Why I upgraded to BT EE 1.6 Gbit Full Fibre broadband

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EE has released a 1.6Gbit home internet package, called ‘Busiest Home Bundle’. This is the fastest widely available domestic broadband connection in the UK. EE promises you blistering internet speeds and rock-solid reliability, all powered by the expertise, rock-solid reliability and engineering of BT.
I have moved to an area where this product is available and subscribed to this full fibre package from EE. Before signing up for this, I'll review what you need to look for. I will go through the installation and run some speed tests. I concluded this is an excellent product - well done, EE and BT!
There are some limitations with the ethernet ports on the Smart Home Hub, only being 1 Gbit and the hybrid connect, should you wish to subscribe to it, being capped at 30 Mbit download speeds.
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The EE Website is where you can read about the Busiest Home Bundle, check availability and subscribe to this:-
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@chrcoluk 2 ай бұрын

I think you made points well, and a unbiased presentation.

@studioidris Күн бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback.

@davecullen86 4 ай бұрын

Great video thanks. It’s good to watch content from someone who clearly knows their stuff 👍

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your positive feedback!

@CameraManSajeev 2 ай бұрын

Nice one mate...

@MickeySibs 2 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you

@studioidris Ай бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback 👍🏼

@steveanderson1779 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Im going to stick with TalkTalk 945mbps symmetrical 3-5ms latency

@mda99das 4 ай бұрын

Interesting video. I have 1 gig with virgin, the hub 5 does have 2.5 gig ethernet port on it. As you are on full fibre your ping times should be around 3ms. Even on virgins HFC I get between 9 and 13ms. I do believe that with virgin its to do with the capacity at your local cabinet. In my case I got virgins external contractor to wire a direct connection from the cabinet to the hub with no breaks in the cable. This makes a huge difference in my opinion.

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

I believe that is correct. The capacity for virgin in my area is congested because for years it was the only way to get internet at higher speeds.

@RichCow-xe1bz 8 күн бұрын

I had absolutely no issues with my ee broadband

@jmbainbridge1 4 ай бұрын

Good video, thanks. Disappointing that the provided router can’t use the full download speed.

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

I agree that one user cannot use the total download speed ☹️. Hopefully, the new WiFi 7 router in the works will help.

@ram64man Күн бұрын

If your in a city fibre area use one of them far cheaper than bt ee. It amazes me that bt still refuse offer symmetric fibre packages , the network needs an unbunded policy forced on it by ofcom so no matter who installed the fibre your not forced to remain with them yet still get the symmetric performance

@Rez_nick 4 ай бұрын

Community Fibre does 3GB download and almost 1GB Upload for £56. Hopefully they start connecting more areas

@studioidris 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree we need more competition. Effectively in my area, there are only Virgin and BT Openreach at present.

@nicktsoulli1796 2 ай бұрын

I'm curious what wifi 6 speeds you can get. I get 800-900 on my trooli 900 connection with there router and my own router with unifi 6 pro ap. the pings on Trooli are much better around 4ms.

@CameraManSajeev 2 ай бұрын

I have BT copper FTTC broadband 30mb and City Fibre FTTP broadband 900mb installed at home.

@gintymacginty2783 Ай бұрын

Have EE removed the bottleneck yet ? found issue where i decided to replace BT smarthub with a good wifi 6 router and i found that managing of the network and general speed is heads and shoulders above the smarthub, but digital phone is not an option which is a bit unfair if you do require some form of house phone.

@oneJXV Ай бұрын

Great video & subbed. Just ordered the full fibre gigabit essential package & awaiting for an engineer to install the upgrade. On question, when the engineer installs the optical network terminal (ONT) do I get to choose where it is located?

@studioidris Ай бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! I have had an ONT installed from scratch in two properties that I have lived in. In one, it was installed at the site of the old BT master socket. In the second, I asked for it to be installed on the second floor, which the engineer accepted. I suppose there is no harm in asking on the day.

