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BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

Marg0105 — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:03:51 GMT

Hello

I have recently swapped to EE from BT and my 'signal' to the PC is now much slower. I'd say the overall capacity of the broadband is less but, as yet, have no figures to support this.

Because my PC isn't directly wired with an ethernet cable I've been using 3 of those white discs to boost the signal round the house - not perfect but OK.

Fibre to my house isn't yet available but I'll probably have it when it is ready.

I've noticed on the EE site they offer a 'gadget' to boost the signal round the house for £100.

1) Does anyone know please if that is substantially better than the 3 discs I use just now?

And

2) As an after thought, can we move the main Broadband access point or can it only be done by BT/EE?

(When I changed to EE I didn't get a new router just TV boxes)

Thank you for any thoughts/advice.

For your amusement - years ago when we had the broadband installed by BT, against my judgement the young man insisted it had to go in the corner behind the TV rather than a more central position as I'd expected. Then, when he'd misdrilled the wall he proudly told me that he'd been a plumber until a month before. (I am so grateful he didn't do my plumbing)

Re: BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

countrypaul — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:37:20 GMT

You do not say whether you have BB via copper of fibre.

If copper you can use a longer cable between the BT socket and router. If you have telephone extensions, the you could plug the router into one of those but you may require a micro filter.

If you have fibre then you could replace the short ethernet cable supplied with the router with a longer one (less than 100metres!) but you can't move the ONT.

BT can obviously move either the master socket of the ONT but will charger £££

Re: BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:17:19 GMT

@countrypaulwrote:
You do not say whether you have BB via copper of fibre.

"Fibre to my house isn't yet available" 😉

@Marg0105

Without a link to this "gadget" it's hard to know what it is,

Just to note that if you have a master socket with separate connections for phone & broadband, you'll need to rewire to enable any extensions for data before you can plug the router into one.

Re: BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

Marg0105 — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:47:49 GMT

Thank you for replying.

Here is a link to the 'gadget' I think might be EE's replacement for the 3 discs I currently use.

https://ee.co.uk/broadband/smart-wifi.

I'm not very tech savvy (as you might have guessed!)

My phone now works through the router maybe it's called "Digital Voice" It doesn't work when we have no power. The hand sets are BT4600's and work fine.

As to copper -v- fibre I think we have fibre to the cabinet and copper to the house.

Re: BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 14:11:46 GMT

That's a mesh device (like your white discs) but specific to the EE router, so wouldn't work with your BT one. It's not £100, it's included when you pay an additional monthly fee. The £100 you're seeing is the guarantee if it doesn't work.

DV is irrelevant in terms of your extension sockets, you can still use them for broadband with the proviso I mentioned. But just replacing the DSL cable to the router as @countrypaul suggested may be easier.

Re: BT booster discs - v - EE booster device?

Marg0105 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:36:42 GMT

Thank you both for your help/advice