@@yourself9936 Really fast and reliable. Getting 950mb/s Down & 200mb/s up. Can't complain. The home hub was god awful though, swapped it for my own router now
@@yourself9936 For your average Joe the router is fine. But we have 3 gaming pc's and a gaming server in our house, their router wet the bed when all of them was running at the same time. Virgin won't let you use your own router so I've been told, also I hate lining the pocket of beardy Branson. Never would consider Virgin if they was the last isp on the planet
Interesting to hear your and others experience, I’ve paid for 500 down for the last 8 months and haven’t had any issues. Consistent speeds too. The new home hub is the best BT have ever supplied, probably worth the RRP they’re trying to sell for. But I switched to ubiqiti kit for my networking. I think I can get that 900 packages (north east Scotland), but most websites servers are going to rate limit bandwidth, so they often don’t serve at the 500 speed I’ve found. Amazing for steam though, I had a HDD and for once it was the slowest part. NVME is the way to go clearly!
What you say about people's problems being due to those boxes is so true. A lot of it is people just totally misunderstanding how WiFi even works though, quite frustrating to deal with.
The important thing to remember, is that you must use a wired ETHERNET cable to your PC or IMac to get the very best speed. I just could not understand why my speed was so erratic, when using just a WiFi signal. I suppose its common sense, a Wifi signal can never surpass a wired connection, but ive been using WiFi for some years, so got used to it. On my 900 fibre, i was occasionally seeing speeds of 400, and as low as 120mbs. I called an engineer out, he plugged his laptop in my modem, and hey presto, 1.1Gb speed. Plugging the ethernet cable into my WiFi disc, and plugging it into the back of my computer, speeds as high as 640, in a upstairs room. That ethernet cable is vital for the optimum performance
Just bought the bt 900 package and honestly i cannot wait to have it installed until a couple days ago 1Mb/s was the fastest internet we could get here but now thanks to the openreach community project thing my estate can now get the fastest internet possible atm so no more waiting 3 days+ to install a game or having to suffer watching videos at 360p and constant buffering still got to wait till april 7 to get the cables pulled through etc and that day cant come soon enough gonna treat my self to a sky glass tv aswell as where my house is positioned i couldnt get a sky dish and my internet werent fast enough for the tv
Hi Ryan, Thank for the clear explanation. BT has never been my number one IP to go for, however, after moving house I had no other option, and I have to agree with you, the service has been getting better and better over the years and this new router looks amazing and so far has delivered the promise speed for my plan/area. The only downside using BT routers is the painful process to connect smart lights, smart speakers, smart switches, anything that is "smart" in the BT world = Painful installation. I don't know if you have any tips to make this "smart" set up easier with a BT router apart from changing the signal to only transmit at 2.4Gz before starting the set up of a new smart item. Anyway, great work, first time seeing your videos and also subscribed.
Thanks Ricardo. That’s great news that you’ve got the new service. I’ve never had any luck with the new router/MFND and so I’ve not tried using smart devices with it. If you ever build up a smart home, I’d recommend trying a third party unit for better reliability :)
The best thing i did to get around this with all my smart stuff is split the router to give out 2.4Gz and 5Gz so you have 2 SSIDs, then you can connect all your smart stuff and any older devices on the 2.4Gz network and any newer stuff on the 5Gz network Hope that helped :)
We originally started with dial up many years ago. A few years ago we had the fttp installed to our house. The current contract with Zen finishes next month and I have just ordered this 900 mbps service. The Zen was supposed to be 150mbps but for about a year it was less than 30 but upload was consistent with 30mbps. About 6 months ago it jumped back up to a proper speed of 130+mbps. Wheb Zen took over the fibre optic line they sent out Openreach subcontractors which they didn't needf to do. They plated around with the box outside where the optic cable entered an told me they had spliced it (???). I was connected to BY and Zen for a short time which I was told shouldn't happen. I just hope I have better luck this time. I have a few routers in the cupboard but I shall try the Bt one first which is the one running now.
Had 100 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up on 2005 in one of Eastern European country. Now there available 1 Gbps/1Gbpsfibre broadband for 17.99 Euro/month. Where fibre not available - 150 Mbps broadband over mobile 4G network and +500 Mbps over 5G network. UK - third world country.
Completely agree about the BT MFND, when the old up to 78Mb fibre launched it wasn't long until I was purchasing a Netgear Nighthawk....Let's just say I never looked back since!
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe My Home Hub 3 was abysmal, constant drop outs, requiring resets and poor range. Difference with the Nighthawk is day and night, no more drop outs or resets, coverage is much improved too. If you get on fine with your home hub then that's great, I know version 5 or 6 are better.
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe Which model do you have? I've had bought the R7000 a year and a half ago, but recently changed to the R7000P due to the MU-MIMO feature. I've also used the X6 as well as the EX7700 Extender.
@@bitTorrenter I'm just using the standard bt smart hub 2 router. It's basic but the range is enough to cover my 3 bed house and I always get the speeds I'm paying for with it so I've never seen any point to upgrade. Also using the bt WiFi disc they give you for free if you ask and that's to cover the garden and garage with internet
Thanks for the review, Ryan. I’ve had BT full fibre 900 for about 7 weeks and it’s been consistently good and reliable. Will you be doing a guide on how to get the best WiFi around the house with speeds like this?
It's recently arrived in my area and am debating on whether to go with the 500 which includes the WiFi discs and backup 4g connection or pay few £s more for 900 without those extras.
So I got the full 900 but whenever I do a speed test, the highest result I've had was 290Mbps down and 95 up but I should be getting a minimum of 450 Mbps to my understanding. Also, that's what BT says as my Stay Fast Guarantee (SFG) . I've given it almost a week but the result is pretty much the same. Whenever I do a speed check on my BT app, it shows that from the cabinet to my house is within SFG but between the router and my devices is where approximately 300 Mbps is showing.
You need to be connecting using ethernet really, sometimes WiFi can be running fast enough but very rarely will be good enough for a gigabit internet connection.
4:25 it's unlikely that an issue with your console's mechanical disk. Even if it's fitted with a slower 5400RPM disk they can typically write sequentially in excess of 90/100MBps which is at the top end of a Gigabit link. If I had to guess it's due to either a limited WLAN connection or if hardwired to a switch it might just be an under powered NIC.
I also live in Cornwall, and we’ve just had openreach come along and fit fibre to the street ready for the switch-on in 2022Q4. Christmas came early, though a lot later than most of Europe! 😅
Do you get an improvement in Netflix? As for the roll out absolutely no sign of it around here. With my luck I'll be the last flat in the UK to get FTTP.
What residential devices allow you use the 2 and 5 gig internet you talk of at the beginning ? Games consoles only have a one gig port as with laptops and pc ?
