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Ongoing WiFi problems after switch from BT Broadband

Keiffy1964
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About 5 weeks ago we switched from BT to EE for our Broadband and TV. Starting to regret that decision. We were sent a new router, a new TV box and 3 WiFi plus boxes. This is the same equipment we had with BT for many years. Over this period we hardly had any issues and I was always able to speak to someone if I wanted.  Oh how have things changed!!. We've been having ongoing problems and it is impossible to speak to anyone! When you phone them, you just get connected to a fault Bot and you end up in a loop. I've started to keep a record of the issues but generally the same problem. Over the last ten days, our WiFi has gone off during the night on six occasions. On the following mornings, nothing connects to the internet. The connection to the Ring doorbell, our thermostat, the TV, all our mobile devices, our work computers drops over the previous night. Weirdly, you don't realize initially because the router remains blue. The TV has an error IPC6023. Our phones advise that there's no Internet despite also stating that that we have an excellent signal. Unplugging the router and plugging it back in generally solves the issue but I shouldn't have to do this every other day! I've raised a complaint now but not holding my breathe. Starting to think that EE's equipment is substandard compared to BT.

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JimM11
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@RChapman005 ? you don't happen to be on the EE DV service as well just to complete the picture, thanks for keeping the forum updated with your success.... 

Hi.
I’m so glad that you have insisted on keeping your ‘existing’ BT router. I
have now had 3 different Openreach Engineers visit and 3 new routers and
each time, everything works well for around an hour, then the internet
starts to drop out, up to around 40 times a day. This has caused nothing
but massive inconvenience for over 3 weeks as I work full-time from home
and need an internet connection. I have no fibre cables in my road ( it’s
the original copper wiring ) and there are no plans in the foreseeable
future to install fibre. I was at the end of my tether so just reconnected
up the ‘existing’ BT router and booster ( that was working perfectly fine
until my contract renewed and BT insisted I had to have a new router), and
the internet hadn’t dropped out even once in over 5 days since I switched
it back. I will be sending back the 3 new routers as they do not work in my
property. What an absolute waste of the last 3 weeks! I was seriously
looking into cancelling my Contact and investing in Starlink, but I’m
hoping that keeping my existing ( original) router and booster, means I
will not have further issues. Kind regards, Tracey

Hi there - no I am not on the EE DV service at the moment. Will watch and see how folk get on here first!! 🙂

EE sent me a new router which has given me endless problems. My iPhone will not connect to broadband although it is connected to the router, the EE app is worse than useless as it is blocked because the phone doesn’t connect to broadband. My printer, connected by ethernet will not work and nor will digital voice. I’ve given up and gone back to my BT hub which works perfectly.

 

I don’t blame you at all. After visits from 3 Openreach Engineers and
countless list hours from work as I had no reliable broadband, the only
‘solution’ was for me to revert to my original BT equipment…..which has
been working perfectly ever since!
JimM11
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@TT230968 Did you manage to change back by yourself or get EE to help, but glad its all working for you now. Can be such a pain when changing over and especially when issues crop up. Thanks for keeping the forum updated...👍

No problem at all. Just plugged in the BT hub and everything was working OK.

DickMick
JimM11
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@Dickmick Glad it has all worked out for you.👍

NickBS
EE Community Manager
EE Community Manager

 Hi @Keiffy1964 @Dickmick @TT230968 - We've flagged some of these issues to our hardware technical and product teams and they're keen to dig deeper into some of the issues you're having with the EE SH. We'd much prefer you to be running smoothly and get the full EE broadband experience and functionality. 

I've dropped you a PM if you're happy to share your account and contact details. 

Happy to share account and contact details but very reluctant to put the EE Hub back online as it is such an inconvenience, especially with the printer not working as it is used by two computers.