BT 500 vs 900 vs EE

[Kodikid]

Timbo 

Nothing to do with me

It was the rationale given by the BT CEO Alison Kirkby

She said the migration was confusing the BT elderly customers 

[ItsJustMe]

When are BT going to order better equipment that is wifi 6 or 7 enabled rather than an archaic wifi 5 set up

[Kimberlin]

@ItsJustMe 

I think other contributors have pointed it out, they probably won’t do so for quite some time yet. Your only option is to do what I and others have suggested, buy your own if your present router isn’t doing it for you.

[chrisjp]

"All EE router's are compatible with BT broadband"

They are, but nowhere in the EE documentation does it provide the URL to access the router's hub manager. Instead you're directed to a QR code to scan so as to add the EE app to your mobile phone. But this requires an EE account to log into.
However, in fact you can still access the EE router's hub manager by keying 192.168.1.254 into a web browser on a computer connected to the router by ethernet cable. This is the same address that is used for accessing the BT Smarthub 2 hub manager.

[imjolly]

@Kodikid 

what Alison Kirkby actually said was

Allison Kirkby, has now “shelved” the original re-branding strategy “amid concerns that dropping the historic brand risked alienating older customers” 

nothing to do with confusing elderly customers

[chrisjp]

"What's the point in buying a car with an engine that can exceed 70 mph?"

The point of that is that a more powerful engine will allow you to accelerate much faster, thus making overtaking manoevres much safer as they can be completed much more quickly.
But an increased broadband speed, above the typical 70 to 100 Mbps, doesn't provide any advantage, unless your household is full of people continuinally downloading huge files, in which case the increased bandwidth might be useful.

[chrisjp]

"She who must be obeyed would go ballistic if I replaced the EE router with a large upturned spider."

My personal view is that the EE router, though technically better than BT's SH2, is much uglier in appearance. It's also significantly larger so takes up too much space.

[ItsJustMe]

EE have better equipment but I was expecting their reviews to be better considering they are part of BT.   Have looked at loads of providers and they all have their challenges.

[WSH]

How many times do I have to say it?

The only reason ISPs have pushed Wi-Fi is because it’s cheap and no labour for them, not because it’s any good.

Wi-Fi is naff, it’s always been naff, it always will be naff.  Common sense should tell you, anything that takes this many attempts to get right is fundamentally flawed.  Put cables in, you won’t regret it.

[Kimberlin]

@WSH 

So, just putting it out there, why exactly is it then that the almost 30 devices consistently connected via WiFi, there’s never a problem with connection? Maybe it’s my environmental conditions or a superior router 🤷‍♂️