FTTH Router Coverage Within the Home

Jenmckm

Hi, we're currently with Pure for our FTTH 500 but need to move provider due to price increase. My question - is there any discernible difference between the routers supplied by the other companies (we're looking at possibly Digiweb, Sky or Vodafone) in terms of how well the signal is delivered throughout the house?

The router that we have with Pure only covers around 50% or so of the ground floor of our house (all our walls and floors are concrete, which doesn't help) and I use a TP Link extender which only just manages to extend it to the upstairs rooms. Digiweb's router sounds like it might be a bit more promising - any opinions or experiences with the different routers?

MBSnr

Is the box from Pure not a Fritzbox?

The Fritzbox 7530 supplied by Digiweb has been rock solid for me. Simple easy interface and good wifi coverage. You can also buy a 2nd hand re-furb 7530 off Digiweb for 50 Euro and put that as a repeater in the house. It can join the 7530 master as part of a wifi mesh, meaning it can hand over wifi devices between the Fritzbox depending on strength of signal as you move about the house. I've a few setup this way and get nearly the full internet speed via these mesh repeaters.

Jenmckm

Thanks - our Pure router is a F2000. We’ve been with Pure quite a while and I naively didn’t think to check whether they offered a better router. The Digiweb mesh solution sounds like it could be a good option for us then, especially if it would save the hassle of constantly switching between the router and the TP Link extender

pizzahead77

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121740860#Comment_121740860

Pure are still providing rebadged eir F3000 routers on open eir connections (I just signed up to them last month and got one)

Jenmckm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121741222#Comment_121741222

How are you finding the WiFi coverage with your router, out of interest?

pizzahead77

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121744581#Comment_121744581

I don't know what the coverage is like with it - I run my own Unifi setup connected directly to the ONT