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balsingh's avatar
balsingh
Tuning in
2 days ago

Can I get a Hub 5?

I am on the 125Mb broadband service and if memory serves me rightly, a couple of years ago, VM offered me a Hub 5. For some reason, I missed the deadline and missed the offer.

Since then, I have renewed my contract a couple of times and asked for a Hub 5 but VM are refusing it unless I take up the 1Gb broadband. I told them that I was offered it a while back without the need to upgrade the service but they are denying that would ever have happened.

Currently on a Hub 4 and I'm told the Hub 5 offers up Wifi 6 and has better spread/coverage so I don't need to get a separate router or mesh.

Anyone had any luck getting a Hub 5 on the 125Mb service? Any advise?

Thx in advance

2 Replies

  • legacy1's avatar
    legacy1
    Alessandro Volta
    2 days ago

    You have a hub 4 its not like your in dire need for a hub 5 and VM may not give you a hub 5 if you go 1Gb.

    If you was on a super hub 2 then a hub 5 would be a good jump.

    The wifi on the hub 4 by VM thinking only needs to give you 30Mb in the same room.

    VM hate wifi and they wish they never had to do it so if you want better wifi you can look at better 3rd party routers with 1Gb ports with wifi 6 put hub in modem mode.

  • unisoft's avatar
    unisoft
    Super solver
    2 days ago

    Definitely possible. Either by a promotion, or at contract renewal re-negotiation stage. Explain that you don't get WIFI 6 AX speeds and other ISPs are offering better routers. Outside of this, simply requesting one will just be met with "its for GIG1 customers".

    New customers taking M350 or above get a HUB5 and have done for some time unless a specific stock level issue. For a while, customers taking M250 also got them but not sure if they still do.

    At some point VM will have to move customers onto HUB4 or HUB5's anyway as the HUB3 becomes end of life and no more security patches for its firmware.