Hi, just wondered if someone could help. I went for the 900 package and I’m only getting 350mbps connect to home hub2 via cat7 Ethernet cable. Rang BT and they said that it’s fine ? And I’m getting 700mbps to the door. BT engineer came to test the hub and said it’s good and something about you have to change the settings so it just goes to one device to be able to get stated speeds. Is this right or am I being spun a yarn ? Tia
I'm hopefully upgrading to this package next week, had horrendous problems trying to upgrade to this, even though I've had fiber to the home for a long time. Do you know if BT is rolling this out to every fiber to the home customer?
Apologies I'm very ignorant with this internet jargon. I picked this plan as I wanted to have the fastest and most reliable wifi connection for my xbox games (sick of laggin) Yet I have been unable to check whether I am getting the actual 900 mbps as the BT app is not working for me. Customer service can not handle my complaint (long story) anyways I run my wifi test and it shows 314 Mbps download/106 upload. Am I being ripped off here. All I want to know.
I will be getting the BT FF 900 in our new build house when we move in later this month. It’s a 4 bedroom house with the master bedroom in a loft conversion, so 3 floors, ground, 1 floor & 2nd floor (loft conversion) … So what router would you recommend to upgrade to??
I’m having the same package installed in October (North Wales) - I’ll let you know how it goes - just to point out that if you aren’t happy - in the T&C’s - you are entitled to leave the contract if you aren’t getting the speeds promised in the first month.
Hello mate, thanks for the video. Can I ask what your would advise as a replacement for the standard BT Router they issue? Is there a better suggestion?
I have BT FTTP but on a 80/20 package. I get 74-76 down and 20-22 up. I run all my network through Unifi gear and it's been super stable since 2017 excluding 2 overnight blackouts from the exchange. I've not used any ISP hardware since I first got FTTC in my old flat where I PPPOE to the old white BT modem (which they no longer do) into 3rd party routers
@@garethwigglesworth8187 yes but it’s what I was paying for. FTTP allows you to go gigabit but you don’t need to pay for it if you don’t need it. I have a new build so came with FTTP. I’ve now moved to Vodafone and get 100/20 (generally get 110 down) for less than I was paying BT for 80/20
FYI THEY DONT PUT A grey box on the outside anymore. They are called isp. Not internet service provider but internet splicing point where the light get split into stuff.
Fttp is enabled at my exchange but not at my apartment yet (hopefully). Does this mean that it will become available sometime in the future like 2 years like you mentioned in the video? Not sure if that’s what you meant by that. As at the minute I would be lucky if I get 25mbps on fttc
Hey hope you can help. So I live in St Awful which is in Cornwall. Looking to get the bt fibre 900. Does that mean I must use the bt hub if I want a house phone? How are you finding it? X
getting mine installed on Friday, yes four years after you.... ;-) regards router went for the Archer BE550 - BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router, it has a full set of 5 x 2.5Gb ports (1 WAN, 4 LAN). I agree the default BT one is awful. Fingers crossed that the OPN installed is one of the 2.5Gb Nokia ones.
Currently on bt 250mb, they give me a ten pounds a month discount off the standard price. Called them about 900, they will gladly give it to me for.... full price. Doh! Will wait for a special offer I think
Apparently ultrafast fibre is coming to my area within the next 2 years, according to openreach. BT supposedly will give me a free upgrade to full fibre 100, but for some reason i feel like they won't.
I'm paying nearly the same as you and I'm getting a 55Mb - 61Mb Download speed and 16Mb - 17Mb upload speed that's ridiculous! Why are they charging so much for much lower speeds or am I missing something? i have checked and it's the best we can get no full fibre in our area 😔
I’m on the same package and find the SH2 to be very unreliable and was thinking of changing to the ASUS RT AX86u. Is it as simple as plugging the new router into the ONT and creating a Wi-fi device name and password or is there settings I need to extract from the Smart Hub?
Bought full fibre 900 and they sent us a smart hub 2 only managed to test wifi speed and old/nee devices same result speedtest around 80-90mbps. Changed the cable that goes WAN to the ethernet port same result. Is there limitations to SH2?. Our ONT is in garage which connected to an ethernet port beside it which thrn routes/connected to the eth ports in the house. SH2 connected in the living room eth port. Also checked firmware says up to date. Seem no way to manually update it. Dont think fttp need stability period but will wait couple of days and call BT if no change. Edit: just checked admin console. wan link speed: only 100mbps is this right or should that say 1000?
I’ve just been on to BT as I use sky at the comment and it’s so bad, they told me they can put fibre optic 1 to us but they are just going to send out a router? My current router is plugged in via a DSL phone line cable, how do I tell if we have fibre? Thanks
If it's using a DSL phone cable then it's not full fibre. To get that you'd need an openreach engineer to install a new fibre box in your wall. This is only offered to areas that have FTTP available.
You might be interested to know that Residential FTTx uses GPON meaning only a single fibre from the OLT serves up to 32 premises. Dedicated circuits (Ethernet) on the otherhand are available but very very expensive so only business typically use it.
I've never had an issue with BT smart hubs in 15 years of fibre and now the 900mb, I currently get 920mb own 120 up with a crappy old laptop with a gig port and that's solid every day, never drops. Where it will catch you out now is that if you want a landlines, they only offer voip in new builds that don't have any copper wire and you can only use this with a bt router. Bt are phasing out copper phone lines and they won't be supported after 2025
Quite a high ping for full fibre! With ADSL, we had 3Mbps down and 12 - 15ms ping and with VDSL2 now we get 80Mbps and 9ms - 11ms ping. Now waiting for my VM install, FTTP from BT not available here and won't be for a long time... VM will be 500Mbps FTTP service (their new network) and Coax last metre.
@@MynameisEGIS oh right. Not sure to be honest. I’m sure there’s a new model but I haven’t tested anything else aside from my UDM Pro from Ubiquiti. Sorry
Is this the 50mb upload cap? that's a bug and should fix within auto update through the Hub, or third party router will sort this out. If this is your download speed check network>properties>configure>advanced> Full Duplex> choose 1gb
@@es1366 from watching the video, it seems a router is a better option than the smart hub 2 and most of the complaints about bt wifi is because of the smart hub 2,i dont know this personally as i dont have bt wifi but i think you should give it a go and invest in a router rather than the smart hub
Having just had the 900 service activated a few days ago...2yr contract 52.99 with bt now and a years free xbox ultimate game pass if you have an xbox. I live in a flat so its what BT call an MDU install (multi dwelling unit) Little grey box which Ryan has outside his house is above our Front door in the communal stairwells. Simple drill into the wall above the front door then the 1-2mm fibre thread is glued in my case to the ceiling corners and run through to my office to which a little box size of a 2 cig boxes the spare fibre is stored and then run up to the 'Modem' box against size of a 2x cib boxes. Here you then simply plug in your cat 5e cable to the Wan port on the HUB 2 very simple process all done in around 90mins. First speed test 899/110 and i have been testing it regularly since friday and been bang on all the time. Downloads getting around 95MB a sec from steam. The Xbox reports a 955mbs connection speed which in the real world should be about 1 GB every 10 seconds....Downloaded an 8GB game took about 90 seconds so about right. The PS5 is a little weird is was reporting various speeds highest being 575Mb and as low as 420Mb even though at the same time the xbox was showing 955? not sure if the PS5 test procedure is a little off but anyway. Similiar downloads in reality did a 21gig download in around 2.5mins so throughput is the same. Great price I think for gigabit broadband and so far 100% reliable. Going to see how the hub behaves I never had any issues with the BT FTTC service if I'm honest.
