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

[gmbuspunk]

I guess we all have a better idea around the weekend if what some of us have been told happens, it looks promising as all the recent contact people have had with next gen team around the same time all saying the same. It would be nice if I got mine before openreach visit just to see if it was the router,and if it is the router I know I have the pro coming. 
 
I guess once we get the routers  there be a thread we all be posting our findings etc on the pro route

Reply well done my freind it just a waiting game now

[Bluenose_Dave]

The next question is how bad / good will the pro be as I’m sure it EE inhouse team than done the software for this router. Given how bad the getting the pro router has been as in planning on their side of things

[gmbuspunk]

Ive heard it brilliant and judging by who it made by excucuse my autism but i cant spell it they are made by the smae people who make the chips for samsung wirch are quailty

[cliffy37]

Qualcomm make good stuff but i am more concerned by teh in house firmware made by EE that will be running the hardware

[Bluenose_Dave]

Qualcomm chips ,it will be an interesting one I’m sure, spec of it look very good and if software is as good it should be a great router,WiFi 7 all good but the 2.5LANs are what I happy about, it should take the brakes off the raw speeds

[gmbuspunk]

Qualcomm thats the one loverly name but not easy on the autism my freinds

[gmbuspunk]

Dave my freind are you a gamer or just into tech

[Bluenose_Dave]

Just into tech related stuff my sons is a gamer, too many buttons on controllers for me give me a snes 

[SJPetter]

Games for me and tech 🤣 just waiting myself for this new hub so I can download my catalog of games etc, I was thinking of seeing if I can do it as an upgrade to the top package and get the gamer bundle with ee. 

[Ewan15]

I am stuck cos I migrated from BT so have to wait until EE have sorted their systems out😠