@VarissNI Ай бұрын

Openreach engineer here 👋 Absolutely! On the day if you mention to your engineer where’d you like the router placed, they’ll scout out a connection route and normally 99% of the time it can be easily installed downstairs or upstairs. We however do not install ONT’s in attics or cellars 😊

@bernardmanners9657 3 ай бұрын

I was with Virgin for the longest time, now lefted they are ridiculously expensive

@joshgodfrey2131 13 күн бұрын

i wasn't sure if it was just my PC so i pluged a laptop into the hub and i was getting over 1.3 on all ports, i called EE up and got handed over to the next-gen engineers and i was told they are relating a new hub that can give us the full speeds we pay for on all ports so i problby got lucky and got them the new hub.

@studioidris Күн бұрын

That’s great to hear. Are the ethernet ports on your new hub different from the ones in the video?

@joshgodfrey2131 Күн бұрын

@@studioidris no it looks the same as the one in the video. Only problem I had was there isn't any voip on the package and my current gaming access point didn't have 2.5gb ports so it was being wasted. I've had to swap to bt for a 1gb pack with voip. I'm hoping when the 1.6 has voip and I can swap back over and they send another hub out. Another problem is u can't separate the WiFi bands, u can only disable them.

@NotHimJim Ай бұрын

I'm also with EE @ 1.6Gbps. I've never tried the stock router and always used my own equipment. Shocking that EE didn't provide equipment that could handle the speed of the service!

@user-kt9hc6fn2v 22 күн бұрын

Which kit do you use??

@NotHimJim 22 күн бұрын

@@user-kt9hc6fn2v TP Link BE85 mesh system (3x). WiFi 7 and 10Gbps ports

@studioidris Күн бұрын

I have recently upgraded to the TP-Link Deco BE9300 Wi-Fi 7. A video review of this router mesh system can be found at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l712eKt5l82dm2Q.html

@GrumpyMansREVIEWS 4 ай бұрын

I’m trying to get this package however still in contract with BT I ask to be moved over as they are the same company they said not yet so hopefully in a few months

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

I have looked on the BT forums and it says 'The cancellation fees are waived on switch BT to EE'. It might be worth giving EE a ring. Let us know how you get on.

@GrumpyMansREVIEWS 4 ай бұрын

@@studioidris Thanks brother!

@ArthurKlucznik 4 ай бұрын

i switched from virgin to ee and ee covers early cancellation fees uo to £300. you sent them the final bill and they will credit your account for future payments.

@GeraldTait-kp9ez Ай бұрын

Didn't think Manchester had fttp yetis still waiting for it

@equinox8471 Ай бұрын

i just had this installed and im only getting 1150 download over cat 6 via asus router, my actually download speed is slower at like 90 MB/s compared to bt 900 that was 110 MB/s, really am hoping this is just first day problems with EE not even hitting guaranteed speed of 1.3.

@yusuufibrahim530 2 ай бұрын

Is ee worth it ? I’m not the most tech savvy person 😅 what would the highest WiFi signal the ee would give you ? As most people won’t be plugging in directly. I have community fibre but it seems weak in alot of rooms. Does ee get to all the rooms ?

@studioidris 2 ай бұрын

This depends on the layout of your house. I have the EE Smart Hub Plus and one Smart Wifi Plus device, which gets a Wi-Fi signal for most of my house. Problems are getting it to an EV outside the house - but this could be the EV rather than the router.

@Kobra31677 2 ай бұрын

Great video and quite a few eye opening things you mentioned there! I'm currently on Plusnet, however Quinns/Openreach have just deployed the fibre optics here. I think all that n eeds is for Openreach to come out, inspect the duct and then sign it off to get the area 'lit up'. but thinking of possibly going for the 1.6gb line with EE, however, can you or anyone please tell me if which routers out there that would allow the full 1.6Gbps over a single wired connection (i.e getting the full 1.6Gbps to say a PS5 or a PC)? Or if i did this wireless would I get the full 1.6Gbps over wifi? The 1.6Gbps will seem as overkill, however I am a software tester for shall we say a "well known" video games company and need to download the applications quickly due to strict testing times when working from home. Any help/ advice would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks!