@@siam7094 found the issue even with. 1200 power adapter on the same circuit it was still causing the the issue of cutting my speeds. Now. I got the Ethernet cable clipped around the door frame and along the stairs to the hub and it's now 350-450
Unless the PS4 has slower WiFi maybe. Full size hard drives write at roughly 140MBs/s. The laptop in your PS4, according to Google images, is a laptop hard drive, which will spin at 5,400rpm. The link below (under HDD vs. SSD & SATA 2.0 vs. 3.0 section) says that the standard PS4's hard drive should write at about 73MBs/s. Something like that. 37MBs, 300Mbits, is quite low for a hard drive that can write at roughly 70MBs/s. techgage.com/article/sonys-playstation-4-pro-system-performance-hdd-vs-ssd-testing/
U still cant setup their router as a modem can you? I have the 50Mb with BT right now and will probably go with Virgins 1gig since u can do the modem connection on that
@@theryanthomas ohh my current BT hub is using dsl connection even though we are on "fibre" but ive seen the Virgin Media website advertise their new hub 4 having a modem mode. Its annoying af as BTs routers are the absolute worse in terms of functionality and features
I have had mine since last June, from 50mbps to 900mbps is a huge leap but I have noticed it isn’t actually 900. More like 500mbps down average speed. 110mbps. It took ages for them to put in fibre in our area but once they did I was straight on the phone signing up. I got a new hub when I swapped from 50 to 900. I use wired connections and WiFi all works well but the speeds are not guaranteed 900 down. My PS4 pro can get faster speeds downloading and my PS5 can get an 80GB game in about an hour tops. Mine costs £55 a month for just internet, I don’t have the TV or phone side of things since we don’t need any of that c r a p.
I have a question, I have 900 Mb internet with BT and can someone tell me how to change the MTU router on this router? I can't find these settings anywhere , sorry for my bad english
I have smart hub 2 with fiber connection 50mbs am an old man in Brighton don't get the speed and all the tec I have been sold as a contract for 24 months from bt it is live on the 12 Sept .is this fast enough for me in a flat to watch 4k plus stream on phone a tab too without buffering sorry to ask but don't get all the meg plus everything else that goes with it. thanks if I get a reply
Hi mate. A 50mbps connection should be enough for streaming, gaming, and messaging. The package shown in this video would be way over the top for the kind of thing you’re talking about. You’d be very VERY comfortable with a connection like this. Cheers
@@wvziccardi bought myself a wifi 6 router from Asus made a lot of difference to be fair getting close to 900mbps wifi close to the router compared to 600 on the BT Hub. i have also bought unbiquiti wifi 6 disc in one of the rooms in the house makes a huge difference compared to the disc that BT is giving.
@@theryanthomas thing is I have always run wireless, the hub is few doors away, not gonna dig up my floor when it was fine before,, everytime we take new contracts they piss us about, should have just kept on with hub 6, atleast it worked constant..
@@Alphabet7 fair enough mate. I'm mad because a few months back they built new houses in my town and all those house can get the 900mbps from bt as shown in the video but the rest of us can only get 70 maximum. Hopefully bt can give it to rest of us
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe yeah I got lucky. I noticed this. I'm not in UK or anything but that true for Canada aswell My house can get gigabit 1⁰000 but no other house in our whole street can as of now They are slowly giving it
£100 a month is a fair price? Yeah right pal. Should be no more than £20 in this day and age for Gigabit connection, upload and down. It’s been around for 30 years and has now been the standard for the last 5/6 years.
So should I change my dial up modem? JOKING....I've just upgraded to the 900 Mbs as I was out of contract. I had the 50 - 70mbs which I've found to be reliable. As they were offering the 900 at no extra cost so I thought, why not!! Hadn't thought that the download speed can be affected by the write speed of the device! Great video, thanks. I might even subscribe!!
It is partly an infrastructure issue and partly greed. Openreach provides FTTP through GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) split between several houses. This is in contrast to PtP - Point to Point fibre networks, in which each subscriber has their own dedicated fibre. GPON is asymmetrical, which means that the download is much faster than the upload, although this can be upgraded to XGS-PON (or 10Gb Symmetrical Passive Optical Network) fairly easily with a technology swap at either end of the fibre. Even though this upgrade is possible, it's unlikely to happen any time soon due to: 1) Business-class leased lines with symmetrical speeds make lots more money than consumer lines and upgrading would cannibalise these. That's is where the greed part comes in! 2) Only ~14% of the UK has FTTP. Openreach are focused on rolling it out rather than upgrading for the time being. 3) Unnecessary expense - not many people would take the premium, faster packages, so is upgrading the infrastructure really worth it for just a few people? Not an expert, just taking my guess
Hello I am on the fast fibre which is 150 mgbit but when i check my download it's only giving 20 /23 download which is not what i paid for but just did a factory reset i think bt messing about with my download speed
@@theryanthomas hi it's over the wifi I did use the cable and the download was a bit better but without the cable the download speed is very low to what I paid for
Great video mate, we go live with 900mb onTuesday with FTTH, one question BT guy couldn’t answer: can I use the Hub 1, which is better for me as I can split the GHz which is very handy...unlike the Hub 2 which you can’t. Why would I want that you may ask, well I would rather set my Ring Camera to 2.4 so it has a solid connection most of the time, not fluctuate between 2.4 and 5 as there may be a day someone comes into the back garden and it decides to flick GHz channel and loses the recording....which isn’t good :(
I can answer the question easily for you - unplug the junk and start using real stuff which will allow you to fully utilise the full fibre connection. Anything will be better than this BT Hub, believe me.
Would like to hear more on this, given the huge rollout of FTTP.. would be good to learn about the best switches, WiFi 6 routers (are they even necessary )and what is 6E. All in preparation of getting FTTP.
