Any router wifi and our concrete block interior walls do not mix, so I use a TP-Link powerline extender at the far end of the house. Has worked fine for years and is readily portable if you need to move.

I used a SmartHub 2 from eBay. Plenty below £20.

Didn’t get disconnected or anything, as far as I can see the only check it does is whether the landline number is a paid account if so it’s allowed on the network.

Was planning to try Extenders and WAPs, but the awkward placement of sockets would make getting them plugged in tough

Yeah, a whole range of factors will affect things. I live really close to a telephone exchange, so perhaps that benefits me. Congrats on getting FTTP.

Thanks for this, am paying for landline, so going to hope that makes the transition easier

Update: Just got the router, so far so good!

Plugged it in, gave it a few mins and it was running! SH2 is quite big, almost double the size of my Home Hub 4

Early days, but looks like the dead spots are gone. Not blazing fast, but serviceable. Downloads are up from 15 to 18, and it doesn’t take half a minute to connect to WiFi anymore. The Wi-Fi seems more responsive, but not faster, if that makes sense.

Thanks all for the advice.

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Update: Just got the router, so far so good!

Plugged it in, gave it a few mins and it was running! SH2 is quite big, almost double the size of my Home Hub 4

Early days, but looks like the dead spots are gone. Not blazing fast, but serviceable. Downloads are up from 15 to 18, and it doesn’t take half a minute to connect to WiFi anymore. The Wi-Fi seems more responsive, but not faster, if that makes sense.

Thanks all for the advice.

…… glad it’s all worked out as suggested.

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…… glad it’s all worked out as suggested.

My below concern was unfounded 😎

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ought to improve wifi coverage

Just to add

It will, but if thats good enough for the OP's property no one can guarantee it.

It will, but if thats good enough for the OP's property no one can guarantee it.

Of course.

I reckon many/most who post regularly on here have ‘heightened’ requirements in terms of what they want from their broadband, and that’s just fine, we are all different, and I find for my needs, that router works pretty well. That it performs better than what the OP was using previously, is something I have observed many times through my work.

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something I have observed many times through my work.

I have no idea about any of the BT router specs as I haven't been an internet user via BT since the staff trials back in the 90s and obviously it was dialup then.