Excellent video. I was just wondering are you still using this broadband with the linksys gigabit router and would you still recommend it?

What you say about people's problems being due to those boxes is so true. A lot of it is people just totally misunderstanding how WiFi even works though, quite frustrating to deal with.

What residential devices allow you use the 2 and 5 gig internet you talk of at the beginning ? Games consoles only have a one gig port as with laptops and pc ?

How will i know if full fiber is available in my area? i cant see any 1gb package online can yoy share the link?

Are using a ehternet cable while downloading or wireless just a have recently got 900 and my download speed is only at 47 mbs

what router would you advise to make the best of the full fiber 900

I'm hopefully upgrading to this package next week, had horrendous problems trying to upgrade to this, even though I've had fiber to the home for a long time. Do you know if BT is rolling this out to every fiber to the home customer?

Hello mate, thanks for the video. Can I ask what your would advise as a replacement for the standard BT Router they issue? Is there a better suggestion?

Anyone know if BT will install the service Into any room of the house or is it only at the closest point of the house to the road?

Hey hope you can help. So I live in St Awful which is in Cornwall. Looking to get the bt fibre 900. Does that mean I must use the bt hub if I want a house phone? How are you finding it? X

Hi, just wondered if someone could help. I went for the 900 package and I’m only getting 350mbps connect to home hub2 via cat7 Ethernet cable. Rang BT and they said that it’s fine ? And I’m getting 700mbps to the door. BT engineer came to test the hub and said it’s good and something about you have to change the settings so it just goes to one device to be able to get stated speeds. Is this right or am I being spun a yarn ? Tia

It's recently arrived in my area and am debating on whether to go with the 500 which includes the WiFi discs and backup 4g connection or pay few £s more for 900 without those extras.

Hi mate just got full fibre what router would you recommend

most places in the UK can only 70MB speeds with FIBRE 2 package. Does anyone know when at least 100MB speeds would be available?

Could you tell me if it's possible to replace this router with asus rt-ax82u?

We originally started with dial up many years ago. A few years ago we had the fttp installed to our house. The current contract with Zen finishes next month and I have just ordered this 900 mbps service. The Zen was supposed to be 150mbps but for about a year it was less than 30 but upload was consistent with 30mbps. About 6 months ago it jumped back up to a proper speed of 130+mbps. Wheb Zen took over the fibre optic line they sent out Openreach subcontractors which they didn't needf to do. They plated around with the box outside where the optic cable entered an told me they had spliced it (???). I was connected to BY and Zen for a short time which I was told shouldn't happen. I just hope I have better luck this time. I have a few routers in the cupboard but I shall try the Bt one first which is the one running now.

Just signed up today. Never thought I'd be going back to BT after I was treated last time, but I'm going back a long time ago

Interesting to hear your and others experience, I’ve paid for 500 down for the last 8 months and haven’t had any issues. Consistent speeds too. The new home hub is the best BT have ever supplied, probably worth the RRP they’re trying to sell for. But I switched to ubiqiti kit for my networking. I think I can get that 900 packages (north east Scotland), but most websites servers are going to rate limit bandwidth, so they often don’t serve at the 500 speed I’ve found. Amazing for steam though, I had a HDD and for once it was the slowest part. NVME is the way to go clearly!

How do I find our when fibre will be connected to my home?

Fttp is enabled at my exchange but not at my apartment yet (hopefully). Does this mean that it will become available sometime in the future like 2 years like you mentioned in the video? Not sure if that’s what you meant by that. As at the minute I would be lucky if I get 25mbps on fttc

Do you get an improvement in Netflix? As for the roll out absolutely no sign of it around here. With my luck I'll be the last flat in the UK to get FTTP.

I have a question, I have 900 Mb internet with BT and can someone tell me how to change the MTU router on this router? I can't find these settings anywhere , sorry for my bad english

What third party router do you use?

The important thing to remember, is that you must use a wired ETHERNET cable to your PC or IMac to get the very best speed. I just could not understand why my speed was so erratic, when using just a WiFi signal. I suppose its common sense, a Wifi signal can never surpass a wired connection, but ive been using WiFi for some years, so got used to it. On my 900 fibre, i was occasionally seeing speeds of 400, and as low as 120mbs. I called an engineer out, he plugged his laptop in my modem, and hey presto, 1.1Gb speed. Plugging the ethernet cable into my WiFi disc, and plugging it into the back of my computer, speeds as high as 640, in a upstairs room. That ethernet cable is vital for the optimum performance

Just bought the bt 900 package and honestly i cannot wait to have it installed until a couple days ago 1Mb/s was the fastest internet we could get here but now thanks to the openreach community project thing my estate can now get the fastest internet possible atm so no more waiting 3 days+ to install a game or having to suffer watching videos at 360p and constant buffering still got to wait till april 7 to get the cables pulled through etc and that day cant come soon enough gonna treat my self to a sky glass tv aswell as where my house is positioned i couldnt get a sky dish and my internet werent fast enough for the tv

