]

Best speed I can get Barry is 9mbps.