Afternoon all - this is mostly feedback, in case it's useful for anyone searching on the topic, but there's a couple of questions at the end.
Yesterday was my 'changeover day' from a BT Fibre 1 to EE Fibre Plus Broadband without landline.
My plan was to use the disruption to swap from having a supplier hub to having my own, an Asus RT-AC5300 (running AsusWRT-Merlin, for those of you interested).
In advance, therefore, I swapped out my BT Homehub 5 for a second-hand Openreach Modem (BT Openreach Huawei EchoLife HG612 3B FTTC VDSL Fibre Modem), and the Asus RT-AC5300 (which doesn't have its own modem). BT's help pages are fine for documenting the setup of one's own router. All went well, and I was able to set up wifi, configure the router, and backup the settings without hassle.
EE's help pages for setting up one's own router and determining the broadband username and password are also fine.
I wanted to avoid having to disconnect my setup and fire up the hub just to establish my broadband username, so I phoned 150. They were very helpful, and I got the details I needed without difficulty.
Comparing both sets of 'own router setup' instructions, it seemed clear that the only difference in my router's config was going to be the broadband username and password. Straightforward enough.
Yesterday, I had the email notice from BT that my services were ending and the notice from EE that my Fibre Broadband services were up and running and ready for use.
Weirdly, though, nothing happened.
I had to be away for most of yesterday, but those at home noticed no interruption in broadband. Nobody updated the router parameters, nothing got rebooted, and our access continued uninterrupted.
This morning, really early - anticipating some hiccoughs - I set about inputting the new parameters into the router admin page, fully expecting a rejection (not least because I could well have mistyped the login details dictated over the phone).
Backup settings file to hand. Both supplier's own hubs to hand. Rebooted the router.
Nothing continued to happen - it rebooted fine, connected promptly, internet resumed as it always had.
Only difference was running an Ookla speed test now confirmed my point of origination to be EE. Ping 12ms, Down 63Mb/s, Up 1.1Mb/s well within estimated speeds in my account page.
That seems too simple. Must be a trap, right?
When I've done this kind of thing in the past, generally I have to spend at least one day on the phone to tech support, getting increasingly frustrated. Have I missed something?
Now to the question: I have a vague impression that I had faster upload with BT, but it's only a vague impression ... does 1.1Mb/s seem sane (within the limits of 'how long is a piece of string)
