Volt upgrade, lack of wi-fi coverage, alternative router?

[rafaellomo]

Hello all,

I am O2 customer as well as Virgin Media customer. I have asked both parties about a potential upgrade from 500Mb, but Virgin Customer Service said that my broadband is still not active and I need to wait for 7 days for it to activate?

It is weird, as it was activated yesterday, and I am texting from it right now.

I believe, that if upgrade from Volt would go trough, I would get 1Gbit, and a new router (currently Hub 3). That leads to another problem.

Flat is quite tiny, but going from living room to my bedroom gives me only 2 bars on 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi, and no signal from 5Ghz.

Would potential Hub 4.0 (5.0?) be helpful in that matter? Or should I think of getting a new router and using Hub just as a modem. If so, what would be your reccomendations? I am quite tight on the budget, so was thinking of getting something for up to 50 GBP, most likely used. OpenWrt or Tomato would be a really nice bonus.

Thank you for the advice and help! And I hope that one of the VM staff will also help me with going trough with the Volt upgrade!

[BenMcr]

Although you would get the Hub 4 as part of Gig1, as a Volt customer you also can get the Intelligent WiFi Plus Pods which are designed to help extend the coverage of WiFi.

These work with the Hub 3 as well as the 4 so you don't need to upgrade to get them, just be on a Volt bundle.

[Witter87]

I bought this router and set it up when my 200mbps broadband package was connected yesterday and it gives me brilliant coverage and speed all over the house

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JGTCSXZ/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_E6J113XQKRA92NAMCKAR?_encoding=UTF8...

[rafaellomo]

Good deal! I wonder if it would be suitable for 1Gbit in the (hopefully near) future as well

[Witter87]

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@rafaellomo wrote:

Good deal! I wonder if it would be suitable for 1Gbit in the (hopefully near) future as well

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It has speeds up to 3000mbps 

[legacy1]

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@Witter87 wrote:

It has speeds up to 3000mbps 

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Which is meaningless but has 1Gb ports but can it NAT WAN to LAN at that speed is the question.  

[rafaellomo]

And Huawei has got Huawei's spyware with calling home constantly... 

Would this be a better option? 

Tenda AC23 AC2100 Smart WiFi Router - Dual Band Gigabit Wireless (up to 2033 Mbps), 1400 sq ft Cover...

Or RX3 from the same listing?

[Witter87]

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@rafaellomo wrote:

And Huawei has got Huawei's spyware with calling home constantly... 

Would this be a better option? 

Tenda AC23 AC2100 Smart WiFi Router - Dual Band Gigabit Wireless (up to 2033 Mbps), 1400 sq ft Cover...

Or RX3 from the same listing?

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What does spyware with calling home mean? the router you posted looks good too so you could get that and it will be better than the virgin media hub

[gnome]

You could consider using a powerline kit to get wired and/or wifi into other parts of the house