BT Home hub

would anyone recommend upgrading my existing BT broadband to the home hub option?

Im not too sure at the mo if it is going to be worth it and what i can get, any help would be greatly recieved! :P

It all depends on whether you want to enter into a new 12 month contract with BT. If you are not worried about a new contract, grab the freebies.

Dont forget a lot of people have "upgraded" just to get a HH only to find their speeds drop dramatically and more importantantly their lives taken over by BT trying to sort it out. Frankly I would think very carefully about what package you are on and if you can get out of it quickly I would stay where you are because the Broadband market is set to explode in the coming months and BT is still the most expensive for a c--- service and product.

thanks for the advice, i am with BT atm but it not too displeased with them although the connection could be much better.

I think i may wait a little while before i make a decision

I was on Option 4. Moving to Total Broadband saved me a few quid a month and allowed me to take advantage of free Broadband calls. What the marketing material does not tell you is that the HH is a piece of rubbish and your line speed will drop like a stone. Mine half'd from 6Mb to 2.5 - 3MB.

I have since put the HH back in the box and reconnected my Netgear and I am back at 6MB again. I still save a few quid but no free calls.

Buy a voyager 220v off of ebay and use it for the free calls.

Or buy an ATA from the likes of Sipura/Linksys or Grandstream. Works a treat for me.

Or do as I did - complain to BT Customer Services (not India) and ask for a Voyager 2500v as an alternative. The router is good, has 4 ethernet ports and you can connect a DECT phone and get your free calls - perfect......

I use a Belkin 54g router and, to get BT Broadband Talk, have ordered a BT Voyager 10V adapter.

They're on ebay occasionally too.

Edited by Heinz (Fri 05-Jan-07 10:47:04)

I cant get great speeds because of the distance from the exchange, but I just took out my homehub which I was getting 1.8 and put back in my netgear and I'm now getting 2.1, me thinks the homehub will now gather dust.