Sometimes the owner of a rented apartment 🏠 doesn't provide an internet connection for tenants. In that case, you'll have to take care of it yourself to keep scrolling through cat pictures and stay in the social loop by reviewing new series on streaming services. You can, of course, choose the harder path, which involves searching for fixed-line internet, cabling, contracts, and drilling through walls. But which owner would agree to such demolition 💣 so you can video call your friends? A simple and obvious path to happiness and a broadband connection is called mobile internet.
What is the best internet for a rented apartment?
To buy any mobile internet package, just go to the operator's website, choose any package, and complete the transaction. Queues, cables, contracts, formalities? What for? Not this time. So you buy 100, 150, or 250 GB and do with it exactly what you want. Install the SIM card in your phone and you have the entire package for yourself. Or use an unused smartphone to turn it into a router, and share the net with others.
If you have roommates and there are problems with network capacity and throughput, then you can additionally invest in an LTE router with band aggregation. What is that? LTE internet uses several low and high-frequency bands for operation, where – if several people are working on the connection – it can simply get crowded. The connection breaks, data transfer slows down, and conflicts among tenants escalate dangerously. To avoid this, all you need is a router that combines several frequencies into one wide channel.
If you want to learn more on this topic – check out the article How to properly configure a router? How to strengthen its signal?
And then what? You do exactly what you want. Data packages allow for free use of streaming channel offers, transferring large files is not a problem, you don't worry about cable length or router range.
What else is worth knowing about internet in a rented apartment?
Mobile internet data packages have the characteristic that after some time the transfer is used up. You have to remember to top up, call, write, and keep track of deadlines. Is this necessary? Not necessarily. To avoid an additional item on your things to do list, just use the auto-top-up option. Link a payment card to your account, and the package will renew itself every month. You can also immediately subscribe to your phone number and have most of these formalities out of the way.
What to do with mobile internet when you have to leave a rented apartment quickly? Take it with you. The SIM card you get from Mobile Vikings with a full package will fit even in the smallest trouser pocket 👖. You'll be able to work on it wherever there's Play coverage. This offers considerable flexibility when moving. Oh, and you can cancel it whenever you want.
Fixed-line internet in a rented apartment
If the apartment you are renting has a permanent fiber-optic connection and the necessary cabling, and the rental agreement allows for its use, then you just need to connect to the network. You will then have a fast, stable connection without any limits or packages. In the case of fiber optics, the connection speed is provided by the use of light waves, and the transfer speed does not change regardless of how many people are downloading files, playing games, or watching movies at the same time. This is a convenient solution, but requires a contract with an operator, which is not always feasible in a rented apartment. Moreover, moving involves signing over the contract, which is not always easy or possible.
What to choose? Since life itself suggests mobile internet as a convenient option, there's no point in resisting this solution. Besides using the internet at home, you take your internet with you wherever you go. To a party, on a trip, or to the park when you feel like working there. And with the development of 5G networks, mobile internet will become even faster and more widespread. It would be a sin not to take advantage of such an opportunity…