Just upgraded to the Full Fibre 900 and unfortunately I have not been hitting anywhere close to the 910mb download that was advertised. I tend to only get around 240mb or if I'm lucky 410. My upload is fine I always tend to get around 100mb which was advertised its just the download thats the problem. I always use a wired connection and I never get anywhere near the 910mb that was advertised. I have looked around and many people are saying its a problem with the smart hub 2 and apparently an update is meant to come out in October.
Hi Kev. I’ve seen reports of this being an issue with the SH2. You can’t rule out other possibilities but it’s likely. If all fails, I recommend purchasing a third party MFND to give you the correct speeds.
I remember dial up where you blocked the phone line. That and download speeds measure in kilobits and not Mbits. I remember downloading music at 2k or less. A 50Mbit video took 8hrs if it didn't disconnect in that time.
No sort of fibre, to cabinet or premises available here, and I'm (just) within Greater London. ADSL over a copper pair is the best we can get. This is giving about 11 Mb/s down and 1.1 up. download is reasonable but a faster upload would be useful. I'm quite a distance from the exchange and I think it's actually pretty remarkable that they manage to get 11 Mb through that, it's faster than Ethernet was not that many years ago. I'm old enough to remember 110 Baud modems by the way.
Stephen, we had a similar situation max 11 Mb/s down , staying in a semi rural small town in Scotland . Gave up on BT and went with 3 4g home broadband we average out in the 30-40 Mb/s down and 20 up. We got a new deal at unlimited downloads for £16 a month usually around £22. Though low and behold Openreach is installing ultrafast in our area , we should have access to it in the next coupe of months. I also remember the treacle slow modems :-) th-cam.com/video/ckc6XSSh52w/w-d-xo.html
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Just signed up today. Never thought I'd be going back to BT after I was treated last time, but I'm going back a long time ago
how was it?
@@yourself9936 Really fast and reliable. Getting 950mb/s Down & 200mb/s up. Can't complain. The home hub was god awful though, swapped it for my own router now
@@unclebumble8971 good to know I’m thinking about getting bt or virgin but looks like I’ll have to get my own router thanks for the info
@@yourself9936 For your average Joe the router is fine. But we have 3 gaming pc's and a gaming server in our house, their router wet the bed when all of them was running at the same time.
Virgin won't let you use your own router so I've been told, also I hate lining the pocket of beardy Branson. Never would consider Virgin if they was the last isp on the planet
@@unclebumble8971 how much was your broadband package just curious?
Interesting to hear your and others experience, I’ve paid for 500 down for the last 8 months and haven’t had any issues. Consistent speeds too. The new home hub is the best BT have ever supplied, probably worth the RRP they’re trying to sell for. But I switched to ubiqiti kit for my networking.
I think I can get that 900 packages (north east Scotland), but most websites servers are going to rate limit bandwidth, so they often don’t serve at the 500 speed I’ve found. Amazing for steam though, I had a HDD and for once it was the slowest part. NVME is the way to go clearly!
my speeds are fine, its just lagging, my hub 6 worked better than this.
What you say about people's problems being due to those boxes is so true. A lot of it is people just totally misunderstanding how WiFi even works though, quite frustrating to deal with.
The important thing to remember, is that you must use a wired ETHERNET cable to your PC or IMac to get the very best speed.
I just could not understand why my speed was so erratic, when using just a WiFi signal.
I suppose its common sense, a Wifi signal can never surpass a wired connection, but ive been using WiFi for some years, so got used to it.
On my 900 fibre, i was occasionally seeing speeds of 400, and as low as 120mbs.
I called an engineer out, he plugged his laptop in my modem, and hey presto, 1.1Gb speed.
Plugging the ethernet cable into my WiFi disc, and plugging it into the back of my computer, speeds as high as 640, in a upstairs room.
That ethernet cable is vital for the optimum performance
Wire beats WireLess every time.
Just bought the bt 900 package and honestly i cannot wait to have it installed until a couple days ago 1Mb/s was the fastest internet we could get here but now thanks to the openreach community project thing my estate can now get the fastest internet possible atm so no more waiting 3 days+ to install a game or having to suffer watching videos at 360p and constant buffering still got to wait till april 7 to get the cables pulled through etc and that day cant come soon enough gonna treat my self to a sky glass tv aswell as where my house is positioned i couldnt get a sky dish and my internet werent fast enough for the tv
Hi Ryan, Thank for the clear explanation. BT has never been my number one IP to go for, however, after moving house I had no other option, and I have to agree with you, the service has been getting better and better over the years and this new router looks amazing and so far has delivered the promise speed for my plan/area.
The only downside using BT routers is the painful process to connect smart lights, smart speakers, smart switches, anything that is "smart" in the BT world = Painful installation.
I don't know if you have any tips to make this "smart" set up easier with a BT router apart from changing the signal to only transmit at 2.4Gz before starting the set up of a new smart item.
Anyway, great work, first time seeing your videos and also subscribed.
Thanks Ricardo. That’s great news that you’ve got the new service. I’ve never had any luck with the new router/MFND and so I’ve not tried using smart devices with it. If you ever build up a smart home, I’d recommend trying a third party unit for better reliability :)
The best thing i did to get around this with all my smart stuff is split the router to give out 2.4Gz and 5Gz so you have 2 SSIDs, then you can connect all your smart stuff and any older devices on the 2.4Gz network and any newer stuff on the 5Gz network
Hope that helped :)
Can you do a full review of ee brand new technology full fibre 1.6gb per second service its flagship WiFi 6 super hub?
We originally started with dial up many years ago. A few years ago we had the fttp installed to our house. The current contract with Zen finishes next month and I have just ordered this 900 mbps service. The Zen was supposed to be 150mbps but for about a year it was less than 30 but upload was consistent with 30mbps. About 6 months ago it jumped back up to a proper speed of 130+mbps. Wheb Zen took over the fibre optic line they sent out Openreach subcontractors which they didn't needf to do. They plated around with the box outside where the optic cable entered an told me they had spliced it (???). I was connected to BY and Zen for a short time which I was told shouldn't happen. I just hope I have better luck this time. I have a few routers in the cupboard but I shall try the Bt one first which is the one running now.
Hi mate just got full fibre what router would you recommend
Excellent video. I was just wondering are you still using this broadband with the linksys gigabit router and would you still recommend it?
what router would you advise to make the best of the full fiber 900
Had 100 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up on 2005 in one of Eastern European country. Now there available 1 Gbps/1Gbpsfibre broadband for 17.99 Euro/month. Where fibre not available - 150 Mbps broadband over mobile 4G network and +500 Mbps over 5G network. UK - third world country.
Completely agree about the BT MFND, when the old up to 78Mb fibre launched it wasn't long until I was purchasing a Netgear Nighthawk....Let's just say I never looked back since!