@studioidris Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments and feedback. I am currently testing a mesh router with 2.5 Gbit ports - I will upload a video shortly.

@liamharis9246 2 ай бұрын

When connected your laptop to ont with a Ethernet cable Did you need to change any setting on your laptop or did it sync right away

@studioidris 2 ай бұрын

Hi Liam. You must set up a PPPoE connection from the PC/Mac to the ONT. It cannot automatically connect. The PPPoE settings you need for EE can be found at ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/using-and-configuring-a-third-party-router

@monk7074 Ай бұрын

Do I need to buy another router or does it come with everything I need to set this up to get advertised speeds? I have a very good PC that has a 2.5gb ethernet socket@@studioidris

@studioidris Ай бұрын

You cannot get 2.5 Gbit speeds using ethernet as this router only has 1 Gbit ethernet ports. You would have to buy another router - I am currently testing one and will upload a video shortly.

@monk7074 Ай бұрын

@@studioidris thanks for the reply so I can get the full speeds if I do the the PPPoe settings on my pc correct? And I will be sure to sub for the other video to are doing

@MobilAvenue_ Ай бұрын

I considered the EE 1.6gbit but in the end didn’t think it was worth the money. I have Vodafone Pro II Broadband, I pay £46 a month but with that I get a WiFi 6E router and 6E Extender, also have a 4G backup incase the broadband goes down. On my iPhone 15 Pro which is also WiFi 6E I get 930mbps down and 110mbps upload.

@itsLaUziCuh 4 ай бұрын

Virgin now does 2gbps download and 200upload for £84 or you can pay £6 to get same download / upload so £90 for 2000mbps down and up. This is only for XGS PON areas! But you can pay £6 on any xgs plan to get same download and upload like 1gbps down n up for example.

@edc1569 4 ай бұрын

200 upload on a 2g connection, what a joke!

@itsLaUziCuh 4 ай бұрын

@@edc1569 pay £6 for same download and upload on any plan as long as your area is covered by XGS and not docsis.

@michalk5262 3 ай бұрын

exactly!!! proper JOKE! You can get 2.3Gbit/s symmetrical broadband from Yayzi for £50 pm. Virgin sucks!@@edc1569

@damonvickers8885 28 күн бұрын

Virgin customer service is really bad, I’m glad I left virgin, had problems with the broadband couldn’t give me a timeline to fix the issue, they lied to me and about me and also hung up the phone whilst I was trying to get the problem resolved. Best advice AVOID VIRGIN MEDIA AT ALL COSTS

@cyanade 4 ай бұрын

The Smart Hub Plus is suppose to have 2.5Gig ethernet?

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

You would have throught so. The four ports on mine appear to be 1 Gbps each. The WAN port may be the only one that is 2.5Gbps.

@cyanade 4 ай бұрын

@@studioidris I have seen 1.4Gpbs over WIFI from the box so its defiantly 2.5Gig WAN. Is it WIFI 6 or 6E? And also I guess their approach is capacity not speed so it can hold more people on the hub without anybody slowing down.

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

It appears to be WiFi 6, and yes, the 1.6Gbit connection is shared between all ethernet ports, with each port a 1Gbps max connection.

@kev2427 2 ай бұрын

The fact they supply you with a router withiut a multi gig port is ridiculous

@alexcole8173 4 ай бұрын

How was the wireless performance??

@studioidris 3 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, using an iPhone 15 Pro Max close to the router, I can get download speeds of around 790 Mbps and uploads 114 Mbps.

@chriswilliams8121 3 ай бұрын

Rubbish don't swap to ee

@johnsmith-vz4sk 2 ай бұрын

what about comparing with gig2 on virgin ?

