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]

The wait for the dispatched email …

[gmbuspunk]

The wait for the dispatched email …

Reply

So u manged to order one well done mate

[Bluenose_Dave]

I was told I was on the list and 48-72 hours, so we shall see I’m sure I not the only one keeping one eye on emails 

[gmbuspunk]

I was told I was on the list and 48-72 hours, so we shall see I’m sure I not the only one keeping one eye on emails 

Reply:

Perfect ill keep my eyes peeled 😄 i hope i make list 😄

[ChicChoco]

Had a despatch email today on the £10 extra, so they’re ready to go as soon as orders are placed 👍🏻

[gmbuspunk]

Had a despatch email today on the £10 extra, so they’re ready to go as soon as orders are placed 👍🏻

Reply:

Wondering why you had to pay £10

[ChicChoco]

Sorry, I mean the £10 extra addon per month, for non 1.6gbps tiers to upgrade to the wifi 7 kit, so my 900mbps is still not upgradable [to 1.6g] so added kit today as not getting good performance on wifi with SH+ and a guide has added a call back for when the upgrade path is available (no idea how or whether they will just review an action monthly) but said they’d contact me once the system is changed to handle it…

[gmbuspunk]

Sorry, I mean the £10 extra addon per month, for non 1.6gbps tiers to upgrade to the wifi 7 kit, so my 900mbps is still not upgradable [to 1.6g] so added kit today as not getting good performance on wifi with SH+ and a guide has added a call back for when the upgrade path is available (no idea how or whether they will just review an action monthly) but said they’d contact me once the system is changed to handle it…

Reply:

Out of intrest is there much diffrence in price because when i was with bt 900mbps i wasent paying much less

[ChicChoco]

For me, it was these prices when I ordered a month ago:

- National: £59.99 

- Summer Deal: £47.99

- EE CS (phone): £44.99

The 12 months free Xbox game pass saving £14.99 per month was a massive win for me, as I subscribe so that brings the avg price to £30 for year one.

Sky offered (g.fast to FTTP 900), £30 for 8 months and then £80 for 10months so considerably higher. On the phone they offered £43 per month, but this was much worse taking into account game pass.

I’ve been looking at wifi 7 routers and a dual pack of decent quality makes the £10 pm addon for Pro hub worth it too, vs buying the kit outright now - as long as it performs good.

So right now even at £54.99 for 24 months, taking into account XGP, EE is £107.88 month expensive than Sky, but if I went Sky and then bought a TP Lino BE65/85 at £799/£990 it would be much worse value. Also, the unlimited data on sims is a massive bonus, I don’t like Sky mobile as it runs on o2 and signal wise, I feel EE is the best in my area.

[gmbuspunk]

Seems fair enough im only paying £64.99 for the 1.6gbps 😄