BT Smart hub released

holdin09 said:
Have just received this yesterday and seems a lot of restrictions are in place. I currently have a tp-link archer C7 installed and was trying to use the smart hub as an access point upstairs as the coverage drops up there, but every time I try and assign a new ip address it locks up.
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Interesting.. Have you tested it as a stand alone Modem router? If so, have you noticed any performance gains?
 
arjgrundy said:
Interesting.. Have you tested it as a stand alone Modem router? If so, have you noticed any performance gains?
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No haven't tested that yet but I will at some point. I can't see there will be any gains other than having just all in one solution. Have to say I got a HH4 and 5 from bt and this thing is huge compared to them.

Only got the new smarthub to get a price freeze.
 
holdin09 said:
No haven't tested that yet but I will at some point. I can't see there will be any gains other than having just all in one solution. Have to say I got a HH4 and 5 from bt and this thing is huge compared to them.

Only got the new smarthub to get a price freeze.
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Yeah I agree. I am surprised it's bigger than the home hub 5 as the pictures make it look quite small. Ah well, I've just re contracted about a month ago so I won't be entitled to it for free. Doubt I'll pay for it if there are no real performance gains as such other than a slight increase in wifi speed.
 
arjgrundy said:
Yeah I agree. I am surprised it's bigger than the home hub 5 as the pictures make it look quite small. Ah well, I've just re contracted about a month ago so I won't be entitled to it for free. Doubt I'll pay for it if there are no real performance gains as such other than a slight increase in wifi speed.
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To be fair any ac router would be better as I found there was constant drop outs in signal every so often. Plus bt routers have bt wifi running on them so a third party doesn't so get a small bump in speed.
 
holdin09 said:
To be fair any ac router would be better as I found there was constant drop outs in signal every so often. Plus bt routers have bt wifi running on them so a third party doesn't so get a small bump in speed.
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True. Although I opted out of BT FON and stopped my homehub becoming a hotspot.I wonder if the modem in these routers are more efficient? I know that sounds like a rather bold remark to make, but I have read that the BT Home Hub 5 running "software version A" is prone to drops in connection on VDSL
 
arjgrundy said:
True. Although I opted out of BT FON and stopped my homehub becoming a hotspot.I wonder if the modem in these routers are more efficient? I know that sounds like a rather bold remark to make, but I have read that the BT Home Hub 5 running "software version A" is prone to drops in connection on VDSL
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Same with HH4 with open reach modem so I don't believe it's the modem side of things. I know I read one of the "smart features" of the new hub is to quietly reboot itself if it detects something wrong with wifi. Which I translate to drop outs so goes off then back on.
 
holdin09 said:
Same with HH4 with open reach modem so I don't believe it's the modem side of things. I know I read one of the "smart features" of the new hub is to quietly reboot itself if it detects something wrong with wifi. Which I translate to drop outs so goes off then back on.
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Ok. Will be interesting to see what the overall review is like when it has been out for a few months I suppose.
 
Picked mine up from the Post Office yesterday and yeah it is quite a bit bigger, quite smart not nearly as elegant unfortunately.

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Performance seems good out of the box but I am yet to delve into the advanced settings yet. I did not have too many issues with the HH5 apart from speeds dropping off the edge of a cliff sporadically until you restarted it, this issue seems to be gone.

The interface seems a bit better but as I say I've not have time to look too much at things. I need to forward ports to my plex server etc.
 
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I'm out of contract, I can get one for free if I recontract for 12 months?

I don't really have any problems with my hh5+612 setup, but if the new hub has more advanced options (like being able to block certain adresses or let a device have network, but not internet access), then I might get one.
 
Armadillo said:
I'm out of contract, I can get one for free if I recontract for 12 months?

I don't really have any problems with my hh5+612 setup, but if the new hub has more advanced options (like being able to block certain adresses or let a device have network, but not internet access), then I might get one.
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No I wouldn't say it's any more advanced.
 
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.
 
Cosimo said:
Have you guys been invited to buy one or are they now available to buy?
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Got an email telling me about it and if I resigned a contract I could get one for the cost of delivery. I only resigned as they said I wouldn't get the planned price rise so it stays the same as I was paying.
 
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?
 
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