Hi Ryan, Thank for the clear explanation. BT has never been my number one IP to go for, however, after moving house I had no other option, and I have to agree with you, the service has been getting better and better over the years and this new router looks amazing and so far has delivered the promise speed for my plan/area. The only downside using BT routers is the painful process to connect smart lights, smart speakers, smart switches, anything that is "smart" in the BT world = Painful installation. I don't know if you have any tips to make this "smart" set up easier with a BT router apart from changing the signal to only transmit at 2.4Gz before starting the set up of a new smart item. Anyway, great work, first time seeing your videos and also subscribed.

What cheap mesh do I get for bt wifi

Bought full fibre 900 and they sent us a smart hub 2 only managed to test wifi speed and old/nee devices same result speedtest around 80-90mbps. Changed the cable that goes WAN to the ethernet port same result. Is there limitations to SH2?. Our ONT is in garage which connected to an ethernet port beside it which thrn routes/connected to the eth ports in the house. SH2 connected in the living room eth port. Also checked firmware says up to date. Seem no way to manually update it. Dont think fttp need stability period but will wait couple of days and call BT if no change. Edit: just checked admin console. wan link speed: only 100mbps is this right or should that say 1000?

I’ve just been on to BT as I use sky at the comment and it’s so bad, they told me they can put fibre optic 1 to us but they are just going to send out a router? My current router is plugged in via a DSL phone line cable, how do I tell if we have fibre? Thanks

I also live in Cornwall, and we’ve just had openreach come along and fit fibre to the street ready for the switch-on in 2022Q4. Christmas came early, though a lot later than most of Europe! 😅

I'm paying nearly the same as you and I'm getting a 55Mb - 61Mb Download speed and 16Mb - 17Mb upload speed that's ridiculous! Why are they charging so much for much lower speeds or am I missing something? i have checked and it's the best we can get no full fibre in our area 😔

Can you do a video on how to use your own hardware with this please

Apologies I'm very ignorant with this internet jargon. I picked this plan as I wanted to have the fastest and most reliable wifi connection for my xbox games (sick of laggin) Yet I have been unable to check whether I am getting the actual 900 mbps as the BT app is not working for me. Customer service can not handle my complaint (long story) anyways I run my wifi test and it shows 314 Mbps download/106 upload. Am I being ripped off here. All I want to know.

Good informative video, I'm currently with Sky Ultrafast Plus (520down and 72up) are the speeds I get, I wish sky offered gigabyte Internet

Hi Ryan, Can I connect the Openreach ONT directly into another MFND rather than the rubbish BT Smart Hub 2 ? Please do let me know Thank you

You might be interested to know that Residential FTTx uses GPON meaning only a single fibre from the OLT serves up to 32 premises. Dedicated circuits (Ethernet) on the otherhand are available but very very expensive so only business typically use it.

Hi Ryan great explanation thank you. Can bt put fibre straight into my udm with sfp± connector

Why does your box have a 1 to 3 then wan and mine says 1 to 4 what's the difference

Would you ever be able to review voadaphone 900

FYI THEY DONT PUT A grey box on the outside anymore. They are called isp. Not internet service provider but internet splicing point where the light get split into stuff.

So should I change my dial up modem? JOKING....I've just upgraded to the 900 Mbs as I was out of contract. I had the 50 - 70mbs which I've found to be reliable. As they were offering the 900 at no extra cost so I thought, why not!! Hadn't thought that the download speed can be affected by the write speed of the device! Great video, thanks. I might even subscribe!!

Apparently ultrafast fibre is coming to my area within the next 2 years, according to openreach. BT supposedly will give me a free upgrade to full fibre 100, but for some reason i feel like they won't.

I will be getting the BT FF 900 in our new build house when we move in later this month. It’s a 4 bedroom house with the master bedroom in a loft conversion, so 3 floors, ground, 1 floor & 2nd floor (loft conversion) … So what router would you recommend to upgrade to??

Biggest issue with the BT Hub is the ‘smart’ wifi channel switching. It simple doesn’t work. Turn it off and the problems disappear.

I’m on the same package and find the SH2 to be very unreliable and was thinking of changing to the ASUS RT AX86u. Is it as simple as plugging the new router into the ONT and creating a Wi-fi device name and password or is there settings I need to extract from the Smart Hub?

Had this 3 months, im barely clocking over 450 on speed test. Do i need an after market router

Have BT but only have Fiber To The Cabinet I'm suspecting they will have FTTP soon as they have been installing fibre cables on the overhead poles

i have the 900mbps package on fttp and it peaks at 600 mbps for me any ideas how i could get it faster would buying a WIFI 6 router be the option?

