Twifi- home internet

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Hello All,

I came across this company recently, searching for a home internet provider.

https://www.twifi.ch/en/home-internet-box/

They use sim card and tap into the Salt or Sunrise 4G network through a plug in router. No minimum contract commitment. CHF 29.00 / Month. It seems too good to be true - anyone here have any experience with them or anyone similar?

Thanks in advance!!

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I have a sim from digital republic for home internet. It's just another low cost internet provider that runs over the Sunrise 5G network. During the day I get 20-30 Mbps down/up. A bit higher in the evenings.

It's far from the offered 300 Mbps, but it's 15 CHF/month and enough to work from home.

I might get the external antenna for the 5G router later this year just for curiosity. I want to test if having better reception improves data transfer.

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Thanks! will look into digital republic too!

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https://digitalrepublic.ch/en/r1?ref=Steven-YFIXGCLR

They plant trees for referrals, apparently.

Otherwise gomo might be worth a look or look at teleking for fixed internet.

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300Mbits is 30 a month now.

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Thanks !!

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is it a fair comment to say the reseller / partner (?) plan for ISP offers better deal (no min. contract, better offer)??

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I was on internet over 5G (sunrise) Changed to a copper cable connection - a different world. Now I can stream soccer and rugby no problem

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yallo go max, I'm lucky living close to unoccupied 5G tower, ~500Mbps download, took it on black friday for 19 chf/m lifetime

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Prices go up an down all the time: summer sales, black friday, christmas..whatever. I bought a bundle of sim + 5G modem. 1 year of theoretical 300Mbps internet was 180 CHF

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Good tips! streaming sport is very important in our house!

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Not dismissing as too good to be true but on checkout you are required to tick boxes agreeing to ....terms and conditions + identity check

no details/ links to either as far as i could see...

Marketing ... “ With the help of artificial intelligence we offer the most suitable product for you. Simply use our live location network check.” is vague.

Cynical , but isn’t this a box with a Salt/Sunrise Sim card that creates a hotspot?

No different from what you can do with phone ?

🤓

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I can't see the point of the Twifi offerings.

The combination of:

a) using a sim card from Digital Republic, and

b) just buying an LTE (or 5G) router

costs less and comes with no longterm commitments.

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Are you able to sports stream using a sim? 4g or 5g was lousy for me, only worked with a cable connection.

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It works on our previous residency. Effing occasionally, 2-3 times per month.

I'm up for sim+router solution, co-habitant prefer cable as for home-working and sport. Still debating...

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I’m in Switzerland for a couple of months and I’m having a look at the best options for fast internet without being tied into a contract.
Twifi’s got some pretty dodgy reviews, so I’ve come across another provider called Freshnet.
It’s 28 francs a month for a 5G WiFi 6 router with speeds up to 300 Mbps, which sounds decent on paper. Has anyone actually tried them? If not, looks like I’ll be the guinea pig and report back on here :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello.

I can make an update on Digital Republic 5G internet hotspot, I ditched them some months ago :slight_smile:

It seems a lot of people in my town started using low cost providers over the Sunrise 5G network, thus the speed was reduced during Swiss working hours. Initially, 20-30 Mbps, but it went down to 5-10 Mbps. The breaking point was having to wait for a progress bar to move on my screen while an email attachment was downloaded, and not being able to do videocalls anymore, only voice.

I ended up moving to Sunrise fiber. It took like 1 month in total to get it running, comprising ordering the router, receiving it at home, plugging it and then 2 weeks and 4-5 phone calls to get it running.

@MrMike, services like this rely on the big 3 5G companies in CH: Sunrise, Swisscom an Salt. Down/Up transfer speeds are sometimes slow during the day because many users connected to the network. If you plan to work during the day, consider 10-20 Mbps. If only using the internet after working hours, it’s good enough. Finally, included the price of the 5G hotspot/router in your budget (unless you already have one).

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Sunrise bought the old cablecom. I’m still on their old cable internet which is expensive as you have to pay the line rental on top of the internet package. something like 40 Fr per month for connection and you pay the internet package on top, so maybe 70-80 Fr in total.

With Fiber, do you avoid this line charge? I should get Fiber mid next year so will hopefully upgrade and also get a lower cost if I can get rid of the line rental fee.

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Yes, I pay only 30.56 CHF/month for the fiber. No line rental fee. But…it’s bundled to:

  • Landline number :rofl: 5CHF/month
  • Phone sim unlimited 5G and calls within CH: 24.95 CHF/month
  • Phone sim with cheapest abo: 12.20 CHF/month.

Total: 72.70 CHF

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Thanks! Didn’t expect to get this much feedback, especially since the thread’s been quiet for a while.

I’ve just had a call with Freshnet, and they said that their Plus plan (300 Mbit/s) is using 5G, means more bandwidth per user, so even at peak times the speed doesn’t drop much below what they promise. They also mentioned they usually over-deliver on speed, just to keep a bit of headroom for any ups and downs. Let’s find that out :slight_smile:

Obviously it only works properly if there’s decent signal at the address, which they checked for me. Also I couldn’t find any sneaky small print, so the speed doesn’t get throttled like with some other providers.

For me, buying a router outright isn’t really worth it when I can just get one on a cheap monthly subscription that includes unlimited connectivity as well.

I’ll let you all know how it goes once the Freshnet box turns up, should be tomorrow!