RWG MOBILE DATA GOING?

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and replies. My Three SIM shows the same signal strength as my EE one, so I'm free! Can't see a data-only SIM on the iD website. Have they ever called out anyone for use in a router? I'm looking at you here jeffmossy and sandya :LOL:
If you are OK with Three, look on Amazon for scancom Three data sims. 350GB per month for 30 months (yup, two and a half years) for a single payment of £70.
 
I think I just found the answer I was looking for: it's in Ken's Top Tips!

"Prior to 2018, the terms and conditions on many mobile phone SIM cards would prevent you from using the SIM card in devices other than a mobile phone. However, this changed in 2018 as Ofcom ruled that this was a breach of net neutrality as defined in the Open Internet Access Regulation:

The EU Open Internet Access Regulation, among other things, enshrines ISP customers’ fundamental right to access the content and information, to use the applications and services, and to use the terminal equipment of their choice through their internet access service through their internet access service. ISPs may enter into agreements with their customers on the commercial and technical conditions of the service, but in doing so they cannot limit customers’ core rights.
In particular, Ofcom took issue with a mobile network that “imposed restrictions on the devices in which a SIM can be used – e.g. where a SIM purchased for a mobile phone cannot be used in a tablet”.

Since the Ofcom ruling was published in 2018, most restrictions stopping you from using a smartphone SIM card in other types of device have been removed. You can therefore now use a regular mobile phone SIM card in other types of device such as a tablet or mobile broadband dongle.

If you’re using an unlimited data plan, some mobile networks impose a limit on the number of tethered devices. In addition, some UK networks prohibit the use of their SIM cards in a 4G home broadband router."

So it's back to scrutinising the T&C's!
 
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