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Worth upgrading from BT HH4 for wired only connections?

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? 

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

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.

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

@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.

 

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

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.

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