My smart hub 2 is very good. With the bt WiFi disc also I get 70mbps in every room of my house. Very happy with it and very low pings
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe My Home Hub 3 was abysmal, constant drop outs, requiring resets and poor range. Difference with the Nighthawk is day and night, no more drop outs or resets, coverage is much improved too. If you get on fine with your home hub then that's great, I know version 5 or 6 are better.
@@imhsn yeah the old bt hubs were crap but im quite happy with what ive got now.
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe Which model do you have? I've had bought the R7000 a year and a half ago, but recently changed to the R7000P due to the MU-MIMO feature. I've also used the X6 as well as the EX7700 Extender.
@@bitTorrenter I'm just using the standard bt smart hub 2 router. It's basic but the range is enough to cover my 3 bed house and I always get the speeds I'm paying for with it so I've never seen any point to upgrade. Also using the bt WiFi disc they give you for free if you ask and that's to cover the garden and garage with internet
Thanks for the review, Ryan. I’ve had BT full fibre 900 for about 7 weeks and it’s been consistently good and reliable. Will you be doing a guide on how to get the best WiFi around the house with speeds like this?
Damn man 7 years?? and i'm still stuck on 60meg/7upload FTTC connection :( rip.
@@jordanrockett8877 weeks*
It's recently arrived in my area and am debating on whether to go with the 500 which includes the WiFi discs and backup 4g connection or pay few £s more for 900 without those extras.
So I got the full 900 but whenever I do a speed test, the highest result I've had was 290Mbps down and 95 up but I should be getting a minimum of 450 Mbps to my understanding. Also, that's what BT says as my Stay Fast Guarantee (SFG) . I've given it almost a week but the result is pretty much the same. Whenever I do a speed check on my BT app, it shows that from the cabinet to my house is within SFG but between the router and my devices is where approximately 300 Mbps is showing.
Hi I'm pretty much the same did you ever get it fixed
You need to be connecting using ethernet really, sometimes WiFi can be running fast enough but very rarely will be good enough for a gigabit internet connection.
I’ve had it now for six months and it’s amazing never dropped once have got 900 up and always hit that and 100 down
4:25 it's unlikely that an issue with your console's mechanical disk. Even if it's fitted with a slower 5400RPM disk they can typically write sequentially in excess of 90/100MBps which is at the top end of a Gigabit link. If I had to guess it's due to either a limited WLAN connection or if hardwired to a switch it might just be an under powered NIC.
I also live in Cornwall, and we’ve just had openreach come along and fit fibre to the street ready for the switch-on in 2022Q4. Christmas came early, though a lot later than most of Europe! 😅
Surprising that Cornwall gets it better than some parts of London!!!
Do you get an improvement in Netflix? As for the roll out absolutely no sign of it around here. With my luck I'll be the last flat in the UK to get FTTP.
Hi Ryan,
Can I connect the Openreach ONT directly into another MFND rather than the rubbish BT Smart Hub 2 ?
Please do let me know
Thank you
Absolutely. That’s how I do it! Just login with the BTHomeHub username and password on your new unit and away you go.
What residential devices allow you use the 2 and 5 gig internet you talk of at the beginning ? Games consoles only have a one gig port as with laptops and pc ?
Hi, just wondered if someone could help. I went for the 900 package and I’m only getting 350mbps connect to home hub2 via cat7 Ethernet cable. Rang BT and they said that it’s fine ? And I’m getting 700mbps to the door. BT engineer came to test the hub and said it’s good and something about you have to change the settings so it just goes to one device to be able to get stated speeds. Is this right or am I being spun a yarn ? Tia
I'm hopefully upgrading to this package next week, had horrendous problems trying to upgrade to this, even though I've had fiber to the home for a long time. Do you know if BT is rolling this out to every fiber to the home customer?
Apologies I'm very ignorant with this internet jargon. I picked this plan as I wanted to have the fastest and most reliable wifi connection for my xbox games (sick of laggin) Yet I have been unable to check whether I am getting the actual 900 mbps as the BT app is not working for me. Customer service can not handle my complaint (long story) anyways I run my wifi test and it shows 314 Mbps download/106 upload. Am I being ripped off here. All I want to know.
I will be getting the BT FF 900 in our new build house when we move in later this month. It’s a 4 bedroom house with the master bedroom in a loft conversion, so 3 floors, ground, 1 floor & 2nd floor (loft conversion) … So what router would you recommend to upgrade to??
I use a BT extender on my bottom floor
I’m having the same package installed in October (North Wales) - I’ll let you know how it goes - just to point out that if you aren’t happy - in the T&C’s - you are entitled to leave the contract if you aren’t getting the speeds promised in the first month.
How did it go?
Hello mate, thanks for the video.
Can I ask what your would advise as a replacement for the standard BT Router they issue? Is there a better suggestion?
I have BT FTTP but on a 80/20 package. I get 74-76 down and 20-22 up. I run all my network through Unifi gear and it's been super stable since 2017 excluding 2 overnight blackouts from the exchange. I've not used any ISP hardware since I first got FTTC in my old flat where I PPPOE to the old white BT modem (which they no longer do) into 3rd party routers
80/20 from fttp is bad. I get that on fttc.
@@garethwigglesworth8187 yes but it’s what I was paying for. FTTP allows you to go gigabit but you don’t need to pay for it if you don’t need it. I have a new build so came with FTTP. I’ve now moved to Vodafone and get 100/20 (generally get 110 down) for less than I was paying BT for 80/20
@@wvziccardi do you still use 3rd party routers?
FYI THEY DONT PUT A grey box on the outside anymore. They are called isp. Not internet service provider but internet splicing point where the light get split into stuff.
Fttp is enabled at my exchange but not at my apartment yet (hopefully). Does this mean that it will become available sometime in the future like 2 years like you mentioned in the video? Not sure if that’s what you meant by that. As at the minute I would be lucky if I get 25mbps on fttc
Hey hope you can help. So I live in St Awful which is in Cornwall. Looking to get the bt fibre 900. Does that mean I must use the bt hub if I want a house phone?
How are you finding it? X
getting mine installed on Friday, yes four years after you.... ;-)
regards router went for the Archer BE550 - BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router, it has a full set of 5 x 2.5Gb ports (1 WAN, 4 LAN). I agree the default BT one is awful.
Fingers crossed that the OPN installed is one of the 2.5Gb Nokia ones.
Had this 3 months, im barely clocking over 450 on speed test. Do i need an after market router
Yes
Currently on bt 250mb, they give me a ten pounds a month discount off the standard price. Called them about 900, they will gladly give it to me for.... full price. Doh! Will wait for a special offer I think
Imagine not having a symmetrical fiber connection in 2020
We do have symmetrical fibre, All be it from other providers.