Hi Ryan, great video, with the MFND you use, do you not use the BT supplied router then?.

I have full fibre 900 and on xbox I’m only getting download speeds of 40 mbps and about 45ms ping

Maybe some reviews of hardware better than the home hub 2 would be interesting. Thanks

Did you notice speed fluctuations between you original speed and waiting for upgrade?

i get 2-3 ms ping from BT full fibre 100 and BTW i live in london so and download stays at 150 MBPPS down and 31 MBPS up

Did you experience any low speeds when first connecting the ‘Hub’? I have just got mine and it is only get 50mbps

I’ve had it now for six months and it’s amazing never dropped once have got 900 up and always hit that and 100 down

Hi, is there advice on 3rd party equipment to use with fttp now ? Its beef few years since video wonder if better equipment is now offered ?

I have BT FTTP but on a 80/20 package. I get 74-76 down and 20-22 up. I run all my network through Unifi gear and it's been super stable since 2017 excluding 2 overnight blackouts from the exchange. I've not used any ISP hardware since I first got FTTC in my old flat where I PPPOE to the old white BT modem (which they no longer do) into 3rd party routers

Completely agree about the BT MFND, when the old up to 78Mb fibre launched it wasn't long until I was purchasing a Netgear Nighthawk....Let's just say I never looked back since!

The politics of the situation. It was Thatcher, I'm not even joking.

Please, can you do a video on how you connected the linksys ea6350 to your bt hub. Many thanks

why ping so high?

Quite a high ping for full fibre! With ADSL, we had 3Mbps down and 12 - 15ms ping and with VDSL2 now we get 80Mbps and 9ms - 11ms ping. Now waiting for my VM install, FTTP from BT not available here and won't be for a long time... VM will be 500Mbps FTTP service (their new network) and Coax last metre.

Why is the upload around 110 in the UK? other countries able to get over 500 upload, is this an infrastructure issue?

I just hope that they bring in same speed for uploads

I have smart hub 2 with fiber connection 50mbs am an old man in Brighton don't get the speed and all the tec I have been sold as a contract for 24 months from bt it is live on the 12 Sept .is this fast enough for me in a flat to watch 4k plus stream on phone a tab too without buffering sorry to ask but don't get all the meg plus everything else that goes with it. thanks if I get a reply

Any advice

Had 100 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up on 2005 in one of Eastern European country. Now there available 1 Gbps/1Gbpsfibre broadband for 17.99 Euro/month. Where fibre not available - 150 Mbps broadband over mobile 4G network and +500 Mbps over 5G network. UK - third world country.

Hello I am on the fast fibre which is 150 mgbit but when i check my download it's only giving 20 /23 download which is not what i paid for but just did a factory reset i think bt messing about with my download speed

U still cant setup their router as a modem can you? I have the 50Mb with BT right now and will probably go with Virgins 1gig since u can do the modem connection on that

Unless the PS4 has slower WiFi maybe. Full size hard drives write at roughly 140MBs/s. The laptop in your PS4, according to Google images, is a laptop hard drive, which will spin at 5,400rpm. The link below (under HDD vs. SSD & SATA 2.0 vs. 3.0 section) says that the standard PS4's hard drive should write at about 73MBs/s. Something like that. 37MBs, 300Mbits, is quite low for a hard drive that can write at roughly 70MBs/s. techgage.com/article/sonys-playstation-4-pro-system-performance-hdd-vs-ssd-testing/

So I got the full 900 but whenever I do a speed test, the highest result I've had was 290Mbps down and 95 up but I should be getting a minimum of 450 Mbps to my understanding. Also, that's what BT says as my Stay Fast Guarantee (SFG) . I've given it almost a week but the result is pretty much the same. Whenever I do a speed check on my BT app, it shows that from the cabinet to my house is within SFG but between the router and my devices is where approximately 300 Mbps is showing.

If I switch from the smart hub 2, to a better router will I get faster Wi-fi speeds?

Where I am I can only get 69 mbps is there a way to make this higher ?

Has your upload speed improved since creating this video

Thanks for the review, Ryan. I’ve had BT full fibre 900 for about 7 weeks and it’s been consistently good and reliable. Will you be doing a guide on how to get the best WiFi around the house with speeds like this?

I've never had an issue with BT smart hubs in 15 years of fibre and now the 900mb, I currently get 920mb own 120 up with a crappy old laptop with a gig port and that's solid every day, never drops. Where it will catch you out now is that if you want a landlines, they only offer voip in new builds that don't have any copper wire and you can only use this with a bt router. Bt are phasing out copper phone lines and they won't be supported after 2025

4:25 it's unlikely that an issue with your console's mechanical disk. Even if it's fitted with a slower 5400RPM disk they can typically write sequentially in excess of 90/100MBps which is at the top end of a Gigabit link. If I had to guess it's due to either a limited WLAN connection or if hardwired to a switch it might just be an under powered NIC.

