Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
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27-12-2017 6:02 PM
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So, unfortunately, my house does not have access to fibre broadband in our area, and it's not coming anytime soon.
I'm looking at moving to up to 17mb Unlimited Broadband from Plusnet however I don't want the (pretty awful) 2704n router. I'd be willing to switch if Plusnet would offer me a Hub One, I'd even be happy to pay for it, but twitter support says I can't buy one from PN.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get/use the top router from Plusnet? Could I get one from ebay for example, would this work?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Re: Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
27-12-2017 6:11 PM
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Welcome to the community forums @thecharleskerr
Whilst we'll only offer the Hub One free of charge on a fibre contract, once your broadband service goes live, we'll be happy to send you the Hub for the cost of £99.99 + P&P of £6.99.
Alternatively, you could look at buying a third party router, configuring it with the settings found here.
Or, as you've mentioned by purchasing a second-hand Hub One from a third party retailer.
Re: Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
27-12-2017 6:23 PM - edited 27-12-2017 6:26 PM
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Don't buy a Hub One from Plusnet, you could buy a BT Smart Hub for less than half the £99 Plusnet are asking or a decent third party router for the same money.
Either option will be an improvement on a Hub One which is just a rebadged BT Home Hub 5a.
Re: Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
on 27-12-2017 8:21 PM - last edited on 27-12-2017 9:44 PM by Mav
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Any recommendations on where to get one?
Does it work out of the box or is further setup required...?
Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): Full quote of preceding post removed as per Forum rules.
Re: Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
27-12-2017 9:23 PM
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Does it work out of the box or is further setup required...?
No third party router will work out of the box, but depending on the router you buy it should be fairly straightforward to configure using your connection details.
Re: Wanting to get a Hub One Router with 17mb ADSL Broadband...?
28-12-2017 10:33 AM
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@thecharleskerr wrote:
Any recommendations on where to get one?.
Unless you have a lot of money to spend and/or you want to monitor low level modem statistics then get a BT Smarthub 6 from Ebay. These are two generations on from the Plusnet Hub One, which is a BTHH5a with a different colour case and tweeked firmware.
Setting up is easy and instructions can be found in the Router forum. The performance is very good and one should not cost more than £40. Just be carefull that you buy the FTTC version. This does NOT have a red sticker labelled WAN stuck on to one of the four yellow LAN sockets.
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