@studioidris Күн бұрын

I do not know anyone in my area who has a Gig2 virgin connection, but it is my understanding the virgin product is also good.

@allan612 4 ай бұрын

Virgin do 2gig89 next year double in price 😊

@mikclarke64 Ай бұрын

On Litfiber 500Mbits Up & Down.

@BasJon 2 ай бұрын

I am sadly in a new build area and I may have to wait until the end of 2026 to get full fibre connected 😪 so I am stuck on 56mbps download speed for another 2 years.

@studioidris Күн бұрын

I know how it feels. If a 4G or 5G mobile is available in your area, you can potentially get faster speeds while you wait.

@BasJon Күн бұрын

@@studioidris I am on EE and my mobile signal here is so weak too, so it will be no good, I have complained many times to EE but they say the nearest transmittor is borderline of too far.

@esecallum 3 ай бұрын

whats the point? 20 to 60 megs is fine.,

@ollie8329 2 ай бұрын

If you're an average user that just browses the internet and streams then yes

@chriswilliams8121 3 ай бұрын

Lots of issues with the smart hub plus I would not recommend it to anyone they basically rushed the hub out and EE even admits there's lots of problems like disconnections, WiFi problems, router after a few days stopping all Internet on devices so need to continue to power off and on and the WiFi controls on the app don't work and I have had a further 2 hub replacements and same issues so going back to BT and back to my faultless smart hub 2

@BLX187 3 ай бұрын

Ping was less impressive then expected

@_Rycii 2 ай бұрын

what was the ping

@jordanrockett8877 4 ай бұрын

That is sooooooooo bad that the router has only 1gbps ethernet ports. Sort it out BT

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

I agree. The ethernet ports don't appear to allow LAN aggregation either.

@fwzmhmd 4 ай бұрын

If you live in london, get Community fibre, £25 for 1gb symmetrical. The best broadband i’ve used and you’ll thank me later.

@HA05GER 4 ай бұрын

Wow that's cheap I pay £32 for 600 symmetrical

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

It's great if you have the option of more providers, other than virgin media and BT openreach but sadly for most of us, that is not an option.

@HA05GER 4 ай бұрын

@@studioidris that's rapidly changing with all these providers popping up. I'm with a small company called county broadband the customer service is virtually non existent as you can get hold of anyone but it's the only option for fibre where I live at the moment. Best I can get via the BT line is 60 which for most is fine anyway I only got it to download ps5 games as they just eat space other than that our 60mbps connection was perfect.

@michalk5262 3 ай бұрын

Upload is a joke ! Why no symmetric connection? I have Vodafone full fibre for over 2 years 940mbit/s up and down 👏Avoid VirginMedia at all cost!!! Very bad customer service.

@pedrofortunas 3 ай бұрын

Open reach uses G-PON fiber 2.5Gbps DS 1.25Gbps US they can’t do symmetrical at those speeds. CityFiber, Netomnia and most others AltNets use XGS-PON fibre 10Gbps DS 10Gbps DS but almost of them won’t take full advantage of that except Netomnia YouFiber

@chrcoluk 2 ай бұрын

Two reasons, they using GPON which is quite limited, but also they protecting their ethernet business. They wont want entities migrating from lucrative ethernet products to much cheaper FTTP. Cityfibre as an example do 1gig/1gig on GPON.

@mahammad Ай бұрын

@@pedrofortunasis the latter more expensive to roll out?

@pedrofortunas Ай бұрын

@@mahammad for them yes, because they have to replace all existing fibre. Or they slowly roll it out and use old full-fibre contract profits to pay for it. On average ISPs only start making profit after the 16th month of a consumer contract

@mahammad Ай бұрын

@@pedrofortunas Interesting, I'm assuming they'll use the new version at some point or already do but to simplify their broadband plans they'll restrict everyone to asymmetrical speeds across the nation. Explains why Hyperopic and Community Fibre can do it as they were founded very recently. Or I guess in 10 or 15 years in the future when they do their next iteration of fibre, some places will have symmetrical speeds assuming they allow it. I guess that's what happens when you're the nation's network infrastructure company.