I’m having the same package installed in October (North Wales) - I’ll let you know how it goes - just to point out that if you aren’t happy - in the T&C’s - you are entitled to leave the contract if you aren’t getting the speeds promised in the first month.

Would like to hear more on this, given the huge rollout of FTTP.. would be good to learn about the best switches, WiFi 6 routers (are they even necessary )and what is 6E. All in preparation of getting FTTP.

Just upgraded to the Full Fibre 900 and unfortunately I have not been hitting anywhere close to the 910mb download that was advertised. I tend to only get around 240mb or if I'm lucky 410. My upload is fine I always tend to get around 100mb which was advertised its just the download thats the problem. I always use a wired connection and I never get anywhere near the 910mb that was advertised. I have looked around and many people are saying its a problem with the smart hub 2 and apparently an update is meant to come out in October.

Fttp my friend not ftth, nit picking I know but BT don't use the ftth abbreviations anymore

Having just had the 900 service activated a few days ago...2yr contract 52.99 with bt now and a years free xbox ultimate game pass if you have an xbox. I live in a flat so its what BT call an MDU install (multi dwelling unit) Little grey box which Ryan has outside his house is above our Front door in the communal stairwells. Simple drill into the wall above the front door then the 1-2mm fibre thread is glued in my case to the ceiling corners and run through to my office to which a little box size of a 2 cig boxes the spare fibre is stored and then run up to the 'Modem' box against size of a 2x cib boxes. Here you then simply plug in your cat 5e cable to the Wan port on the HUB 2 very simple process all done in around 90mins. First speed test 899/110 and i have been testing it regularly since friday and been bang on all the time. Downloads getting around 95MB a sec from steam. The Xbox reports a 955mbs connection speed which in the real world should be about 1 GB every 10 seconds....Downloaded an 8GB game took about 90 seconds so about right. The PS5 is a little weird is was reporting various speeds highest being 575Mb and as low as 420Mb even though at the same time the xbox was showing 955? not sure if the PS5 test procedure is a little off but anyway. Similiar downloads in reality did a 21gig download in around 2.5mins so throughput is the same. Great price I think for gigabit broadband and so far 100% reliable. Going to see how the hub behaves I never had any issues with the BT FTTC service if I'm honest.

Just got this not gunna be installed till March tho:(

Hello mate are you able to give me a dm i need help with a 3rd party router and i have the full fiber 900. thanks

Anyone here who has the bt 900mb. What is the fastest speed you can achieve using the standard smarthub 2? I'm paying for 900mb but only get around 350 over wireless. I need help!

I just got this today and I’m only getting 50 down and 20 up

If you didn't live through dial up you haven't lived at all :)

i have the exact same package and your exact same linksys router but for some reason even after FR the router itll be 500-600 download 60-80 upload for a few days then it was cap at 60 download and 70upload for some reason

I’m wanting new internet for better ping is it worth me getting cheaper bt broadband or the full fibre 900 for low ping ???

Currently on bt 250mb, they give me a ten pounds a month discount off the standard price. Called them about 900, they will gladly give it to me for.... full price. Doh! Will wait for a special offer I think

i'm using a Cisco 2951, much faster now I split up my network in to different subnets and VLAN split from my smart devices to my flat network

Was an optical network terminal given out to all BT FTTP customers when that launched on the market, as I never received one.

Well done BT they fixed it now works good real good 👍 👏 👌

Full Fibre 900 with own router The ONT is the modem so no third party modem is needed. Any router with a wan port should connect to the ONT

Great video mate, we go live with 900mb onTuesday with FTTH, one question BT guy couldn’t answer: can I use the Hub 1, which is better for me as I can split the GHz which is very handy...unlike the Hub 2 which you can’t. Why would I want that you may ask, well I would rather set my Ring Camera to 2.4 so it has a solid connection most of the time, not fluctuate between 2.4 and 5 as there may be a day someone comes into the back garden and it decides to flick GHz channel and loses the recording....which isn’t good :(

I remember dial up where you blocked the phone line. That and download speeds measure in kilobits and not Mbits. I remember downloading music at 2k or less. A 50Mbit video took 8hrs if it didn't disconnect in that time.

i have full fibre 900 yet its never over 400 download and 50upload whilst being in the exact same room as the smart hub

I have had all routers from all providers. The best I've ever had is a fritzbox. Expensive but worth it.

I am getting the 150 down one for 29.99 today which is less than I pay for 60 megs lol

Having spoken to an Openreach engineer linesman for broadband. Speeds can go way faster than the ISP's let us have. The system is way more capable.