Upgrading to Full Fibre but still the same hub?

[stejo]

Hi All,

Been with sky for many years on a FTTC connection but full fibre is now available so ordered a 500mbps connection for install next month. They've told me I don't need a new router as the one I have is "good enough" for the connection. It's about 3 years old and doesn't support wifi 6. Think it's the SR203.

Will I still get fast wifi speeds to my devices or are they supposed to send the newer white hub? 

Also can anyone recommend a cheap but good access point I can plug in directly to the ONT to replace the old hub, assuming this is possible on Sky? 

[TimmyBGood]

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@stejo wrote:

Will I still get fast wifi speeds to my devices or are they supposed to send the newer white hub? 

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The Sky Broadband Hub is compatible with both FTTP and Sky Talk Internet Calls.  

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@stejo wrote:

Also can anyone recommend a cheap but good access point I can plug in directly to the ONT to replace the old hub, assuming this is possible on Sky? 

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That has to be a router, not a wireless access point.  The ONT itself is effectively a modem and doesn't route, run DHCP or resolve DNS.

[Chrisee · Accepted solution]

@stejo the SR203 will deliver WiFi speeds up to 600Mb/s without issue you do not need WIFi6 for Ultrafast+. I have used both the SR203 and tge new white SR213 with my Ultrafast+ service and in my main living area the rwo easily meant my devices could access the full bandwidth over WiFi. In roome slightly further away the newer hub was a whisker faster but neither hubs gave me sufficently fast WIFi in more distant rooms on different levels.

I tried Sky's WiFi Max bundle but found even with 2 booster pods (these are WiFi5 units but thecsystem is triband) that speeds were lower than my cheap 3 unit Deco M4 system (over 200Mb/s in every room) . I therefore rejected the WiFi Max bundle but kept the SR213. I do not have Sky Q but if you still use that system the new hub is not compatable so there are some compromises basically you lose the use of the  wifi hot spots from the Q boxes.

To be honest I dont think you are missing much you can buy a third party router Asus ones connect via the ONT but you lose the voice line which requires a Sky hub. The hubs work fine for me as routers but my Deco set up running in access point mode provides the WiFi.

[stejo]

Many thanks @Chrisee you've put my mind at rest with that info! Least keeping the "old" hub will save me from having to reconfigure every device in the house.

I don't use Sky talk so will consider an Asus only if I have issues. 

Cheers!