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Wondering that as well. Virgin Hubs wifi is brutal

That's an issue! What's the likelihood of receiving it earlier?

That's what I was going to ask too (y) 🏻

Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 months :/

Any good for the awful Virgin Hub 3.0 to replace the WiFi and use the Virgin Hub in modem mode?

If you don't mind me asking, which ISP were you with before? And comparing the two (or more past ones), how does NowBB fare? A simple & inexpensive network switch (£5-10) will solve the low number of ethernet ports btw (I got a brand-new 5-port TP-Link one for just £2 on eBay recently from a local seller).

Did it track automatically? I ordered last week and still cashback hasn’t tracked via quidco.

I've had now broadband for nearly 3 months and speed and service has been great. No issues. Got £70 cashback too. Only downside the router has two ethernet ports other than that no complaints.

Has anyone had any problems with now broadband ?

Free (y)

i agree this is what firmware i use to run my cyberghost vpn and it works fine

The GLi routers are good (I am using an AR300M running openvpn), but it appears flashed with Openwrt (https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/nexx/wt3020 ), in the right hands this could do pretty much everything a GLi router would do, at less than half the price. I thought the GLi routers were cheap (and amazing value)... This router appears to have previously been reincarnated as the Shellfire box, see https://www.bestvpn.com/review/shellfire-box/ In terms of vpn speed, those Shellfire figures put this in the same ballpark as the yellow GLi MT400n (I know since I had one), unsurprising since they have more or less the same cpu. Anyhow it is so cheap I bought one just for fun (and perhaps for travelling). Cheers OP! (y)

whatever you do make sure you also install breed https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/nexx/wt3020 so you've got a back up when it comes to flashing as this is a key bit of software to use if you ever partly brick it alos if you want to use a vpn i would suggest checking out ROOter from https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/firmware.html

Bought it for an easier way to connect to a VPN at home for the TV instead of changing the router back to the UK all the time.

Just be careful buying from this atrocious company. They have not bothered to let me know that they would not be able to fulfil an order I had placed with them until I contacted enquiring about it and have so far been not forthcoming with a refund and so I opened a dispute with Paypal

just cancel the contract now or that's going just cancel the contract now or that's going to be your life for the foreseeable future, should be able to back out via ofcom as they clearly aren't capable of delivering any viable/usable service - shop around for a company that works. I left in 2008 because the company was exactly the same, I have no idea how they survived a decade since, I hear they keep getting bought out though to stay existing

I have only been with them a week, still no active phone line and the broadband comes and goes, I had a full week off work last week and wasted the whole week arguing for hours and hours with these people, their technology department that you get passed to is a foreign call centre that is full of people reading from a scripted book and can't even help you, I spent an hour and 10 mins talking to a woman who you could actually hear flicking the pages of the book, and all we did in the 70 mins was turn the router on then off, on, then on etc at the end of the call she said she couldn't help me and I would have to ring back another day. For anyone reading this DONT sign up with Talk Talk you will regret it.

Two weeks ago I switched to Talk Talk fast broadband (ADSL) for £17 per month on a 12 month contract with free router. I thought it was strange to have a 12 mth contract cheaper than the 18 mth but I'm happy to switch again when contract expires. My d/l speed is 5-10‰ faster than previous provider and, more importantly, the connection is stable and constant. With previous provider, connection would drop every few minutes starting at the same time every day. Was with them for 12 years and this started within last 2 years so it's clearly their doing. Happy with Talk Talk so far. Everything they have said would happen has happened and as planned. Early days but no problems so far. This deal is for 'regular' ADSL, not fibre. There are still many of us that can not get cable or fibre at our residences, unfortunately.

Bt who I'd been with for many tens of years and had fttc with them for a number of years used to charge me over twice the price talktalk charge. Line rental and 76mb fibre is £25 per month while BT were around £19 for line rental alone with another around £30 for 76mb fttc. They wouldn't deal with me and even said my price would increase by 50p if I dropped my speed (since everyone was getting free upgrades if their line was capable then anyway.) Not that Talktalk have a clue and I've had problems since switching with speeds dropping etc, The latest thing is my max attainable keeps dropping and has gone from 96mbps to 80mbps with my sync dropping from 79mbps to 68mbps.

Sweet. I will look in to this. Thanks!

It's not a dispute - it's a fact...

