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Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

mickipz
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Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

I have just signed up to a 12mth contract only to find out that it WILL NOT connect to the only 2 gadgets that I need it for.....GOOGLE CHROME CAST & AMAZON ALEXA !!!! Has anybody else been mislead in the same way as me? I have been told to contact the ombudsman in 2mths time as I am not getting the full service that I have naturaly been provided with by every other internet service provider.

I would appreciate any help & information from any other disappointed customers that are wasting their hard earned money on a server that doesn't serve! 

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Browni
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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

It's not a server issue as my Chromecast Ultra & Echo Show (x2) work quite happily on the Plusnet network.
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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

Sorry to hear that.

Can you run through the steps here and let us know how you get on?

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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

I didn't manage to get my Echo to connect to the hub one.

@Browni - what router do you have?
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Browni
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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

 

@dvorak I'm using an Asus DSL-AC88U with the devices mentioned connecting on the 5 GHz band.

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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect


@dvorak wrote:
I didn't manage to get my Echo to connect to the hub one.

Is that connect at all or connect reliably?  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201602110 states that they work on both 2.4 & 5GHz ... any possibility that they are suffering from the same WiFi band flip-flopping we've seen with Apple products?

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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

Nope, it absolutely would not connect to the hub one at all on either 2.4 or 5GHz - my bands are already split.
Connected fine through my Airport Extreme and to a BT Hub.
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mickipz
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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

It's all of my WiFi connections. Amazon, google & allcast! Nothing can pick it up at all... I'm literally paying for NOTHING

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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

Is WiFi switched on at the router at all?

You can easily check with one of the many WiFi network scanning phone apps

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Re: Google chrome/ Amazon Alexa will not connect

Its probably for the best...

Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/amazon-alexa-recorded-conversation

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