BT Home Hub

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54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful

sghawken

Member since 31/10/2005

Reviews written: 993

New Yes, Better... In a Pig's Eye 26/09/2008

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages It looks nice, more subtle in most surroundings
Disadvantages Signal, reliability, compatability

When this summer BT launched their new version 2 Home Hub in stylish black the world, well BT Internet users were fairly excited. Not only was the new hub in a much desired colour, it boasted better reliability and twice the transmission distance of the original hub, to highlight this distance BT launched a new series of adverts featuring My Family actor Kris Marshall (fresh from a very nasty accident) experiencing the pain of distance separating him from his partner, a relationship that has played out over the last four years in adverts, the question being will the new hub keep them together ... more
70 of 70 Ciao users found the following review helpful

phoenixgreen

Beam me up Scotty! 10/01/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages Wireless, its wonderful! Looks syoopa too!!!
Disadvantages price - notg cheap, but you get it free with upgrades and first time orders!

Bt Total Broadband Equipment - Home Hub Review I've had Bt Broadband for a long time now, and when the new hub equiptment came out I jumped at the chance of upgrading my connection system. I'm not an overly technical person, so this is not an overly technical review, but I hope it helps! Bt Total Broadband comes with free equipment if you order it online - and with Option 2 this means a Home Hub, and with Option 3, you get the Home Hub, plus a phone for use with the free service Broadband Talk, which is VOIP - basically where you can make phone calls over the internet and still use your ... more
19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful

arry2007uk

BT Home Hub - mediocore but not without its uses 30/01/2008

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages It works!
Disadvantages Cheaply made but expensive to buy, can get free from BT

The BT Home Hub is a Wireless Broadband Router from British Telecom. It's IEEE 802.11b standard (best known under its marketing name WiFi) and features compatibiliy with a wide range of other WiFi devices. Though not the first of BT's broadband devices it does happen to significantly mark the provider's departure from traditional telecommunications and towards a modern media and internet communication. The Hub connects using the standard ADSL connection and supports VoIP (Voice over Inernet Protocol - basically internet calling) and is compatible with a wide range of existing handsets. The ... more
24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful

katykicker

Member since 11/12/2005

Reviews written: 1375

Version 2.0 BT Home Hub 21/10/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Easy To Setup, Free On Certain Packages.
Disadvantages None.

When I moved recently I established that I couldn’t keep my current internet service provider so I contacted BT to take out one of their packages. The service was switched on for me and I received a pack in the post which included this BT Home Hub 2.0. The Home Hub was well packaged with protective plastic on it to prevent it from scratches and it seems like since I peeled this off that it took on a coating of dust that is almost always there now. The Home Hub 2.0 is black and has a curved shape to it meaning that it’s quite inoffensive and just sits on an end table nicely without being too ... more
20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Sunnysmiles

Member since 22/07/2005

Reviews written: 534

Get connected 27/09/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages faster surfing no loss of connection
Disadvantages none so far

I've had my BT homehub for about four months now as I used to be a customer of aol, but living in a rural area I found that aol couldn't provide the service I wanted and I was constantly getting kicked off the internet, which is very frustration if your writting a review or trying to buy something online, or bidding on an item on ebay. So, I changed to BT and can honestly say I have never been kicked off or lost connection since I installed the BT homehub. To get a BT homehub all you have to do is cancel your subscription with your service provider and you need to give a number from your old ... more
24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful

tmlfc1

BT RUBBISH HOME HUB 21/11/2007

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages PRETTY FLASHING LIGHTS
Disadvantages CONSTANT BREAKDOWN

I had a BT line installed purely to get broadband after many years of dial up modems and slow downloads.My cable phone was two years away from installing such equipment within my postcode so as you can imagine i was rather excited when the phone line was put in.I then received my box and was like a kid at christmas. The Product...... I had signed up with BT on a minimum contract of 12 months which i thought was reasonable and had chosen the option 3 unlimited download package for £18 for the first six months.Thereafter it went up to £24 a month which i still thought was ok considering i got a ... more
87 of 87 Ciao users found the following review helpful

donf18

Member since 30/11/2000

Reviews written: 815

Nice but nothing special 17/12/2008

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages All in one
Disadvantages Too pricey

I have recently had a lot of problems with my Sweex router and my son has very sporadic connection to the internet, which actually costs him money since he paid for a years subscription to Xbox live. Although there was no urgency on my behalf since my connection was still Ok I thought I'd better further investigate and resolve the problem. A stroke of luck a colleague had just had a Telewest, ooops sorry Virgin Media router fitted and was surplus one BT home Hub, which he had previously received from his brother. Since it hadn't cost him anything he passed it on for the same price………zilch ... more
11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful

kimberley1986

Member since 12/09/2005

Reviews written: 58

Bt Future 15/09/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages Wireless
Disadvantages Sometimes cuts out

We got the BT Home Hub when we moved in and it is an OK product. I find that with it being wireless internet or used with a lan cable is a great option to have, as it is wireless you have the internet throughtout the house in all room's to use your laptop or pc with. It has automatic updates to give the best optimum output for the internet at the present time of using it. It is great for connect alot of devices to the wireless hub, computer, laptop, and game console's that can connect to WIFI. I have found a few times that if you leave the internet on and go out for a few hour's and come back ... more
10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful

yelliat

The BT Home Hub 08/06/2007

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages Its free with some packages.
Disadvantages It is abysmal.

This is one of the worst products I have ever had the misfortune to use. When it first arrived, it was immediately evident that it would be annoying, there are 5 constantly on and flashing lights that are too bright, and also no useful lights to show network activity as would be present on a normal router. The interface of the router (http://192.168.1.254) is atrocious. Its poorly laid out, is not at all simple to use and can be very, very slow. Another problem is the regular development of errors with the Hub. It will seemingly at random disconnect wireless devices, disable one or both of the ... more
14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful

BazzaBoyT

Member since 01/11/2010

Reviews written: 51

The brilliance soon reflected elsewhere... 02/11/2010

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages Looks sleek but that's about the best of it (would also commend customer service and handset)
Disadvantages Sadly poor connection and restrictions on file transfer

Sadly I have not had the best of experience with the BT homehub and sadly the greatest reward I have received by spending eighteen pounds a month on broadband has not been brilliant service or super fast internet - it was the free wireless (which caused problens later on which I will elaborate on later) Firstly the set up was rather laborious and time consuming, I encounter many problems with the position of the homehub so I will recommend anyone who is about to spend half their evening attempting to improve their signal to move their BT homehub away from any mirrors. Now I totally agrees that ... more