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[Mr.OmegaMan]

How do i go about buying one or getting one free. I'm with BT for broadband and currently have a Home Hub 3 with latest software according to BT who could check over the phone apparently and as they can see its working i doubt i'll get the HB4 for free 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Presuming its worth the bother to get it 

[Nickbat]

How do i go about buying one or getting one free. I'm with BT for broadband and currently have a Home Hub 3 with latest software according to BT who could check over the phone apparently and as they can see its working i doubt i'll get the HB4 for free 

I had a Home Hub 3. I phoned up to get a Home Hub 4 and all it required was signing up to a new contract period.

Edit: I just remembered that I am on BT Infinity, so that may make a difference.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

How do i go about buying one or getting one free. I'm with BT for broadband and currently have a Home Hub 3 with latest software according to BT who could check over the phone apparently and as they can see its working i doubt i'll get the HB4 for free 

I had a Home Hub 3. I phoned up to get a Home Hub 4 and all it required was signing up to a new contract period.

Edit: I just remembered that I am on BT Infinity, so that may make a difference.

I believe i'm on the standard unlimited broadband package... Let me know if you feel the HB4 is better 

[Jimbob]

couple of clicks lets you buy one for £35 iirc.

Yours may already be faulty....Set up some port forwarding and test it...if it doesnt work ring em up and ask for an improved model (may just get HH3 rev B though)

[Mr.OmegaMan]

couple of clicks lets you buy one for £35 iirc.

Yours may already be faulty....Set up some port forwarding and test it...if it doesnt work ring em up and ask for an improved model (may just get HH3 rev B though)

Wouldn't mind £35... But £109 

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-home-hub-4--bt-infinity-customers--8P1X.html#reviews

Will give them a call again tomorrow trouble is they put you through the the Indian call centre very frustrating talking to them with a welsh accent...   

[Nickbat]

How do i go about buying one or getting one free. I'm with BT for broadband and currently have a Home Hub 3 with latest software according to BT who could check over the phone apparently and as they can see its working i doubt i'll get the HB4 for free 

I had a Home Hub 3. I phoned up to get a Home Hub 4 and all it required was signing up to a new contract period.

Edit: I just remembered that I am on BT Infinity, so that may make a difference.

I believe i'm on the standard unlimited broadband package... Let me know if you feel the HB4 is better 

The kids were experiencing a few drop-outs on the Wi-Fi with the HH3 but, thus far, the dual-band HH4 seems to be working fine as I haven't heard a peep from them. (I use the cabled LAN).

[Jimbob]

Deffo £35
Login to My Bt,
My Broadband
Home Hub 4
Bt Home Hub

£35 saving £74 on retail.

IF you cant blag it

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Deffo £35
Login to My Bt,
My Broadband
Home Hub 4
Bt Home Hub

£35 saving £74 on retail.

IF you cant blag it

Thanks Jim. Aye i'll try and get it free first of all, If not £35 ain't bad

[Mr.OmegaMan]

How do i go about buying one or getting one free. I'm with BT for broadband and currently have a Home Hub 3 with latest software according to BT who could check over the phone apparently and as they can see its working i doubt i'll get the HB4 for free 

I had a Home Hub 3. I phoned up to get a Home Hub 4 and all it required was signing up to a new contract period.

Edit: I just remembered that I am on BT Infinity, so that may make a difference.

I believe i'm on the standard unlimited broadband package... Let me know if you feel the HB4 is better 

The kids were experiencing a few drop-outs on the Wi-Fi with the HH3 but, thus far, the dual-band HH4 seems to be working fine as I haven't heard a peep from them. (I use the cabled LAN).

 

That's me sold then 

Going by a few forums the iPhone 5 will work better on the HB4 hopefully true as its almost faster on 3G over WiFi when there's a strong 3G signal..

[Jimbob]

Is your HH3 rev A or B?

Ive had B, and had no probs with dropouts, or speed on various devices incuding iphone 5's
Had a rev A as a warrenty replacement (unneeded but they inisted)  lasted a matter of hours before it went back and I got another rev B out of them.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Is your HH3 rev A or B?

Ive had B, and had no probs with dropouts, or speed on various devices incuding iphone 5's
Had a rev A as a warrenty replacement (unneeded but they inisted)  lasted a matter of hours before it went back and I got another rev B out of them.

Not sure, How could i check .. But this is my 2nd Home Hub 3 the first lasted a few months before it died, This one now has been sound.

[Jimbob]

Label on the back

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Label on the back

Type A 

[Jimbob]

in that case, set up port forwarding, pick a port like 21 (ftp) and tell it to forward to your pc.
disable your firewall in windows
then run a port scan ( http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/port-scan/ )
when it scans port 21, and doesnt find it open, you know your router is faulty...now ring bt to complain
tell them you want to run a server but cant as the HH is not forwarding properly.  they should replace it...what with, however is anyones guess, could be the rev b model, or could be a 4.