Plusnet Hub Zero 2704n review

Plusnet Hub Zero 2704n review - from expertreviews

One more confirmation that it's pants, basically.

Not sure how accurate the review is

With the feet tucked in you can also mount the router to the wall to get it out of the way.

No you flaming can't unless you dig a big hole in the wall to get the cables connected

Very odd that is as in specifications in two places it says: Wall mountable: No.

To be fair, you can probably wall mount it for storing (ie without connecting cables)..

They say that looks can be deceiving.... not in this case then, looks like [censored]... is [censored]!

In reply to a post by alext05:

Plusnet Hub Zero 2704n review - from expertreviews

Just like the Sky Sagem 2704n - or the Sky Hub's - which are all similar feature set. 2.4Ghz only WiFi is the killer in 2015 and for any FTTC.

Free router...what do you expect?

The 582n is working acceptably for me, since my ASUS broke.

Here is what the article's author say:

"Even if Plusnet is one of the cheaper internet service providers out there, that�s not an excuse to supply customers with such a poor router."

Edited by deleted (Fri 07-Aug-15 17:03:33)

Perfectly adequate for a large proportion of their customer base I expect. There will be many whose kids have left home, and are perfectly happy with their Freeview TV. They probably have an iPad themselves, and may use Skype.

The adventurous ones may by now have an internet-enabled TV and use their broadband for catchup. It should be fine for that.

Most probably haven't got 5GHz wifi apart from the iPad. Perhaps the TV but 2.4will handle that.

You are absolutely right, although wireless performance appears to be very questionable. I think the review would be helpful for those unsure about what router to get and want to make sure that their router performs adequately and in line with their requirements.

Do Plusnet publish their routers' specs on their website, by the way? I can only see the guides on how to set things up.

Do Plusnet publish their routers' specs on their website, by the way?

Not 100% sure but I don't think they do, there is some basic spec here, if you're interested :-

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/isp-plu...

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Most probably haven't got 5GHz wifi apart from the iPad. Perhaps the TV but 2.4will handle that.

Pretty much all Samsung phones from S4 and Apple phones from iPhone 5 will support 5 GHz, and all the iPads. The last two laptops I've had from work (going back to 2007/2008) supported 5Ghz and that was the office paying rock bottom.

Its actually been supported by more end user kit than routers for a while.

But even if the phones and laptops support 5 GHz, why do most people need WiFi that is faster then their broadband connection? It's only if there were doing large transfers on their LAN that it would be of any benefit.

In reply to a post by jelv:

But even if the phones and laptops support 5 GHz, why do most people need WiFi that is faster then their broadband connection? It's only if there were doing large transfers on their LAN that it would be of any benefit.

5Ghz has less range. In my street and my friends, 2.4GHz is unusable for watching Netflix etc video streams in evenings as there is too much "wireless congestion" on _all_ the channels.

In reply to a post by alext05:

You are absolutely right, although wireless performance appears to be very questionable. I think the review would be helpful for those unsure about what router to get and want to make sure that their router performs adequately and in line with their requirements.

Some users are getting wireless issues, most of those seem to be where the wireless connection drops. The wireless speeds are not as bad as that review suggests. I can get 26Mbps @10m away (that's with a wall in the way).