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Kevinpug1

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Hi,

Wonder if someone could help me make the right decision. After been with Vodafone and VM I am currently with BT 900 mbps fftp. I must say so far I am happy with their service there is just one issue I have (I think) and it's their router Hub 2, on devices connected via Wifi I get speeds of 300 mbps and on ethernet I get 600-700 mbps. BT confirmed that I am getting 947 mbps to my house so I am assuming the hub 2 got some sort of limit on wifi speed. If I buy 3rd party router EG "Archer AX73" would the speed increase? or have I got it wrong?.

If someone could tell me if they seen improvement after getting own router that be great. I do understand 300mbps is plenty to do anything however If I am paying for 900 then that 600-700 mbps on wifi be ideal If I knew I be getting 300 mbps on WIFI I would probably buy 500mbps and pay less. When I first got FFTP Openreach came out and put Openreach modem in my house so I am assuming If would just plug new router to this modem and everything be working just like it is with hub2 now.


/Thanks
 
Kevinpug1 said:
Hi,

Wonder if someone could help me make the right decision. After been with Vodafone and VM I am currently with BT 900 mbps fftp. I must say so far I am happy with their service there is just one issue I have (I think) and it's their router Hub 2, on devices connected via Wifi I get speeds of 300 mbps and on ethernet I get 600-700 mbps. BT confirmed that I am getting 947 mbps to my house so I am assuming the hub 2 got some sort of limit on wifi speed. If I buy 3rd party router EG "Archer AX73" would the speed increase? or have I got it wrong?.

If someone could tell me if they seen improvement after getting own router that be great. I do understand 300mbps is plenty to do anything however If I am paying for 900 then that 600-700 mbps on wifi be ideal If I knew I be getting 300 mbps on WIFI I would probably buy 500mbps and pay less. When I first got FFTP Openreach came out and put Openreach modem in my house so I am assuming If would just plug new router to this modem and everything be working just like it is with hub2 now.


/Thanks
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Might be best to contact BT first before changing router, I was with BT and changed to a Archer model which performed poorer than the BT hub on WiFi! There Hubs and modems are usually good compared to other providers that use their infrastructure!
 
Toddy2 said:
Might be best to contact BT first before changing router, I was with BT and changed to a Archer model which performed poorer than the BT hub on WiFi! There Hubs and modems are usually good compared to other providers that use their infrastructure!
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Thanks for quick reply, I will speak with BT and see what they say about it, I suppose it all depends who you speak to on the phone as one technician may be more helpful than others.

/Cheers
 
urie said:
it could also be limitations of the devices you are trying to connect to
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I was assuming that the mpbs WiFi that was available on a speed test, I wouldn't think any device would need 300 mpbs
 
You don't need to use the BT router at all I've left mine in it s box anyway you can hardwire a third party router straight from your ONT set it up your router as PPPoE and use the username bthomehub@btbroadband.com password BT, personally I've used an Asus AC86, Asus AX GT 11000 and now the AXE 16000 all of them massively outperform the hub 2 especially on Wi-Fi 6. I don't why the archer router would not perform as well, good luck.
 
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urie said:
it could also be limitations of the devices you are trying to connect to
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Thanks for you reply, but this isn't the case as on VM 1 gig I did get better speeds but they throttled me after 7pm so had to leave.
j2220 said:
You don't need to use the BT router at all I've left mine in it s box anyway you can hardwire a third party router straight from your ONT set it up your router as PPPoE and use the username bthomehub@btbroadband.com password BT, personally I've used an Asus AC86, Asus AX GT 11000 and now the AXE 16000 all of them massively outperform the hub 2 especially on Wi-Fi 6. I don't why the archer router would not perform as well, good luck.
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Thanks for your reply, When I get home I am gonna get my laptop and set PPPoE connection with the above ^ as I read somewhere I can check connection that way as well, if it's anywhere around 900 mbps then I be looking to get a new router, Would you say Asus AC86 is still worth buying today or is it old tech as that's the only one in my price range.

/Cheers
 
Kevinpug1 said:
Thanks for you reply, but this isn't the case as on VM 1 gig I did get better speeds but they throttled me after 7pm so had to leave.

Thanks for your reply, When I get home I am gonna get my laptop and set PPPoE connection with the above ^ as I read somewhere I can check connection that way as well, if it's anywhere around 900 mbps then I be looking to get a new router, Would you say Asus AC86 is still worth buying today or is it old tech as that's the only one in my price range.

/Cheers
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I no longer use my AC86u I use the axe 16000 this gives me around 930 Mbps via Wi-Fi 6E obviously you're going to need equipment that can utilise Wi-Fi 6E and the budget to buy something like that but to be honest anything with Wi-Fi 6 would be better than the hub 2.
 
Kevinpug1 said:
Thanks for quick reply, I will speak with BT and see what they say about it, I suppose it all depends who you speak to on the phone as one technician may be more helpful than others.

/Cheers
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Maybe look at mesh WiFi systems, they would plug into your router, they could maybe give you better speed and coverage through the house.
 
mrmchd said:
Maybe look at mesh WiFi systems, they would plug into your router, they could maybe give you better speed and coverage through the house.
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Same here got virmin media hub 5 first thing i did was put it into modem mode and connect to deco mesh system
 
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