BRSK

[SpudMaster]

I have Brsk coming to my area soon (hopefully any day now!) and I'll be ordering the 2000 service.

Is there any equipment I should consider or is their supplied stuff good enough? I'm with Virgin currently and have their router set into just modem mode and connected to an Asus router which has 1 2.5gbs port on it. I know I'll need to upgrade my old switch which is only 1gbs. All the Cat5e cables should be good enough as they are all running less than 20m. Wondering if I'm missing anything.

I was using a Flint 2 router but since getting the 2gbs connection I've been trying out BRSK's Sagemcom router, mainly for WiFi 7 as the Flint 2 only did 6. BRSK router seems ok so far but as to be expected much more locked down but still has all the option the majority of users would need. It has dropped my connection a couple of times but unsure if it was the router at fault or not. Connection never dropped when using the Flint 2.

 

[lmfy2k]

I have Brsk coming to my area soon (hopefully any day now!) and I'll be ordering the 2000 service.

Is there any equipment I should consider or is their supplied stuff good enough? I'm with Virgin currently and have their router set into just modem mode and connected to an Asus router which has 1 2.5gbs port on it. I know I'll need to upgrade my old switch which is only 1gbs. All the Cat5e cables should be good enough as they are all running less than 20m. Wondering if I'm missing anything.

You will need 2.5Gb switch as you say and also a 2.5Gb NIC on your machine to make most of it.

 

[BigChin1]

For those of you with BRSK, what's the reliability been like? I've been with Plusnet FTTP for 2 years and don't recall any downtime/peak time slowdowns/latency. I've looked at BRSK's reviews on Trustpilot (filtering out the 4/5 star reviews) but they mostly seem to be from people who don't know the difference between Wi-Fi and the actual connection. I won't be using the supplied equipment. Technical support gets slated but that's probably par for the course with home ISP's. Speed is nice but reliability is more important to me.

 

[mattyfez]

For those of you with BRSK, what's the reliability been like? I've been with Plusnet FTTP for 2 years and don't recall any downtime/peak time slowdowns/latency. I've looked at BRSK's reviews on Trustpilot (filtering out the 4/5 star reviews) but they mostly seem to be from people who don't know the difference between Wi-Fi and the actual connection. I won't be using the supplied equipment. Technical support gets slated but that's probably par for the course with home ISP's. Speed is nice but reliability is more important to me.

My mates been on it a year or two, says no note worthy issues he's aware of, I'm moving over at the end of the month from his referall code.

 

[R.C.Anderson]

For those of you with BRSK, what's the reliability been like? I've been with Plusnet FTTP for 2 years and don't recall any downtime/peak time slowdowns/latency. I've looked at BRSK's reviews on Trustpilot (filtering out the 4/5 star reviews) but they mostly seem to be from people who don't know the difference between Wi-Fi and the actual connection. I won't be using the supplied equipment. Technical support gets slated but that's probably par for the course with home ISP's. Speed is nice but reliability is more important to me.

I've only been with them about a month, but it's been rock solid so far. My Ubiquiti gateway keeps reporting disconnectons, but I'm pretty sure that's a logging issue, as apparently the Ubiquiti firewall rules have some issues with binning off some CGNAT return traffic, which causes problems for the connectivity check. Whenever I've checked my throughput, the data rate up & down doesn't change around the "disconnect" time.

 

[Shoza]

2.5 years in Stockport and not a single issue. Rock solid speeds and latency. A couple of overnight upgrades have seen 2-4 hours offline but usually after midnight and back up by 5am. They always schedule these and notify long in advance.

I’m on the 1000/1000 package.

 

[Jamin280672]

I was using a Flint 2 router but since getting the 2gbs connection I've been trying out BRSK's Sagemcom router, mainly for WiFi 7 as the Flint 2 only did 6. BRSK router seems ok so far but as to be expected much more locked down but still has all the option the majority of users would need. It has dropped my connection a couple of times but unsure if it was the router at fault or not. Connection never dropped when using the Flint 2.

The flint 2 has 2.5gb/s ports on it......I have a 2.5gb switch hidden behind my TV so I only have to run 1 cable back to the router, it has everything in that corner connected to it, the TV, Sky Box, Sony AV receiver and my Mrs PC, I could have connected my PC to it too which is the other side of the room, but im greedy and wanted a dedicated port for myself, hence the Flint 3.

I changed from the Flint 2 to the flint 3 simply because its WiFi 7 and has more 2.5gb ports on it, but not for any other reason really.