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

[bobpullen]

@Bluenose_Dave - wired backhaul is definitely a supported configuration. My extender is using wired backhaul via a couple of unmanaged 2.5Gbps switches.

[Bluenose_Dave]

That how mine is set up too,  I knew he was not correct but he the one there and knows

i did remove the Ethernet to one but speeds was only 630 that way and 1485 backhauled

do you see any speed issues on the 6ghz band?

and thanks for confirming what I knew

[TonsOfFun]

Honestly the best thing  to do is get rid of that trash mesh setup. may sound fancy with the wifi 7 branding but in a nut shell it's just another isp supplied router with very basic functionality at best

Yes it supports wired backhaul as that's the only way I could get my other node to connect to the network, wireless  never worked even in the same room. 

After all the fighting I did for the setup as well it was gone with a couple of months, I've since moved on to ubiquiti I have a udr7 as main hub and a uni express ux7 as a meshed node. Its been great not missed a beat and the best wifi experience to date, Solid performance all round the house even in spots the ee trash couldn't get the speeds. 

It'll cost about £450 for this setup but you will have it for years and will obviously work when/if you change isp's

P.s the ee app is just as bad half the time it doesn't work or times eout etc... 

[bobpullen]

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@Bluenose_Dave wrote:

do you see any speed issues on the 6ghz band?

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Will run a few tests when I get the chance...

[Bluenose_Dave]

I believe they the same as the WiFiman app what shows physical speeds,I counting down the months untill I am out of my contract.Virgin  media doing 2gb up and down. Or it a couple of quid to Mach your download speeds

[bobpullen]

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@bobpullen wrote:

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@Bluenose_Dave wrote:

do you see any speed issues on the 6ghz band?

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Will run a few tests when I get the chance...

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@Bluenose_Dave - these  are  all Wi-Fi 7 devices, rather than Wi-Fi 6E and practically next to my extender. The transmit speeds are close to/at max, but the  receive speed  isn't 🤔

My Wi-Fi environment is pretty busy so unsure how that may  be contributing to things.

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL  (this will be using 160MHz channel width): -

Samsung S24 Ultra (this will be using 320MHz channel  width): -

Windows Surface laptop (this will probably be using 320MHz channel width, although I  don't trust it's  a real-time measure as Windows seems to always show absolute max link speed, even when a moderate distance from the extender): -