HH6 Incoming

Will it be any good though?

https://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/edw/...

I tried to register interest and the page doesn't load

In reply to a post by epyon:

I tried to register interest and the page doesn't load

Same.

What I did see is the following:

The legal stuff

Registration closes on 2nd June 2016.

We will not contact you if you do not pass debt check.

How much does this thing cost, do I have to get a loan out to get one LOL

Paul

if its not available for 35 quid they can shove it i'll go 3rd party.

In reply to a post by Alnath:

if its not available for 35 quid they can shove it i'll go 3rd party.

Well I would expect it for free going by how rubbish the HH4 has been for us and what I have also heard for 5.

I have only been using our replacement HH4 due to our fubar broadband connection, and BT Support always asking for it to be connected.

Else I would be using my FRITZ!Box 3390.

Paul

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

In reply to a post by Alnath:

if its not available for 35 quid they can shove it i'll go 3rd party.

Well I would expect it for free going by how rubbish the HH4 has been for us and what I have also heard for 5.

I have only been using our replacement HH4 due to our fubar broadband connection, and BT Support always asking for it to be connected.

Else I would be using my FRITZ!Box 3390.

Paul

Why would anyone buy BT branded junk especially for FTTC/H ?

Yes, I sure won't buy it... I would also be expecting this to replace poor performing HH5('s)

In reply to a post by tommy45:

Why would anyone buy BT branded junk especially for FTTC/H ?

I never said anything about buying any BT Home Hubs, both HH4 we have were both free, however I still prefer my FRITZ!Box 3390.

Like I have already said I am stuck using our BT HH4 due to our line issues and BT always requiring their HH to be connected to the line while they do their tests.

Also I don't think the HH6 is for FTTC or FTTP, I am thinking its for their new G.FAST Product, I am thinking this due to nearly every site I have read that spoke about the HH6 was referring it with G.FAST etc.
Also the specs for the HH6 seems over the top for FTTC/P, like its Wi-Fi is over the top also.
It will still probably work on FTTC/P, but I think its more designed for G.FAST.

However when ever BT pulls their fingers out their backside and finishes off our FTTP install which was/is still part of the Commercial upgrade, I will have to buy a new Modem/Router for that due to my FRITZ!Box isn't fast enough for FTTP (330/30) speeds, or if it is its on the borders of it.

But as for buying a BT Home Hub, I don't think so, especially with their fortnightly forced reboot, where as with my FRITZ!Box it never did any, so my guesses with that is the BT Modems/Routers are a pile of poop.

Paul

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Yes, I sure won't buy it... I would also be expecting this to replace poor performing HH5('s)

I know I wont be buying any, also like I already said in my other reply, I think its designed for their G.FAST Product, it might still work for FTTC/P products, but will probably be just a waste of hardware, but saying that, it just means it wouldn't have to work hard to do stuff on the slower connections etc.

Paul

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

In reply to a post by tommy45:

Why would anyone buy BT branded junk especially for FTTC/H ?

Also I don't think the HH6 is for FTTC or FTTP, I am thinking its for their new G.FAST Product, I am thinking this due to nearly every site I have read that spoke about the HH6 was referring it with G.FAST etc.
Also the specs for the HH6 seems over the top for FTTC/P, like its Wi-Fi is over the top also.
It will still probably work on FTTC/P, but I think its more designed for G.FAST.

Have you seen the specs for the HH6 - if so, could you share?

I doubt it's designed for use especially for g.fast use though - Openreach won't properly rollout g.fast until 2017 and at the moment the chipsets from different manufacturers are so immature that they are not currently compatible with each other.

As such, I fully expect Openreach to provide the g.fast modem via engineer installs when they first launch with no self install option for a couple of years.