Majority of the UK are stuck on 75mbps from bt.
Full Fibre 900 with own router
The ONT is the modem so no third party modem is needed. Any router with a wan port should connect to the ONT
Yeah that’s what I said in the video.
Apparently ultrafast fibre is coming to my area within the next 2 years, according to openreach.
BT supposedly will give me a free upgrade to full fibre 100, but for some reason i feel like they won't.
I'm paying nearly the same as you and I'm getting a 55Mb - 61Mb Download speed and 16Mb - 17Mb upload speed that's ridiculous! Why are they charging so much for much lower speeds or am I missing something? i have checked and it's the best we can get no full fibre in our area 😔
I just hope that they bring in same speed for uploads
Whilst easily possible, very unlikely for the forseeable. It'd kill their leased line business.
Biggest issue with the BT Hub is the ‘smart’ wifi channel switching. It simple doesn’t work. Turn it off and the problems disappear.
Are using a ehternet cable while downloading or wireless just a have recently got 900 and my download speed is only at 47 mbs
I’m on the same package and find the SH2 to be very unreliable and was thinking of changing to the ASUS RT AX86u.
Is it as simple as plugging the new router into the ONT and creating a Wi-fi device name and password or is there settings I need to extract from the Smart Hub?
Hi mate. You just need the login which is bthomehub@btinternet.com and password: either blank or BT
Strange. I've never had problems using smart hub 2 on WiFi or ethernet
How will i know if full fiber is available in my area? i cant see any 1gb package online
can yoy share the link?
What third party router do you use?
Bought full fibre 900 and they sent us a smart hub 2 only managed to test wifi speed and old/nee devices same result speedtest around 80-90mbps. Changed the cable that goes WAN to the ethernet port same result.
Is there limitations to SH2?. Our ONT is in garage which connected to an ethernet port beside it which thrn routes/connected to the eth ports in the house. SH2 connected in the living room eth port. Also checked firmware says up to date. Seem no way to manually update it.
Dont think fttp need stability period but will wait couple of days and call BT if no change.
Edit: just checked admin console. wan link speed: only 100mbps is this right or should that say 1000?
Could you tell me if it's possible to replace this router with asus rt-ax82u?
Having spoken to an Openreach engineer linesman for broadband. Speeds can go way faster than the ISP's let us have. The system is way more capable.
Absolutely
The politics of the situation.
It was Thatcher, I'm not even joking.
Yep!
I’ve just been on to BT as I use sky at the comment and it’s so bad, they told me they can put fibre optic 1 to us but they are just going to send out a router? My current router is plugged in via a DSL phone line cable, how do I tell if we have fibre? Thanks
If it's using a DSL phone cable then it's not full fibre. To get that you'd need an openreach engineer to install a new fibre box in your wall. This is only offered to areas that have FTTP available.
You might be interested to know that Residential FTTx uses GPON meaning only a single fibre from the OLT serves up to 32 premises. Dedicated circuits (Ethernet) on the otherhand are available but very very expensive so only business typically use it.
I've never had an issue with BT smart hubs in 15 years of fibre and now the 900mb, I currently get 920mb own 120 up with a crappy old laptop with a gig port and that's solid every day, never drops. Where it will catch you out now is that if you want a landlines, they only offer voip in new builds that don't have any copper wire and you can only use this with a bt router. Bt are phasing out copper phone lines and they won't be supported after 2025
Quite a high ping for full fibre!
With ADSL, we had 3Mbps down and 12 - 15ms ping and with VDSL2 now we get 80Mbps and 9ms - 11ms ping.
Now waiting for my VM install, FTTP from BT not available here and won't be for a long time...
VM will be 500Mbps FTTP service (their new network) and Coax last metre.
most places in the UK can only 70MB speeds with FIBRE 2 package. Does anyone know when at least 100MB speeds would be available?
When fttp gets rolled out to u
@@yt_babaplays 3 years later..I managed to get Virgin Media 1gig installed night and day
Hi, is there advice on 3rd party equipment to use with fttp now ? Its beef few years since video wonder if better equipment is now offered ?
I managed to get mine working just fine. The included BT equipment I’ve used has all been awful
@Ryan-Thomas i mean do you know if there is vetter newer linksys model available now you could recommend ?
@Ryan-Thomas i mean do you know if there is vetter newer linksys model available now you could recommend ?
@@MynameisEGIS oh right. Not sure to be honest. I’m sure there’s a new model but I haven’t tested anything else aside from my UDM Pro from Ubiquiti. Sorry
Did you experience any low speeds when first connecting the ‘Hub’?
I have just got mine and it is only get 50mbps
Do you have FTTP or FTTC? I'm just asking because FTTC has a maximum download speed of 80mbps, where as FTTP supports up to 1Gbps.
@@DH-qu7jn it is FTTP, full fibre 900 package
Is this the 50mb upload cap? that's a bug and should fix within auto update through the Hub, or third party router will sort this out.
If this is your download speed check network>properties>configure>advanced> Full Duplex> choose 1gb
I have currently got the same issue I’ve just got the wifi today and I’m only get 50mbps download on xbox , did it fix over time?
i have full fibre 900 yet its never over 400 download and 50upload whilst being in the exact same room as the smart hub
First thing I’d try is a wired connection to rule out WiFi performance drop
Smart hub 2 issues
I’d upgrade to a WiFi 6 router or WiFi 6 Mesh network.
Did you notice speed fluctuations between you original speed and waiting for upgrade?
What u mean fiber to the home is a new install process
If I switch from the smart hub 2, to a better router will I get faster Wi-fi speeds?
i think rather than faster, it would be more consistent and reliable
Abysmal oh right but I have like 20 devices connected to my Wi-fi do u thibk a router will help optimise it or something resulting in faster mbps
@@es1366 from watching the video, it seems a router is a better option than the smart hub 2 and most of the complaints about bt wifi is because of the smart hub 2,i dont know this personally as i dont have bt wifi but i think you should give it a go and invest in a router rather than the smart hub
Why does your box have a 1 to 3 then wan and mine says 1 to 4 what's the difference
It means mine had 3 LAN ports and you have 4.
