28-09-2023, 10:51 PM
(28-09-2023, 09:18 PM)Neil Jones Wrote: Isn't that router just a repackaged BT one?Plusnet’s Hub 2 is a BT Smart Hub 2 repackaged, yes.
Doesn't the smart two do the same job?
The Plusnet routers (as BT owns Plusnet but runs it at arms length) are repackaged Home Hub's, in fact the Hub 2 is the Smart Hub (or maybe the Smart 2) in new colours and the older Hub One is a repackaged Home Hub 5.
Not that I use ISP routers as I've always used routers I bought myself - I've still got a TalkTalk one they sent me years ago that's never seen the light of day since I was sent it and Plusnet also sent me a Hub Two when I re-contracted even though I never asked for that. Its still in its box.
The new EE Hub, however, is the Smart Hub 3.1 which hasn’t appeared (yet) in a Plusnet or BT Consumer variant. A slightly adapted version is the new hub for BT Business though.
Apparently, it started development as the BT Smart Hub 3 before the branding changes were finalised but is now being released as a “3.1” version, after a slight delay, with those branding changes. The 3.0 original was never launched.
My understanding is the same, that BT will become a business-only (plus legacy customers) brand and everything aimed at the consumer will be EE shortly.