topic Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900 in Broadband & Landline

Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:51:07 GMT

Hi,

I've just been "invited" to upgrade my broadband from Full Fibre Core 500 to 900 for £0. I'm currently using a BT Smart Hub 2 - I didn't get an EE router when I upgraded to full fibre a couple of years ago. I'm currently mid-24 month contract. My understanding is that if I accept an upgrade I'll get an EE Smart Hub 7 Plus.

In our house we have a few TAPO Smart plugs, Ring doorbell/chime (subscribed), the laptops we use are Macs of 2015 and 2017 vintage, iPhones SE 2022, TV is fairly recent LG. We use YouTube a lot, as well as football streaming. No gaming or anything like that. Oh, and BT DV phones, which drive me nuts with their random rebooting and poor battery management (but that's another story).

Simple question, really. Should we upgrade or not? Will we see any benefit on our relatively old computers. More importantly, are we likely to break anything due to incompatibility with older wifi standards.

Thanks.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

JimM11 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:15:36 GMT

@drlabman More than likely to have the WiFi 7 Hub issues for connections, but if EE allows you to keep the BT Smart Hub 2 as well then that works on a FF900 but wireless wifi5 may just be a stretch to get above the 700Mb/s mark.

The 7 Plus has had a real rocky road since it's inception FW wise, if you are doing any PF Port Forwarding at all think very carefully for the 7Plus variant currently, getting there so look at the Forum for 7 Plus issues.

If you have ANY BT Smart Wireless Complete wifi extenders they will require to be swapped out also, keep in mind.

As you have DV phones, remember to back up from the SH2 all your contacts, and restore to EE 7+ version, hopefully the feature works for you.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

DoingItSideways — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:36:46 GMT

How much are you currently paying?

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:38:31 GMT

The upgrade is for £0 , no brainer upgrade wont do any harm thats for sure , i migrated from BT & they sent me a Smart hub 7 i maybe wrong but dont all EE plans at leased have a smart hub 7 plus as standard now ? as @JimM11 has stated on WIFI that BT smart hub 2 hub only just manages about 650MBps on wireless standing right nest to it i can confirm that but well its a free upgrade so id say go for it as for the porting issues mentioned by @JimM11 i cant comment as i never had to port forward anything on hub 7 , i have on the pro & its similar software but there may very well be some issues also Extenders yes if you get the Hub 7 The BT ones wont work you'll need EE ones there are certain packages that contain these extenders.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

JimM11 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:46:17 GMT

@baron75mk3 Think the standard below FF500 may still be the EE Smart Hub 6 + version.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:49:34 GMT

Thanks. I assume that EE will allow me to keep the SH2 - I've never returned any previous routers anyway. So if it all went Tango Uniform, I could just revert to that. Must admit I don't know anything about the 7Plus or any issues so I will spend time on the forum doing some research.

I don't have any wifi extenders.

TBH, the number of contacts in my DV phones is minimal, so no big deal - but thanks for the advice.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:50:15 GMT

Currently paying £38.99 per month for Full Fibre 500

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:54:27 GMT

Confirmed , Smart Hub 6 plus for all part fibre (FTTC) customers. everything full fibre (FTTP) Smart Hub 7 Plus & Smart Hub 7 Pro

https://ee.co.uk/broadband/ee-smart-hub-comparison

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:57:28 GMT

I wouldn't be so sure i have had to return all my BT & EE hubs , you get charged if you dont

(well thats what the emails say at leased)

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:58:23 GMT

Offering you another 0.5Gb for free , seems pretty good to me.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

JimM11 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:04:11 GMT

@baron75mk3 May be free but do wonder if 24months again to recontract....

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:33:01 GMT

Yes that could be a possibility indeed.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:03 GMT

So, I've accepted the upgrade. Same price as now, with agreed annual increases, 24 month contract, new Smart Hub 7 Plus.

After seeing that new customers get the same broadband for £5 a month cheaper I tried to haggle but they wouldn't play.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:07:49 GMT

Enjoy the new package 😀

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

JimM11 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:53:20 GMT

@drlabman Let the Forum know how the BT SH2 stack's up against the EE 7+ as a like/like switch out for you, good test with it have such a variation of device attachement.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT

I will.

Slight **bleep**-up on the ordering front. I did it all via in-app chat. Whoever I chatted with yesterday messed up the order so I had to go through it all again today. EE 7+ is now delayed until Friday. Life lesson - if you don't get a "Thanks for your order email" it wasn't done properly.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:16:04 GMT

Sorry that happened & yes whenever i order something online & dont get a confirmation alarm bells start ringing

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

JimM11 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:18:06 GMT

@drlabman Chatter was to busy chattering and forgot to push that Order Now Customer wants to go button...🤔

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

drlabman — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:46:49 GMT

Plus they are very pushy. For example, "while I'm looking at this, would you care to tell me what mobile network you use and how much you pay per month", "you've now unlocked EEONe Benefits ... Netflix, etc for £13 a month ... amazing isn't it", etc

No thank you, just get my broadband upgrade order done correctly.

Re: Looking For Opinions - Upgrade to Full Fibre Core 900

baron75mk3 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:51:59 GMT

Its EE One Rewards , it can be quite good, its basically "The more you have the more discount you get on something else" , i got a good deal on an unlimited sim for £12 a month , i think it was usually £22 but my One rewards brought the price down.