Just checked with my PlusNet account and I have the Unlimited Fibre Extra with a line speed of 77.4 Mbps

I find the BT Homehub5 type A delivers fast wireless over wireless-n and wireless-ac on 5 GHz.

Was that using the link I gave you, or just what your account says your product is? It's specifically the page I gave that matters, as it is the Plusnet copy of the IP Profile.

Yes it was the link that you gave me RobertoS and thanks BatBoy for your recommendation. Is that with a separate modem?

No, it has a built-in ADSL/VDSL2 modem.

but it will also function with an external modem as it has a Wan port as well.

Edited by deleted (Mon 05-Oct-15 17:56:29)

Beginning to make perfect sense.
So BatBoy, in your humble, honest opinion and without putting you on the spot, would you say that a HomeHub 5 may be the answer to my "one-box, less wires" solution? On superfast fibre broadband with PlusNet.
I recently checked out the Netgear D6400 with integrated VDSL and was told by a Netgear webchat advisor that I would still need a separate modem. In fact, Netgear does not have a modem router combo for a fibre connection

Yes, that's why I mentioned it.

So, is your fault ticket with plusnet still open.
Have they come up with a reason you have half the speed you are paying for?

Thanks BatBoy
Plusnet ticket is now closed and I'm keeping my head down for the moment. The reason being is that they sent a BT engineer to test the line and found nothing wrong. They make a charge of £50 if your own equipment is found to be at fault.

In reply to a post by bigpapanoodle:

Personally I don't think the basic hardware supplied is up to it.

You are almost certainly wrong there. The OpenReach modem is certainly up to the job and could happily run even faster if BT allowed it to. The router likewise seems fine to me (http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/isp-plusnet-launch-faster-hub-zero-2704n-broadband-router-full-specs.html ) both only have 100Mb/s ports but that shouldn't be a problem at the moment.

Other than that it could be a dodgy installation or perhaps a genuine line fault but buying new hardware should be bottom of the list. I can't see it getting you anything other than a very minor improvement. The only real reason to change would be to reduce the number of power sockets in use.

Edited by Andrue (Mon 05-Oct-15 20:11:55)