2 week review of EE 1.6gbs

[Bluenose_Dave]

Having been on the new 1.6gb/s service now for 2 weeks, and here are my views,

i have the EE new smart router plus and 3 extenders, first off i know the EE smart hub plus only has 1gb LAN ports, speeds have been ok and stable WIFI rangers from about 650-820  what is not bad, i m running with them hardwired with a lan to them, i know WiFi 6 max speeds are 1200 but rarely get them in the real world 

this package feels like it been rushed out, my reason for saying this are,  openreach engineers laptops have 1gb Ethernet ports so they are unable to check speeds from ONT or any other Speedtest at your home if you are on the 1.6gbs package

the EE router having only 1gb LAN, also it comes with a cat 5e cable, this cat of cable does up to 1gb, so if you are on 1.6gb/s you will need to get a new Ethernet lead to connected the smart hub plus to the ONT

all the WiFi features like work and game mode and WiFi controls dont work, it say page not found, i have heard that the WiFi enhanced feature has been turn off so the team can look at it and fix it as it affecting a lot of users and should be back after a month, i am unable to check speed via the router page this time it asking for me to make an EE account

speeds and connection has been stable and good, but i did have a lot of issues getting the service

i know of people who have bought a 3rd party router so they can get full access to the raw 1.6gbs speeds, and they are having no issues on speeds as router has 2.5gb LAN on them unlike the EE smart hub plus

i have bought a usbc to 2.5gb Ethernet adapter so i can test the raw speeds at the ONT, plus if openreach do need to test speeds at my home they will be able too

so in short i hope you can see why i think this package has been rushed out from the fact openreach dont have the kit to test speeds at the customer home, to all the issues with the new smart hub plus

[Bluenose_Dave]

I have found they sent 48 hours but I got my last 2 routers last week the next day

[gmbuspunk]

@Bluenose_Dave ive noticed that tend to send them friday and turn up saturday maybe it because rm dont wotrk sunday so speed them up

[timprocter]

Just come off the phone to the next gen team regarding this new router.

Thanks for the number @Bluenose_Dave ............. Mine will be here next week with a WiFi extender to match they confirmed.

I asked if I had to send the original Smart Hub 2 back and was told keep it for a spare. Happy days.😁

[Bluenose_Dave]

Nice one Tim. Finally a router fit for the connection from EE

[gmbuspunk]

It should be brilliant when we finnally get it 😄

[garetc]

Having some building work on the house done this week so I flipped over to the EE Wi-Fi 6 router so my own doesn't get plaster all over it.

Genuinely forgotten how bad their router is, it's impossible to use and woefully under specced for the connection.

• One room away from the main router I'm getting 60Mbps down compared to my usual 800 on Wi-Fi 6 (1070Mbps on Wi-Fi 7). 
• One floor away from the router I have a satellite, getting 64Mbps on a PC hardwired into it (Usually get around 1400Mbps on my own setup).
• The TV in the lounge has line of sight to the router and is WiFi 6 but keeps buffering so bad Netflix is impossible to watch so I am tethering off my phone.

Their new system has to be better than this.

[Bluenose_Dave]

You would hope it is not as bad as smart hub plus is

[JimM11]

@garetc Don't think much would ever beat your ORBI.

[garetc]

True but the spec of the new EE router is good compared to the ORBI (and doesn't cost £2199).

 I think it'll give the ORBI a run for it's money..

	Orbi	EE
6GHz	4x4/320MHz, 4K-QAM	320Mhz 4×4
5GHz	4x4/240MHx, 4K-QAM (dedicated wireless backhaul only)	Not available
5GHz	4x4/160MHz, 4K-QAM	160Mhz 4×4
2.4GHz	4x4/40MHz, 1K-QAM	40Mhz 4×4
Processor	Quad-core 2.2GHz processor	Qualcomm Bells IPQ9570 Quad Core 2.2Ghz
Memory	4GB Flash and 2GB RAM	Flash 8GB RAM 2GB
Antenna	Twelve (12) high-performance internal antennas with high-power amplifiers	Not available
Ports	One (1) 10 Gig Internet WAN port One (1) 10Gbps Ethernet LAN port Four (4) 10/100/1000/2500Mbps Multi-Gig Ethernet LAN ports	1 x 2.5Gbps WAN (Ethernet) 4 x 2.5Gbps LAN (Ethernet)

[JimM11]

@garetc At the cost ratio of 9:1, even if it's just a little bit slower, as i said, the bargain of the century to be had from EE!

Give it a good going over when you do.