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londonTiger

AJXX wrote: »

takman is correct, 2 years ago when we had Infinity installed an engineer came out, changed the master socket faceplate, installed the OR modem and BT HH 3, tested speeds, made sure it was all working and off he went.

About 6 months ago we re-contracted and as part of our negotiation we wanted brand new BT YouView box (as we had an older Humax which constantly crashed) and we also wanted the HH 5 for the better Wi-Fi capabilities - BT agreed to this without any hassle (although our monthly spend with BT is into treble figures).

When HH 5 was received it's a case of simply plugging it into the phone line - the BT OR equipment/modem is no longer required as it's built into the HH itself.

I suppose we're lucky, as I've always thought ADSL micro-filters hanging out walls look awful and performance can be suspect with the cheapo ones.

But anyway Infinity appears to be self install these days.

well you're lucky that you already have the fibre faceplate.

Plustnet would have given you an engineer visit (not that you needed it as you already have the faceplate). They use the cheapie technicolor router with OR modem until last winter when they supplied an allinone system.

Not a fan of the allinone systems prefer the OR modem.

OR modem sorts the fibre and you can use a much more expensive router to connect up all devices. I found that the HH5 does not have great range compared to half decent tp-link aftermart routers. for goodness sake the hh5 antannae are printed on copper wires on the circuit board.

I haven't been able to get the HH5 to work as a modem only either - I read it was possible but it just didnt work for me.