Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[PurplePenguin]

Fark me those eero mesh systems are expensive. The seem to be about £300 for a three node system, compared to about £70 for a TP Link deco.

I'm going to try the latter and see whether 2 node hops via wireless actually gives any useful speed.

I need to be able to stream the world cup next year to a projector down by the swimming pool, you see. 🧐

You may need more than two unless you live somewhere quite small. One will go through one wall and possibly two, so you need to work out placement based on that.

 

[briantrumpet]

There are annual increases, but, they are "pre-declared". In my searching of alternatives, there were very few without annual increases.

Seems to be an understanding between all the providers that these rises are going to match each other, adding over 10% over two years' contract in most cases.

 

[First Aspect]

You may need more than two unless you live somewhere quite small. One will go through one wall and possibly two, so you need to work out placement based on that.

Possibly. The hub covers the whole house more or less so three of them for the rest is enough to get an idea. Setting it up will pass as excitement in Cornwall.

 

[BoldonLad]

Possibly. The hub covers the whole house more or less so three of them for the rest is enough to get an idea. Setting it up will pass as excitement in Cornwall.

If it helps:

the supplier TalkTalk Router (a Sagem rebadged unit, dont know exact model) covers our whole house (modern, ie 38 year old) 4-bed detached, and, goes out into garden by a couple of metres.

I already had a Tenda MW3 Mesh system, I have connected that to the new router, the "base" unit is wired to router, one Tenda unit upstairs, and one unit downstairs at rear of house (Conservatory/Sunroom) this has extended cover to end of back garden (about 20 metre long).

So far (6 days in) it all appears to be working fine.

The faster TalkTalk products (ie > 150) come with the erro router

 

[First Aspect]

I can get a glimmer of a signal from the current router to an old wireless booster in the garage. Probably about 20m. They aren't exactly srate of the art. That works fine except the devices think they are two different networks, despite having the se name, which is irritating.

 

[AndyRM]

I can get a glimmer of a signal from the current router to an old wireless booster in the garage. Probably about 20m. They aren't exactly srate of the art. That works fine except the devices think they are two different networks, despite having the se name, which is irritating.

Coverage is only guaranteed in the house, not a garage even if it's attached.

As for the booster thing, it's a stupid quirk of the system that we can only send one out at a time. The ordering process is unbelievably stupid and if you've sent out a returns bag for someone them it'll stop you putting a "proper" order through.

As for the whole BT/EE thing, the plan is to have business customers with BT, residential with EE, and put everyone on home essentials/landline only back on to PlusNet... It's a good dream but it's going to be a nightmare to implement given the issues we've got between BT, heritage and new EE accounts. Factor in OpenReach rolling out fibre cables to replace copper as part of the nationwide Digital Voice programme and it's a wild ride.

AI is getting pushed bigly too, particularly in sales, which is going to make things even more fun.

Oh, but hey, there's going to be an EE Christmas advert for the first time in 12 years, so that's something to look forward to!

 

[AndyRM]

There are annual increases, but, they are "pre-declared". In my searching of alternatives, there were very few without annual increases.

That should have been £24/month, not £25, and, it is a 24 month contract.

Everyone does it. If you're canny with your contract they can be avoided, but it's difficult. It's not so bad if you've only got broadband (£3 increase this year), but if you've got TV (£5) and mobiles (£4 per device depending on which one) it can quickly get very expensive.

Oh and the truly mad thing about putting people from BT to EE is that despite being the same company, I've seen a lot of cases where people have been moved without being told. The best part of that is very often they'll be whacked with held to term charges on the BT account...

 

[Pblakeney]

Coverage is only guaranteed in the house, not a garage even if it's attached.

As for the booster thing, it's a stupid quirk of the system that we can only send one out at a time. The ordering process is unbelievably stupid and if you've sent out a returns bag for someone them it'll stop you putting a "proper" order through.

As for the whole BT/EE thing, the plan is to have business customers with BT, residential with EE, and put everyone on home essentials/landline only back on to PlusNet... It's a good dream but it's going to be a nightmare to implement given the issues we've got between BT, heritage and new EE accounts. Factor in OpenReach rolling out fibre cables to replace copper as part of the nationwide Digital Voice programme and it's a wild ride.

AI is getting pushed bigly too, particularly in sales, which is going to make things even more fun.

Oh, but hey, there's going to be an EE Christmas advert for the first time in 12 years, so that's something to look forward to!

I had a look and it’s even more maddening.
EE wanted an extra £10/month for the same service as BT, with the same incoming increases.
Eh, no thanks!