@ONEWAYLEEWAY 4 ай бұрын

I've watched a few of your videos now and why do you always put a picture of yourself with hair in the thumbnail? 😂As for EE, thats a huge oversight only having 1gb Ethernet ports 🤦‍♂️

@studioidris 4 ай бұрын

The thumbnail shows a younger member of our team. 😂

@TheDJFra1 Ай бұрын

It's rubbish ee don't allow you to use your own router, I have a full mesh plugged in but as soon as I queried the speeds I was getting they said they won't fault find it unless I plug in the ee router. Spent weeks arguing with them with even openreach finding my package was incorrect to the house. Then suddenly it improved itself after they investigated it. For info I was only getting 350mb from my 900mb package. Yet when I was with Bt on the 900mb package I got 700-800mb

@maxthemagition 22 күн бұрын

Who needs 1.6Gb/s? 50Mb/s is enough and is provided over the BT copper. Unless of course you play online games which I find a bore. The BT copper line is also more secure and better quality for voice conversations, as well as providing emergency facilities, and does not fail when there is a power cut. Also Fibre is VOIP which really should be free but some providers still charge for TALK useage and rent. Where fibre scores of course is the massive speed and there be the thing.....Why not share one fibre between a whole street or a block of flats...But they don't....They just charge as many customers as possible. 1.6Gb/s divided by 50Mb'/s = 32 customers with perfectly good broadband.

@nigeI 17 күн бұрын

50mb/s is NOT enough, and copper lines are less reliable

@maxthemagition 17 күн бұрын

@@nigeI We’ve been using 50Mb/s and even much less for years using copper lines from a nearby BT road green box and it works wonderfully well. What’s your problem?

@portman8909 7 күн бұрын

You haven’t a scooby dinosaur…

@studioidris Күн бұрын

I agree that a lower broadband speed is reasonable for general day-to-day use. However, a faster broadband speed improves productivity for certain users, such as those who download large numbers of high-resolution video samples for editing or those who have multiple computers at home requiring multiple updates of larger files.

@uwhat1 4 ай бұрын

Virgin throttles popular websites

@nathangroves3177 4 ай бұрын

Not any more they don't. There's no throttling done at all now.

@gintymacginty2783 Ай бұрын

Bit silly providing a smarthub that cannot cope with the line speed.

@edc1569 4 ай бұрын

Virgin is awful, they don’t look after their infrastructure. I’d rather have fibre/openreach at 10% the advertised speed of VM, still works better

@studioidris 3 ай бұрын

Based on my experience, I agree that the EE connection is more reliable, but this could be due to fewer customers subscribing in my area than Virgin.

@nathangroves3177 4 ай бұрын

115mbps up is an absolute joke with those download speeds and pointless for home use. You should build yourself a pfsense box to get full speeds and block EE from seeing your devices.

@dag5421 4 ай бұрын

And yet it is not symetrical.. and it is not 1.6 but 1gbps. Waste of money.

@studioidris 3 ай бұрын

The higher download speed does have its uses for some people, but it is frustrating you currently have to buy your own router to take advantage of it.

@kelbee8974 2 ай бұрын

Can you explain what you mean by "you have to buy your own router" to make the most of the higher download speeds ? Thanks

@studioidris 2 ай бұрын

@@kelbee8974 I have only 1 Gbit ethernet ports on the Smart Hub router that EE supplied when I signed up. If you wanted to use the full 1.6 Gbit on one device, for example, your PC, both your PC and the router would need faster ethernet ports than 1 Gbit to handle this speed. You would likely need to buy a router that has at least a 2.5 Gbit ethernet port.

@kelbee8974 2 ай бұрын

Got it, thank you.

@bruh-ng1ik 2 ай бұрын

@@studioidriswhat a scam. EE needs to seriously up their game and add 2.5GB ethernet ports. 😂