Its fine enough ive been thinking about using my own router also as the wireless for me anyways hits 32Mbps max in my home

But via cable the router is flawless so far the Gigabyte ethernet is a nice touch even though its only one and the other 3 are 100mbps

Is this the homehub that's maxxing out at 32Mbps? This seems pretty low. Even Skys cheap router which has a max of 144Mbps hits 74 Mbps quite easily.

The throughput is 32mbps

connection rate is 144

i had skys fibre router before

it could barely get past 19mbps throughput.

I have to argue that your wireless card is in some way restricting you or the wireless channel being used is problematic.

I have had Sky's Sagem router & now their new Sky hub. Both easily deliver the 80Mbps service with 70+ speeds. I do find that my HP laptop maxes out around 40Mbps but the wifi card built into that isn't great. My macbook pro pulls the full speeds guaranteed.

Right now I have the router under the kitchen counter hidden away & can't be turned off by accident... I then have 4 walls between me and the router. 1 of those walls has metal sheeting inside which is a killer for wifi... I'm also upstairs. I have 1 or 2 bars of Wifi, in a spot where my mobile isn't even picking up the Wifi and I am still pulling 22Mbps on here.

With 1 / 2 walls between me and the router I get full speeds no issue. (70Mbps +)

In the same room as the router & the room next to and directly above I see no difference between wifi and wired.

Definitely isn't the router that's the issue.

EDIT: In a world where most people use the WiFI over cabled ISPs wouldn't supply equipment that's not even capable of 1/2 the speed of the service. It does require a wifi card capable of 150Mbps on single stream to achieve the 144 though.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Thu 08-Nov-12 01:56:18)

My wireless card is not a fault i think its due to me having congested wireless

every channel is pretty much full of networks as i live in the centre of my city.

They are free for most. Look at the merula link http://www.merula.net/broadband/fibre.php
The bit in bold Thats what I am on about.

Other charges
Migrations (from existing dibre connections) FREEInstall £80.00
Cease Fee £28
Fibre contracts carry a minimum 12 month contract.
Note all prices are quoted ex VAT.

Not to much in it but I thought I would do a total price comparison. The other two cost to much. Done it for 12 and 18 months, even though BT and plusnet are 18 months.

All prices inc VAT. BT and plusnet are 18 month contract. Others are 12. You can compair what 12 or 18 month would cost on all. Setup fee is included in total price
Prices correct as of 8/11/12.



PlusNet Extra Fibre excluding line rental £20 a month
Contract 18 Month 12 Month
Setup fee £50 £50
12 or 18 £360 £240
Tot £410 £290


BT infinity 2 Excluding line rental £26 Month
Contract 18 Month 12 Month
Setup fee Free Free
12 or 18 £468 £312
Tot £468 £312


Merula fibre pro £30 Month
Contract 18 Month 12 Month
Setup fee £100 £100
12 or 18 £540 £360
Tot £640 £460


Xilo Fibre+ 50GB £29.99 Month
Contract 18 Month 12 Month
Setup fee £100 £100
12 or 18 £539.82 £359.88
Tot £639.32 £459.88

Edited by deleted (Thu 08-Nov-12 19:11:50)

Roberto I called BT today and this is what I was told. They put me through to BT total broadband at first but they did not know, so went through to infinity tec support.

I was told peak times are 6pm-9pm.

I asked about download speed on torrents and are about 200kb's so I am told.

And even though BT infinity 2 says unlimited, it has a FUP of 80GB a month. You get slowed down if you go over that.

How true any of this is, is anyone's guess. BT are not known for giving straight answers

Edited by deleted (Thu 08-Nov-12 20:13:28)

Sky Fibre.

BT infinity does not have a fup of 80GB it did have a fup around 2 years ago of 300GB but it got taken away.

as of typing i've used around 370GB so far this month.

few posts down

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-Speed-Connection-Issue...

bt staff confirm it.

Edited by epyon (Thu 08-Nov-12 20:06:14)