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BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:53:55 GMT

So we are due to go live in the morning but I have read that the wifi on the Hub 2 tops out at 500mbps and only has 3 lan ports on it. What router would be best to use with BT FTTP 900 ? I would much rather not use the router they provide as it is sub par.

Help appreciated !!

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

Crimliar — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:42 GMT

I believe the maximum WiFi sync speed on the Smart Hub 2 is 1732Mbps, but very few clients can manage a sync speed of more than 866Mbps, leading to an actual connection speed somewhat below this, but definitely north of 500Mbps. As for the three Ethernet ports, it's only one fewer than is common, and adding a cheap switch is easy enough. Additionally if you don't use the BT supplied router, you also wont be able to use BT digital Voice.

Me - I use an Asus router with a couple of AsusMesh units for my 30+ WiFi devices, others here will swear by Ubiquity, or swear (sometimes unjustly) at TP-Link.

Maybe if you point us at your intended usage scenario, with your absolute requirements, along with things that you'd like but arent strictly necessary, then we could try to point you towards suitable kit!

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

licquorice — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:47:21 GMT

I'm currently connected to my Hub2 at 866Mbps

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:25:31 GMT

No one uses a phone line in this day and age. We have mobile phones on contract. Read that the hub was poor so going to look into a different router. We have KCOM already installed and their FTTP has been perfect but the price is going up in February so were trying out BT to see if it is good enough to replace our KCOM connection. We shall see, I am sceptical that it will be as good as KCOM to be honest, we have never had a drop out and out 900mbps connection actually is over 1gb. Only reason we are trying BT is its £25 a month cheaper than KCOM will be.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

HHGTTG — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:32:20 GMT

So no one uses a landline today, Really? I wish more people did as I would have better quality conversations with those who have got rid of theirs and phone me from their mobile to my landline. Sometimes we have to curtail our chats as they have poor reception in their areas or insist on phoning me when they are out and about. Unfortunately it's a modern disease and they are welcome to carry on with it if they insist on being in constant contact with people 24/7 - I don't.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

Crimliar — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:29:49 GMT

@licquorice866Mbps will be the link speed, the actual throughput will be roughly 6% lower than this due to overheads on a good WiFi implementation on a poor one it can be higher than 25%!

*Apologies if I'm teaching you suck eggs!

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

licquorice — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:32:27 GMT

You are indeed teaching grandma to suck eggs, I am totally aware of that. 😃

My DSL sync speed is only 44Mbps

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:37:04 GMT

Already cancelling it. Jesus Christ BT is awful. Constant disconnections and only 100mb even with wired.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

licquorice — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:38:38 GMT

Hmm, whatever.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

Crimliar — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:42:16 GMT

Problem is that unless you are incredibly lucky, you'll only get FTTP now, and are likely to only have OpenReach as the infrastructure supplier - so it's quite possible you may also see issues with FTTP supplied by others.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:50:41 GMT

Nah we have KCOM and they have their own infrastructure. We were only going to leave because the price was going up to £70 a month. We have only had two disconnections in two years with them and that was for maintenance.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

licquorice — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:59:09 GMT

I assume you only moved to BT to get KCOM to reduce their price and never intended to move permanently. Bye.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:28:36 GMT

You assumed incorrectly. If BT would have worked we would have stayed with them and cancelled KCOM. However they could not. You sound like a child. Grow up mate.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

chrisjp — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:35:29 GMT

"No one uses a phone line in this day and age."
Not true - there are plenty of people who still use phone lines - as evidenced by discussions on this forum

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

gloriawillis58 — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:02:55 GMT

Most people have mobile phones now. Cancelled with BT anyways. Was in the 14 day cooling off period and their service was god awful. Will be sticking with our proper FTTP connection, at least it won't disconnect in a slight breeze.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

TimCurtis — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:43:09 GMT

@gloriawillis58

My FTTP has been rock solid - and probably been so for most others on here - even when I was using a Smarthub.

Re: BT Hub 2 Awful ?

Crimliar — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:03:40 GMT

Personally, I would expect most people's FTTP to be solid. My own setup here is more complex than most, but not as complex as some. But I have to expect that everything should work, and shouldn't require others to jump through hoops to get it to work. We end up in a very strange place if we accept that flaky is okay.