topic Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus in Broadband & Landline

Smart Hub 7 Plus

Ewan15 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:47:45 GMT

Spotted this this morning. Looks like an upgraded version of the Smart Hub Plus is on it's way

This version has one 2.5GB Lan port in addition to three 1GB Lan ports

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

TizzleStick — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:29:21 GMT

Yes, just saw an article at T3 about it (https://www.t3.com/home-living/smart-home/smart-hub-7-plus-set-to-bring-wifi-7-to-the-masses)

I assume this will go out with any new >= 500Mbps lines, but fingers crossed those of us with existing lines will get an option to upgrade...

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

JimM11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:08:16 GMT

@TizzleStick Not good to be one off the first's and line speed has nothing to do with solely wi-fi 7 as a product!

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

XRaySpeX — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:18:21 GMT

That article got it wrong about using the SH7+ on partial Fibre lines. It's not a "Phone Input" but a Phone port for DV.

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

Ewan15 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:44:08 GMT

@TizzleStick Sadly my experience with both BT and EE is that when the equipment is Like for Like ie a newer version they will not replace what you have if it is working. There is also no guarantee that if you do get them to replace your router they will not send you what you already have 😭

Basically it is a carrot to attract new business

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

TizzleStick — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:49:13 GMT

I suspected as much, but I can dream!

Not sure how much of a speed boost Wifi 7 would give me over 6 though, also wondering how much effort putting some ethernet cables to my home office would be...

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

JimM11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:02:56 GMT

@TizzleStick Wired is the way to go!

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

TizzleStick — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:09:29 GMT

Yeah, just need to either work out how to route a cable from my home office upstairs to the router downstairs or find someone who can do it for me!

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

Ewan15 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:13:29 GMT

@TizzleStick If you have a modern house with plaster boarded stud walls it is not too painful to run network cables in the cavities. If you have coving that is also a good place for cable runs

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

Verk — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:19:12 GMT

An electrician should be able to do an install for you

Re: Smart Hub 7 Plus

Poodle_man — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:10:44 GMT

Not really true - stud walls have horizontal noggins at regular intervals, so it's not just a case of feeding a cable vertically downwards between two upright timbers. To make it "easy" you have to cut away plasterboard...so then you need a plasterer to make good as well as a network guy to run the cables and make the connections to RJ45 boxes. All DIY stuff but do you really want the bother? Cheaper and easier to upgrade WiFi capabilities in many cases I'd say.