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Plusnets fiber router, cost ?
30-03-2016 10:18 AM
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I was with TalkTalk and used my own W9980 router, since switching to plus my connection has been a little dodgy.
I declined the plus router when signing up, so I'm thinking of buying it now, to rule out my own hardware.
Can anyone tell me how much the router costs to existing customers.
Thanks in advance
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30-03-2016 10:30 AM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Plusnets fiber router, cost ?
30-03-2016 10:36 AM
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Quote from: dvorak they may let you have one for just the postage as you didn't take it at sign up.
Providing you're in the first 3 months of your contract. It won't be a problem to get a router sent out for the £6.99 p&p
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30-03-2016 10:49 AM
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30-03-2016 11:33 AM
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30-03-2016 12:32 PM
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Nice going.
Although thanks for the speedy (disappointing) reply on here though, lesson learned, don't trust tech on the phone
mav:csa
Re: Plusnets fiber router, cost ?
30-03-2016 3:07 PM
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30-03-2016 3:20 PM
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But as far as quality goes they are typically the cheapest, least featured devices that the ISP can find. That is likely to be especially true for those routers which are given to users for less than cost price. PN don't typically charge their customers for these routers so common sense ought to tell you that they are not going to be high quality ultra-dependable state of the art devices.
If you can get one for P&P it might be worth a punt but generally speaking all modems are equal. VDSL is a well documented standard and there are only a couple of different chipset manufacturers around. The case might have more or fewer LEDs but the electronic gubbins inside is probably the same. Frankly I doubt that a change of modem/router will make any difference. The only reason for changing is to get more features on the router (eg; better port forward, QoS or firewall). The only reason for changing the modem is to get a combined modem/router unit although even there personally I like having them separate. It means I can power cycle my router and not worry about upsetting DLM.
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30-03-2016 3:25 PM
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30-03-2016 3:32 PM
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I will shell out for a new VDSL box as I have to and run out my contract if it does not improve the connection
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30-03-2016 3:34 PM
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All routers will work with all 'fibre' as well as ADSL services. In fact they won't notice any difference as the WAN will be being presented to them over Ethernet (that's what the modem does - it converts <something> into Ethernet(*). The only problem you might have with an older router originally bought for an ADSL service is that the throughput of an FTTC service might too high for the router. Routers have to process and route packets and an ageing router may simply not have enough CPU power or RAM to keep pace with a decent FTTC connection.
Quote from: daro2096 My router is the Linksys WRT120N router. It is an old model though and even though there is nothing about it working with fibre it does work with fibre.
(*)Combined boxes simply have the connection between modem and router done on their motherboard whereas separate boxes have a socket to plug a cable into.
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30-03-2016 3:34 PM
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30-03-2016 3:36 PM
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Quote from: Andrue All routers will work with all 'fibre' as well as ADSL services. In fact they won't notice any difference as the WAN will be being presented to them over Ethernet (that's what the modem does - it converts <something> into Ethernet(*). The only problem you might have with an older router originally bought for an ADSL service is that the throughput of an FTTC service might too high for the router. Routers have to process and route packets and an ageing router may simply not have enough CPU power or RAM to keep pace with a decent FTTC connection.
Quote from: daro2096 My router is the Linksys WRT120N router. It is an old model though and even though there is nothing about it working with fibre it does work with fibre.
(*)Combined boxes simply have the connection between modem and router done on their motherboard whereas separate boxes have a socket to plug a cable into.
It copes with 38mb fibre connection fine but I am using a wired eternet connection. I don't know how it performs over wifi.
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30-03-2016 6:38 PM
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