Having just had the 900 service activated a few days ago...2yr contract 52.99 with bt now and a years free xbox ultimate game pass if you have an xbox. I live in a flat so its what BT call an MDU install (multi dwelling unit) Little grey box which Ryan has outside his house is above our Front door in the communal stairwells. Simple drill into the wall above the front door then the 1-2mm fibre thread is glued in my case to the ceiling corners and run through to my office to which a little box size of a 2 cig boxes the spare fibre is stored and then run up to the 'Modem' box against size of a 2x cib boxes. Here you then simply plug in your cat 5e cable to the Wan port on the HUB 2 very simple process all done in around 90mins. First speed test 899/110 and i have been testing it regularly since friday and been bang on all the time. Downloads getting around 95MB a sec from steam. The Xbox reports a 955mbs connection speed which in the real world should be about 1 GB every 10 seconds....Downloaded an 8GB game took about 90 seconds so about right. The PS5 is a little weird is was reporting various speeds highest being 575Mb and as low as 420Mb even though at the same time the xbox was showing 955? not sure if the PS5 test procedure is a little off but anyway. Similiar downloads in reality did a 21gig download in around 2.5mins so throughput is the same.
Great price I think for gigabit broadband and so far 100% reliable. Going to see how the hub behaves I never had any issues with the BT FTTC service if I'm honest.
Just to let you know BT is working on fixing Slow FTTP Broadband Speed Profile Bug on the smart hub 2
I have 500 and i still get 160 max via ethernet on my mobile wifi I get 450 :(
@@DivineTestimonies downgrade to 300mbps until its fixed id say.
@@DivineTestimonies ur ethernet might be damaged or outdated
@@siam7094 found the issue even with. 1200 power adapter on the same circuit it was still causing the the issue of cutting my speeds. Now. I got the Ethernet cable clipped around the door frame and along the stairs to the hub and it's now 350-450
@@DivineTestimonies ah i see idrk man
How do I find our when fibre will be connected to my home?
Anyone know if BT will install the service Into any room of the house or is it only at the closest point of the house to the road?
Unless the PS4 has slower WiFi maybe. Full size hard drives write at roughly 140MBs/s. The laptop in your PS4, according to Google images, is a laptop hard drive, which will spin at 5,400rpm. The link below (under HDD vs. SSD & SATA 2.0 vs. 3.0 section) says that the standard PS4's hard drive should write at about 73MBs/s. Something like that. 37MBs, 300Mbits, is quite low for a hard drive that can write at roughly 70MBs/s.
techgage.com/article/sonys-playstation-4-pro-system-performance-hdd-vs-ssd-testing/
paying for full fibre 900 getting 1.1gbps down and 110 upload very satisfied
Is that wired? I've got full fibre 900 and I'm lucky if I can get above 200mbps download.
@@Paul2377 request for new ee smart hub plus and new ont and get cat 6 Ethernet cable that is the trick
Fttp my friend not ftth, nit picking I know but BT don't use the ftth abbreviations anymore
U still cant setup their router as a modem can you? I have the 50Mb with BT right now and will probably go with Virgins 1gig since u can do the modem connection on that
Yep. You absolutely can. I've actually heard the opposite about virgin as it uses cable. At least it used to.
@@theryanthomas ohh my current BT hub is using dsl connection even though we are on "fibre" but ive seen the Virgin Media website advertise their new hub 4 having a modem mode. Its annoying af as BTs routers are the absolute worse in terms of functionality and features
If you didn't live through dial up you haven't lived at all :)
Playing runescape on dial up and then someone calls the landline and ruins my whole school night.
I have had mine since last June, from 50mbps to 900mbps is a huge leap but I have noticed it isn’t actually 900. More like 500mbps down average speed. 110mbps. It took ages for them to put in fibre in our area but once they did I was straight on the phone signing up. I got a new hub when I swapped from 50 to 900. I use wired connections and WiFi all works well but the speeds are not guaranteed 900 down. My PS4 pro can get faster speeds downloading and my PS5 can get an 80GB game in about an hour tops. Mine costs £55 a month for just internet, I don’t have the TV or phone side of things since we don’t need any of that c r a p.
What’s gaming like on wifi for ps5?
I have a question, I have 900 Mb internet with BT and can someone tell me how to change the MTU router on this router? I can't find these settings anywhere , sorry for my bad english
Hi Ryan, great video, with the MFND you use, do you not use the BT supplied router then?.
no he dosen't.
I have smart hub 2 with fiber connection 50mbs am an old man in Brighton don't get the speed and all the tec I have been sold as a contract for 24 months from bt it is live on the 12 Sept .is this fast enough for me in a flat to watch 4k plus stream on phone a tab too without buffering sorry to ask but don't get all the meg plus everything else that goes with it. thanks if I get a reply
Hi mate. A 50mbps connection should be enough for streaming, gaming, and messaging. The package shown in this video would be way over the top for the kind of thing you’re talking about. You’d be very VERY comfortable with a connection like this. Cheers
Had the 52mbps one a while back. I got a solid 51 down and 9.5 up. If it's just you on the WiFi at one time then 4k video will have zero problems.
@@theryanthomas I am thankyou
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe thankyou I'm happy
i'm using a Cisco 2951, much faster now I split up my network in to different subnets and VLAN split from my smart devices to my flat network
Good informative video, I'm currently with Sky Ultrafast Plus (520down and 72up) are the speeds I get, I wish sky offered gigabyte Internet
i have the 900mbps package on fttp and it peaks at 600 mbps for me any ideas how i could get it faster would buying a WIFI 6 router be the option?
You're not going to see faster speeds over wifi... you will need a hard wired connection. Reason being is most devices are only 1x1 or 2x2 mimo.
@@wvziccardi bought myself a wifi 6 router from Asus made a lot of difference to be fair getting close to 900mbps wifi close to the router compared to 600 on the BT Hub. i have also bought unbiquiti wifi 6 disc in one of the rooms in the house makes a huge difference compared to the disc that BT is giving.
we've just upgraded and all we get is constant lag, came from a hub 6 to this, cant even run my ps5 why are bt so poor
That’s almost definitely an internal connection issue. If it helps, my PS5 on WiFi is awful. I use a LAN cable and it’s flawless.
@@theryanthomas thing is I have always run wireless, the hub is few doors away, not gonna dig up my floor when it was fine before,, everytime we take new contracts they piss us about, should have just kept on with hub 6, atleast it worked constant..
@@philpots3216 oh are you on the included one? Yeah they’re awful. Always recommend using your own.
Man triple digits on the upload 😭😭😭 so jealous man
He used to get like 30k
I get 19mbps upload through bt and it's more than good enough for me. Don't need anymore
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe I just upgraded to 500/500 and it's incredible and got it for a steal aswell
@@Alphabet7 fair enough mate. I'm mad because a few months back they built new houses in my town and all those house can get the 900mbps from bt as shown in the video but the rest of us can only get 70 maximum. Hopefully bt can give it to rest of us
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe yeah I got lucky. I noticed this. I'm not in UK or anything but that true for Canada aswell
My house can get gigabit 1⁰000 but no other house in our whole street can as of now
They are slowly giving it
What cheap mesh do I get for bt wifi
£100 a month is a fair price? Yeah right pal. Should be no more than £20 in this day and age for Gigabit connection, upload and down. It’s been around for 30 years and has now been the standard for the last 5/6 years.