It runs on the regular AC5300, but not the GT-AC5300 (last I saw there were no plans to ever support it). It's bad naming by ASUS as the two are internally quite different.

You can plug your Virgin cable into a potato and it will give better signal strength than the SuperHub3.0

Is it a specific version/revision number of this router that you're referring to? I have this router (AC5300 from Amazon) and definitely have Merlin WRT running on it: https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AC5300/ Bargain at this price, got my second one recently for £240 and thought that was cheap. Voted hot.

I’m not going to get into that dispute as you’re also ruling out anyone without a high-end PC and a high throughput card doesn’t always equal lower latency which is the key factor.

Yup, many of us non Vermin Meagre got the £20 deal last Black Friday

The unlimited data on virgin seems to only be available for virgin tv customers?

I should add- I cancelled this and took the £20 virgin deal that allows tethering

Too expensive This deal is available for £20 you just need to push them if you are an existing customer

Works well for me as only get 2Mbps adsl Broadband and no chance of fibre. Getting over 100Mps with this using an external aerial, I just wish they would give a bit more allowance. If your are in the Republic of Ireland Three give you unlimited for 30Euro/mnth

Thanks but pretty sure we already got it. It isn’t lolz is it.

Nice spot. Good price and a very useful tool.

The deal had the "groups\tags" Computer and Router added so it came up in the wrong sections, the Mods have now removed these along with some of the toxic comments that were in the post.

how come whenever these barebone tools come up I think "i must buy this" even though I have no need for a router. Good price though

I own one of these. Good and very powerful bit of kit and it doesn’t destroy the battery which was surprising lol. However, it’ll be wise to invest in the larger base to it as it can be very difficult to keep it flat with the small base that it comes with (y) be warned: buying this makes it mighty tempting to buy an expensive router bit set! (lol)

My Currys order was delivered yesterday. A few issues when trying to initially set up after a firmware update, unable to reconnect to the satellite unit. I did a factory reset then managed to set up okay. Great signal and speeds everywhere :D

Genuine question: why would I pay this much for this when I can get the BT home for a lot less?

Google WiFi is a good option go Paid like £250 for a three pack last year

Bought on on prime. Nice bit of kit but I have few issues with it: Old laptop on 2ghz drops the connection, pain if I use this for work as I need a constant connection. (Going to google when I get a chance) The plug, its a beast and assumes that the socket is not near the ground, mine is on the skirting, so needs an adapter - poor design. Lastly the phone app is crap, couldn't pair my units when they were in the same room! Web app works fine. I now have no dead spots in the house -3 storey victorian, if fact its just about full signal everywhere.

These are amazing....all previous issues has all been ironed out a few firmwares back. had them for about a year and no problems at all. Simple to set up and due to size of property had to add an extra plug satellite (RBW 30) to fully cover. getting max package speeds with very little latency at the furthest point. Only gripe was not to be able to split the bands but managed to sort that out.

Not sure how these compare to the tenda MW3 setup...but I got a pack of 3 of them last week for £90 on Amazon and they are incredibe! Wiped out 3 blackspots and internet seems much more responsive.

What's the speed/throughput like with the LRs?

I just know it works and leave the Voodoo to the product designers.

My understanding is that each Ubi access point is only really as strong as the best of other routers such as HH6, but that they are one of the few providers who have got the weak signal handover right between multiple access points, so that adding more access points actually works?

HH6 was giving single ‘bar’ in some rooms. Patchy coverage in the garden. Now I have full strength in all rooms and garden coverage. (Smart plug for outdoor lights) If I want better in the garden I’ll get an LR which has greater reach. Each AP is at opposing ends of the house, though both on rear side. Front garden suffers a bit because of it but the frequent use areas have the coverage.

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I wouldn’t recommend personally. The connection would drop every 15 minutes or so for me for atleast a minute. Switched to PIA and have had a constant stable connection since. + it wasn’t easy getting a refund when I told torguard of this^ + they promise no logging but do + rubbish download speeds + leaky dns so useless for privacy + quick google will show lots of users complain they can’t use Netflix with this vpn

If this offers VPN servers in Phillipines, Argentina and Russia, I'm in - I want to make use of the cheap Spotify, Netflix and Xbox deals!

Good deal on the vpn and router, I bought this router a couple of weeks ago from China and installed Wi-fi pineapple firmware on it and it holds up well

Does this work for existing customers?