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Something like a MikroTik router on a poll attached to the chimney/roof with an Ethernet cable feeding back inside is your best bet. Not especially easy to setup though.
Another option is to find a neighbor with a decent Internet connection and come to an arrangement to share it over WiFi (maybe a point to point link). Perhaps difficult if you are new to the street.
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Something like a MikroTik router on a poll attached to the chimney/roof with an Ethernet cable feeding back inside is your best bet.
I used to work with a guy that had a bit of a side lark going on installing this kind of thing in regional areas. Basically created small town networks for signal dead zones. We actually used some Mikrotiks in the business for a while.
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Three (ie Three the network) is particularly good for mobile home broadband because they have band 3 (1800 MHz), the lowest frequency allocated. This makes it the slowest for data transfer (still plenty fast) but gives much signal strength. You can use CellMapper to find where the cell towers are, which provider runs it, and which bands it runs on. This can be quite useful.
We have a Three mobile router feeding into Ubiquiti kit and I get good speeds. It's sensitive to position and orientation, so separate APs is worthwhile. You can get external antennae, and most dedicated mobile broadband modems support them, but the losses down the coax can be high and sometimes self-defeating.
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hamrack
Bit of a WiFi dilemma, moved into a 6 month let in the midlands. Partner needs WiFi to work from home. No phone line but landlord said they had enquired and it would be quick and cheap. Moved in and been told by openreach around 4 months to get a line installed. Virgin don’t have service in the area. Does that only leave a dongle? There’s about two bars of 3G outside the house...are dongle aerials such a thing?