Considering how much of the nation is paying £30 per month for 40 mbps of FTTC it's not surprising.
Has your upload speed improved since creating this video
So should I change my dial up modem? JOKING....I've just upgraded to the 900 Mbs as I was out of contract. I had the 50 - 70mbs which I've found to be reliable. As they were offering the 900 at no extra cost so I thought, why not!! Hadn't thought that the download speed can be affected by the write speed of the device! Great video, thanks. I might even subscribe!!
Where I am I can only get 69 mbps is there a way to make this higher ?
They put it on my pole and getting this today
I have had all routers from all providers. The best I've ever had is a fritzbox. Expensive but worth it.
Also the best connection in the UK for gaming is from ghost broadband. Check them out guys.
Why is the upload around 110 in the UK? other countries able to get over 500 upload, is this an infrastructure issue?
They're greedy
It is partly an infrastructure issue and partly greed.
Openreach provides FTTP through GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) split between several houses. This is in contrast to PtP - Point to Point fibre networks, in which each subscriber has their own dedicated fibre. GPON is asymmetrical, which means that the download is much faster than the upload, although this can be upgraded to XGS-PON (or 10Gb Symmetrical Passive Optical Network) fairly easily with a technology swap at either end of the fibre.
Even though this upgrade is possible, it's unlikely to happen any time soon due to:
1) Business-class leased lines with symmetrical speeds make lots more money than consumer lines and upgrading would cannibalise these. That's is where the greed part comes in!
2) Only ~14% of the UK has FTTP. Openreach are focused on rolling it out rather than upgrading for the time being.
3) Unnecessary expense - not many people would take the premium, faster packages, so is upgrading the infrastructure really worth it for just a few people?
Not an expert, just taking my guess
This guy really saying we've been stuck with 300 down? i've been stuck with 60 down for like 10 years
Maybe some reviews of hardware better than the home hub 2 would be interesting. Thanks
why ping so high?
Have BT but only have Fiber To The Cabinet I'm suspecting they will have FTTP soon as they have been installing fibre cables on the overhead poles
Hello I am on the fast fibre which is 150 mgbit but when i check my download it's only giving 20 /23 download which is not what i paid for but just did a factory reset i think bt messing about with my download speed
Hi Gary. Is this over a cable or WiFi? If so, can you try with a cable?
@@theryanthomas hi it's over the wifi I did use the cable and the download was a bit better but without the cable the download speed is very low to what I paid for
I ordered the 150 mgb
I should be getting 100 downloaded speed now its 20 and 22 when I give it a test today
Great video mate, we go live with 900mb onTuesday with FTTH, one question BT guy couldn’t answer: can I use the Hub 1, which is better for me as I can split the GHz which is very handy...unlike the Hub 2 which you can’t. Why would I want that you may ask, well I would rather set my Ring Camera to 2.4 so it has a solid connection most of the time, not fluctuate between 2.4 and 5 as there may be a day someone comes into the back garden and it decides to flick GHz channel and loses the recording....which isn’t good :(
I can answer the question easily for you - unplug the junk and start using real stuff which will allow you to fully utilise the full fibre connection. Anything will be better than this BT Hub, believe me.
@@krisdeb I have bud, purchased Ubiquiti items
Would like to hear more on this, given the huge rollout of FTTP.. would be good to learn about the best switches, WiFi 6 routers (are they even necessary )and what is 6E. All in preparation of getting FTTP.
Cat6 e cables i think he is referring to these are the standard used for hard wiring devices
ikeepretro - Sorry, I meant the new WiFi 6E standard.. WiFi 6 only just came out and a new version is here already
Ill ask about this for you when am bk in work Tuesday
Just upgraded to the Full Fibre 900 and unfortunately I have not been hitting anywhere close to the 910mb download that was advertised. I tend to only get around 240mb or if I'm lucky 410. My upload is fine I always tend to get around 100mb which was advertised its just the download thats the problem. I always use a wired connection and I never get anywhere near the 910mb that was advertised. I have looked around and many people are saying its a problem with the smart hub 2 and apparently an update is meant to come out in October.
Hi Kev. I’ve seen reports of this being an issue with the SH2. You can’t rule out other possibilities but it’s likely. If all fails, I recommend purchasing a third party MFND to give you the correct speeds.
Just also signed up and never thought id go back to BT as well ,but for this line speed i'll take my chances .
What speed did you get?
@@shockwave2523 I get 910 plus down and 110 plus up loving it
@@k3nn3hakak34 Thats amaizing, mine comes in 4 days. Thanks for getting back to me 🙏
i get 2-3 ms ping from BT full fibre 100 and BTW i live in london so and download stays at 150 MBPPS down and 31 MBPS up
Was an optical network terminal given out to all BT FTTP customers when that launched on the market, as I never received one.
id have thought if u didnt have a ONT ur prob FTTC
@@nigel129129 I am currently a BT FTTC customer.
I remember dial up where you blocked the phone line. That and download speeds measure in kilobits and not Mbits. I remember downloading music at 2k or less. A 50Mbit video took 8hrs if it didn't disconnect in that time.
50 Megabyte I meant.
I remember plating team fortress classic on 56k, then i had isdn followed by duel isdn for CS
Getting this in 2 days! Steam will be capped on their upload speed to stop bandwidth issues for non hyperfast internet users btw
No sort of fibre, to cabinet or premises available here, and I'm (just) within Greater London. ADSL over a copper pair is the best we can get. This is giving about 11 Mb/s down and 1.1 up. download is reasonable but a faster upload would be useful. I'm quite a distance from the exchange and I think it's actually pretty remarkable that they manage to get 11 Mb through that, it's faster than Ethernet was not that many years ago. I'm old enough to remember 110 Baud modems by the way.
Stephen, we had a similar situation max 11 Mb/s down , staying in a semi rural small town in Scotland . Gave up on BT and went with 3 4g home broadband we average out in the 30-40 Mb/s down and 20 up. We got a new deal at unlimited downloads for £16 a month usually around £22. Though low and behold Openreach is installing ultrafast in our area , we should have access to it in the next coupe of months. I also remember the treacle slow modems :-) th-cam.com/video/ckc6XSSh52w/w-d-xo.html
@@jimstirling7223 Kinloss by any chance? They seem to be the only area with full fibre atm.
How did you find your username and password for your new router ?
Through the BT forum. It’s PPPoE and homehub@btbroadband.com
@@theryanthomas Thank you, Is the password also BT
Great production quality.
I have full fibre 900 and on xbox I’m only getting download speeds of 40 mbps and about 45ms ping