BT home hub 5 wankery

Computers & Tech
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Yes when im travelling. But not at home.

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Have a really poor mobile network coverage here.

Irony of being on Everything Everywhere is not lost.

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Wasnā€™t suggesting a permanent solution. I still use normal broadband at home but it would serveTwinky until he gets a new router in the sale tomorrow.

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Obvs I need one compatible with BT lack-of-infinity, but is it a ball ache to connect up? Codes and the like?

If it is a fanny-on, Iā€™ll just go old-skool and buy a couple of magazines for my research.

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:rofl: Research :rofl:

[insert obvious jazz mag/wanking joke here]

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If you buy one of the latest models you should only need your username.

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Ffs, if you can cope with the gas regulations and golf handicaps you will have no problem with Wi-fi codes :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I donā€™t recall anyone ever saying I coped with any of the above! :slight_smile:

I do have a total blackout when it comes to this stuff tho. Lazy on my part I know.

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Ta.

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The BT Home Hub 5 is meant to be good, is that what you have? If not, I would contact BT, tell them off your woes and ask for one.

If you donā€™t fancy doing that, them you could go for the Asus 68 ADSL router, or the D-link 3590, but these are over Ā£100. They are the best midrange routers.

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It is. Well, ours is at least.

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When you switch it off, pull the power plug and wait for 30 seconds before putting it back in. This re-sets your connection at the local exchange. BT are cunts and gradually downgade your service over time as you use it. Doing this re-sets it to maximum again.

Call them and say you are fucked off and going to Virgin or Sky.

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Learn something new every day.

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Haha. Chemtrails.

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I thought so too, but itā€™s actually true, software driven.

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References or links please, as this would be illegal.

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Yes, letā€™s artificially slow these lines down so we piss off our customer base even more and increase our support costs.

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Ring them up and play f**k up. Thatā€™s what I would do.

The other thing you can do is log on to the router using your laptop and set it up yourself. Thatā€™s what I did with Plusnet and itā€™s quick all the time.

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Just use shakti stones on your router and itā€™ll restore full speed.

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Itā€™s actually the opposite, the modem learns what speed can be achieved with maximum stability, so itā€™s quicker after a few days.