New FTTC Installation (Hardware question)

Hi

What's the latest procedure these days when ordering BT FTTC (up to 80mbps) broadband these days in terms of the hardware that's sent out?

Do they still ship out the HG612 dedicated FTTC modem that then attaches to the router via ethernet? Or have they moved on to just shipping out an integrated VDSL integrated router?

The HG612 was provided by Openreach, not the ISP. They stopped doing that several years ago.

You now get a VDSL2 router from your chosen ISP. Depending on what it is, it may or may not work with your next ISP, which will usually provide one to replace it.

With BT and Sky they are free, and AIUI the BT one is returnable. I don't know about the Sky one.

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 12-Jan-21 10:37:10)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The HG612 was provided by Openreach, not the ISP. They stopped doing that several years ago.

You now get a VDSL2 router from your chosen ISP. Depending on what it is, it may or may not work with your next ISP, which will usually provide one to replace it.

With BT and Sky they are free, and AIUI the BT one is returnable. I don't know about the Sky one.

Thanks RobertoS for that response. Do you happen to know the model BT provide for their FTTC customers?

Edited by Bobby_Valentino (Wed 13-Jan-21 23:42:24)

I think it depends on whether you go for the Digital Voice products they seem to be pushing you towards now, or you may have to scroll down the pages and click any "more" type buttons to see the copper voice line options.

You should be able to see relevant threads if you change the "Show threads active in" option to one or two months.

A Smart Hub 2 will be provided.