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Worth upgrading from BT HH4 for wired only connections?

camy — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:25:38 GMT

Ditching my WiFi on my router and will only be using wired connections. Wondering if its worth getting a better router than the HH4 for this or would a better router only come with better features relating to WiFi stuff?

I have a very poor adsl connection (avg 4mb) so not looking for anything fancy but I would like a nice stable service and anything that improves me ping.

I know different modem chipsets can have an affect on how the modem communicates with the cabinet /exchange so wondering if that's a consideration?

Might be able to get a HH6 for free so is that worth the effort of replacing the HH4 for my purposes?

Re: Worth upgrading from BT HH4 for wired only connections?

busterboy1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:06:38 GMT

I can only speak of my personal experience having the same equipment as yourself.

I have been using the Home Hub 4 since 2014 with the usual dropouts about 5 times a day but managed and lived through it.

Spoke to BT about it recently so they sent me a new Home Hub 2 (Latest HH) and with my poultry 1mbps line was utterly useless to the tune I took it off after only a few hours.

Failed to connect and when it did was totally useless, If you are ethernet only keep what you have.

Re: Worth upgrading from BT HH4 for wired only connections?

Keith_Beddoe — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:52:44 GMT

@camy

For ADSL, the only reliable home hub is going to be the HH4, which is optimised for ADSL only.

The later home hubs have a wider bandwidth, and are susceptible to interference which is outside of the ADSL frequency range, especially if you are on a long line. This can result in disconnections, poor speeds, and much longer time to re-connect if the connection drops.

Re: Worth upgrading from BT HH4 for wired only connections?

camy — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:05:34 GMT

Thanks for the two replies above. Really useful to know about the HH4 being optimised best for ADSL. I'll stick with the HH4 then.