Ever heard of the word "generic"?

Irrelevant complication as VDSL2 is used for Infinity1 and Infinity2.

I made a good point that BatBoy has also mentioned.

Just if people wander why I took the posts off, got put down as usual while making a point to the problem and had this and sorted out here so was suggesting the same if that was it.

still wrote privately to you as I think might be onto a winner as it was for me.

As I did not write in english, took them off as must have beebn poinltless posting them.

I get excellent speeds using TP-LInk 200 mbps homeplugs.

I get 55 megs from a 58 meg IPProfile.

Remember that the Home Hub 3 will set the speed of the wireless to the lowest speed device you have connected. So, if you have a naff old laptop with a wirelss g interface, then your super duper laptop with wireless n will still get wireless g speeds - ie a tad under 30 megs max. If you are all wireless n, then you may get the full speed your line can deliver ... but the caveat is that there are a number of variables which mean your speeds can be much lower than you expect.

What does the BT speed checker say your line is cabable of??? If it estimates only a little over 40 megs, then it's probably not worth doing if you are already getting close to that. If it reckons you can get 60 megs or more, then go for it ... but note above.

Rob

In reply to a post by RobFlet:

Remember that the Home Hub 3 will set the speed of the wireless to the lowest speed device you have connected. So, if you have a naff old laptop with a wirelss g interface, then your super duper laptop with wireless n will still get wireless g speeds - ie a tad under 30 megs max. If you are all wireless n, then you may get the full speed your line can deliver ... but the caveat is that there are a number of variables which mean your speeds can be much lower than you expect.

Not sure about the homehub but this is a wide misconception nowadays. The original N routers and quite a few draft N routers would slowdown to the lowest common denominator.

Nowadays most N routers can handle simultaneous G and N connections without slowing the N band down, provided WPA2-PSK AES encryption is used by all.
That said if a wireless B device is introduced onto the network then everything slows down terribly as virtually no router can handle B and N.

G and N generally ok. B and N not ok.

With the default Sky router I have a mix of all devices.

ON G: sky wireless connector, 2 laptops, 1 wifi printer and a games console, possibly the blackberrys

On N: Few macbooks, iphones and a new pc.

The N devices still get around 75Mbps throughput when I test next to the Sky router. As I say things have definitely changed in this respect. ALTHOUGH some routers STILL cannot support N and G as you say.

Thanks everyone. I went ahead and signed up for the new contract - upgrade took less than 24 hours and I'm now getting 71Mbps on average over the wire. The same computer (with integrated N card) reports 22Mbps when I unplug the cable and switch on wireless - it's about a metre away from the Hub3. Wireless via a Belkin N dongle in the next room is 15Mbps or thereabouts on an older laptop. I see that I can get a newer dongle from BT for £12.50. Any recommendations? I'd use it on a Dell Mini10 netbook, which doesn't have a CD drive so I need a dongle that doesn't use an installation disc.

What OS does the laptop have?

22Mbps isn't too shabby - what's the "N" connection speed on that PC? Quite possibly 75Mbps or less.