Recontract with BT Infinity and get the HH5 Type B

[GeekOfBroadband]

Do I have to recontract? Will anything change (apart from bt sports)

[ray_dorset]

No, only BT Sports requires a 12 month BT Broadband contract to get it free for another 12 months. You still have to pay £3 per month for HD.

[matg]

Whats the difference between A and B

[ray_dorset]

None really. Made by a different manufacturer to the same spec.

[marion]

how do you know their isn't a difference ? is it a guess or have you tried one?

Why would they make a type B if something wasnt better.

[marion]

Personally i think the HH5 type A ia rubbish, doesnt sync as high as the HG612 , and its a flaky bit of kit.

[imjolly]

as ray said this has been discussed before and they are the same spec just by different manufacturers and have different firmware - needed another supplier due to demand

There are many good and bad reports about the HH5a some have nothing but trouble and others it works ok.  I am in the ok bracket with 60 days conenction time

[GeekOfBroadband]

You know at the back of the OR modem in the ADSL port there are only 2 gold pins where it makes the connection but on the BT home hub 5 there are 4 gold pins. but know one gets to use all 4 because the cheap ADSL cable bt give you have only 2 gold pins. what if you were to upgrade your ADSL cable to a 4 pin connector and it makes use of allthe pins in the homehub would there be any difference?

[gg30340]

No. If the pins are not there on the BT cable they are not needed. It is only 2 core wire from the master socket.

[ray_dorset]

It's only 2 core from the exchange 🙂