BT Home Hub

[pasty]

Hmmm.. just had a knock on the door, and BT have sent me a free upgrade to their Home Hub thingumybob. Didn't know anything about it until I checked my old btinternet email address which I never ever use !

I have no idea what it does, if it improves anything or anything at all about it really. Anyone use one and like/dislike it ? Is it worth me installing ?

 

[pasty]

Anyone ?

 

[severnside gull]

Obviously a popular piece of kit innit? Maybe that says it all
I've seen it on telly but have no knowledge of it at all

Sorry

 

[clippedgull]

What is the BT Home Hub?

BT's Home HubBT has a plan - and that's to get a Home Hub into everyone's house. As we'll be hearing lots more about the Home Hub in coming months, the FrequencyCast team thought we'd give you a guide as to what the BT Home Hub is all about, and why BT would like your home to have one.

Essentially, the BT Home Hub is intended to be the main connection point between BT's phone and broadband system in the outside world, to the way your home communicates - home phone, mobile phone, wireless networking, broadband Internet and television services, with home security due soon too. In a nutshell, here's what the BT Home Hub is:

* A Broadband router - Allowing high-speed ADSL broadband connection to the Internet from home computers, laptops and games consoles (such as the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox or Sony's PS2 / PS3). Intended for use with BT Total Broadband
* A Wi-fi access point - Supporting the connection of equipment that has wireless capability. This includes some PDAs and laptops, wi-fi webcams and even our old friend, the Nabaztag
* Internet calls - Supports phone calls made over the Internet, for cheaper calling with BT Broadband Talk
* Cordless Phone - Connects with the BT Hub Phone 1010 digital cordless DECT phone (From BT Shop)
* Video Phone - Works with the BT Video Phone 1000 (From BT Shop)
* Fusion: Works with the BT phone package, BT Fusion
* TV: Designed for use with BT's digital TV service, BT Vision
* Home Security: Will interface with a new home security service due later

 

[severnside gull]

What is the BT Home Hub?

BT's Home HubBT has a plan - and that's to get a Home Hub into everyone's house. As we'll be hearing lots more about the Home Hub in coming months, the FrequencyCast team thought we'd give you a guide as to what the BT Home Hub is all about, and why BT would like your home to have one.

Essentially, the BT Home Hub is intended to be the main connection point between BT's phone and broadband system in the outside world, to the way your home communicates - home phone, mobile phone, wireless networking, broadband Internet and television services, with home security due soon too. In a nutshell, here's what the BT Home Hub is:

* A Broadband router - Allowing high-speed ADSL broadband connection to the Internet from home computers, laptops and games consoles (such as the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox or Sony's PS2 / PS3). Intended for use with BT Total Broadband
* A Wi-fi access point - Supporting the connection of equipment that has wireless capability. This includes some PDAs and laptops, wi-fi webcams and even our old friend, the Nabaztag
* Internet calls - Supports phone calls made over the Internet, for cheaper calling with BT Broadband Talk
* Cordless Phone - Connects with the BT Hub Phone 1010 digital cordless DECT phone (From BT Shop)
* Video Phone - Works with the BT Video Phone 1000 (From BT Shop)
* Fusion: Works with the BT phone package, BT Fusion
* TV: Designed for use with BT's digital TV service, BT Vision
* Home Security: Will interface with a new home security service due later

Chances of that working?

 

[pasty]

What is the BT Home Hub?

BT's Home HubBT has a plan - and that's to get a Home Hub into everyone's house. As we'll be hearing lots more about the Home Hub in coming months, the FrequencyCast team thought we'd give you a guide as to what the BT Home Hub is all about, and why BT would like your home to have one.

Essentially, the BT Home Hub is intended to be the main connection point between BT's phone and broadband system in the outside world, to the way your home communicates - home phone, mobile phone, wireless networking, broadband Internet and television services, with home security due soon too. In a nutshell, here's what the BT Home Hub is:

* A Broadband router - Allowing high-speed ADSL broadband connection to the Internet from home computers, laptops and games consoles (such as the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox or Sony's PS2 / PS3). Intended for use with BT Total Broadband
* A Wi-fi access point - Supporting the connection of equipment that has wireless capability. This includes some PDAs and laptops, wi-fi webcams and even our old friend, the Nabaztag
* Internet calls - Supports phone calls made over the Internet, for cheaper calling with BT Broadband Talk
* Cordless Phone - Connects with the BT Hub Phone 1010 digital cordless DECT phone (From BT Shop)
* Video Phone - Works with the BT Video Phone 1000 (From BT Shop)
* Fusion: Works with the BT phone package, BT Fusion
* TV: Designed for use with BT's digital TV service, BT Vision
* Home Security: Will interface with a new home security service due later

WTF ? Are you speaking English ? I'm not very good at all this modern technology.

 

[Cian]

Its an unreliable, ugly looking bad repalcement for the 2500v. They fail, a lot. I had customers who had EIGHT of them and it was only out eight months when I left BT!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The only person I know who has a homehub had big problems with BT failing to ensure it worked for her. But then again, who has had a stress-free encounter with internet companies?

 

[Cian]

The only person I know who has a homehub had big problems with BT failing to ensure it worked for her. But then again, who has had a stress-free encounter with internet companies?

...generally, its impossible to ensure that a home hub works, because they're a pile of shite! Problem is that theres no "proper" routers left in BT stocks, or at least all that was left in January was the 220V - which is virtually featureless.

 

[trueblue]

My home hub works fine for internet. Only other thing it's used for is the internet phone, which is hopeless. Most of the time it won't connect unless you restart the whole thing and, frankly, I can't be arsed.

 

[Cian]

My home hub works fine for internet. Only other thing it's used for is the internet phone, which is hopeless. Most of the time it won't connect unless you restart the whole thing and, frankly, I can't be arsed.

And BT Vision, which regularly just stops working.

It also works as a print server, but BT won't tell anyone that because it causes it to crash more often...

 

[withdeanwombat]

Use mine for internet only,and after the telephone engineer came and twiddled about with the lines in my house(£35) it does that OK.Strangely,just today I had a call from another part of BT offering me the Homehub again.Free.If I accept another contract.I said,Hang on,I've got one ,he said OOPS I don't have access to your records.

Eh?

How do you fix BT?

 

[Cian]

Eh?

How do you fix BT?

I don't know, thats why I left

 

[Booley]

Got the home hub and all is well with it.
Just ordered BT Vision for 30 quid so will see how it all goes!
Fingers crossed

 

[Hiney]

Ive got the Business one - BT2700HGV.

Works a treat.

 

[NMH]

I think I have a fairly up-to-date bt hub. Not the one with the i-phone in it though.

Sometimes, you actually do have to 'turn it off and back on again', but not often.

I've had to troubleshoot it a couple of times in 9 months, to reset it - or my control panel - to make it work again.
Usually though, it's fine.