BT Smart hub released

Cosimo · 11 Jul 2016 at 08:47

deuse said:
Just bought one of these for £50.

Got the email offering me one.

Anyone wanting to upgrade can get one from here:

https://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/home-products

holdin09 · 11 Jul 2016 at 18:27

deuse said:
Just bought one of these for £50.

Can I ask why? For £50 there is better routers out there.

ZeroG · 11 Jul 2016 at 18:49

holdin09 said:
Can I ask why? For £50 there is better routers out there.

I've asked myself this, one answer was ease of setup, basically just plug and play (with a few little tweaks). What is available that's better for the same price?

holdin09 · 11 Jul 2016 at 19:09

I currently have a tp link archer C7 which you can get for just under £50 but for fibre you need a modem I use the open reach one provided.

ZeroG · 11 Jul 2016 at 21:07

One of the reasons I was looking at the Smart Hub was to get rid of an extra item I have to plug in. As it is I have 2x monitors, 1x tv, base unit, Router, Modem and 3x plugs for the Vive. I'm reading on it that the wifi on it is much better than my current Home Hub 3.

Caged · 11 Jul 2016 at 21:08

holdin09 said:
Can I ask why? For £50 there is better routers out there.

Such as?

R0Z4G · 11 Jul 2016 at 22:09

bought one and a lot better range, I can now walk to the other side of the garden

Cosimo · 15 Jul 2016 at 08:02

I've just ordered one.

JohnStewart · 15 Jul 2016 at 22:51

I phoned up BT to ask about cancelling as Plusnet were cheaper for a their 80mb fact package. After a bit of persuasion, I opted to stay with BT and got Infinity 2 (80 down) for £15.50 per month and one of these new smart hub arriving early next week for free on a 24 month contract. With about 12-15 devices connected in our house at any time, I'm hoping we will have less drop outs than we do with the HH5.

Uriel · 15 Jul 2016 at 23:44

ZeroG said:
I've still got the old Homehub 3 and have been thinking about changing for a while as have 1 less thing to plug in would be quite nice, instead of having separate router and modem. Is it worth paying for the new Smart Hub?

I had terrible problems with interference and dropouts on my HH3. Now on HH5A and the 5GHz band is so much faster and more stable.

AS_Platinum · 16 Jul 2016 at 08:21

JohnStewart said:
I phoned up BT to ask about cancelling as Plusnet were cheaper for a their 80mb fact package. After a bit of persuasion, I opted to stay with BT and got Infinity 2 (80 down) for £15.50 per month and one of these new smart hub arriving early next week for free on a 24 month contract. With about 12-15 devices connected in our house at any time, I'm hoping we will have less drop outs than we do with the HH5.

Jammy sod, I phoned up BT to try and get my monthly payment down, all they wanted to offer was £25pm + line rental, and "that was the best they could do". So I just switched to Plusnet, and used topcashback.

silverblack · 16 Jul 2016 at 09:48

AS_Platinum said:
Jammy sod, I phoned up BT to try and get my monthly payment down, all they wanted to offer was £25pm + line rental, and "that was the best they could do". So I just switched to Plusnet, and used topcashback.

Ive just went the other way lol on the 52mb package at £10 a month for 12 months.Get the HH6 plus £100 reward card.

Cosimo · 19 Jul 2016 at 08:41

Arrived this morning:

Asked BT for a Wednesday delivery but they're running on a different calendar to us.

Awahwah · 19 Jul 2016 at 11:10

silverblack said:
Ive just went the other way lol on the 52mb package at £10 a month for 12 months.Get the HH6 plus £100 reward card.

Ditto. Switch over at the end of the month.

Draeger · 20 Jul 2016 at 11:08

Caged said:
If you already have a 5B (or are on a cabinet where a 5A works fine) then I'm not sure I'd bother upgrading. It works fine but I haven't noticed any improvements, and I had no real complaints about the 5B, at least none that have been resolved by the 6.

Daft question - how do you tell if you have an HH5A or HH5B? Is it marked on the back of the unit?

Cosimo · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:16

Very pleased with it. Faster connections and even Infinity speed has increased. Much better interface then on the HH5, definitely worth the upgrade.

Yulaw · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:32

Draeger said:
Daft question - how do you tell if you have an HH5A or HH5B? Is it marked on the back of the unit?

Bottom of the unit near the serial number should be a revision number.

mysticsniper · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:35

Are these the hubs that you cannot disable broadcasting of the SSID, and it lets other users access the router as a hotspot?

Draeger · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:46

Yulaw said:
Bottom of the unit near the serial number should be a revision number.

Thanks. Will have a look.

Cosimo · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:15

If you look under Advanced/Technology log/Information you finally get to see a comprehensive list of hub details.