Hi I’m just wondering if this is something that will be looked at going forward and follow in EE’s footsteps and offers wifi 7 hardware.
I would have thought they would be when there is actual demand for it. At the moment the Wi-Fi seven is still incredibly new to the point where not many devices actually Support it, Plus, there’s not that much advantage of Wi-Fi 6E at the moment, In my opinion, anyway. Only device is made within the last year Support Wi-Fi, seven fully.
I only have one device in my house that is Wi-Fi 7 capable, Which is my iPhone 16 pro.
We’re testing currently 
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Nice one, I’m happy to help with testing.
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That’s a catch 22 though.
There may not demand for it yet but then that’s partly due to the lack of routers available. If routers are commonplace in the home then companies will have to start releasing WiFi 7 devices to keep up.
New phones are already starting to come with WiFi 7 anyway.
It is actually a decent upgrade by the way. Double the channel bandwidth and the ability to use multiple bands at once (MLO) is a massive improvement over previous WiFi standards and if we’re all upgrading to multi-gig fibre then it is definitely something that needs to be in the latest routers.
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Yes, you have a point
I’ve not had a U6E to compare against, however I know it’s a massive upgrade over Wi-Fi AC At least, I just know it was expensive, Just for one Wi-Fi, seven access point was £180.
Yeah, it’s never cheap to be a part of the bleeding edge when it comes to tech. I paid £500 for my Deco XE75 Pro kit not long after I had shelled out £300 for my AX6000 router 
That said, prices are coming down quickly and MSI just launched their Roamii BE Lite kit - 2 WiFi 7 mesh nodes for £270.
They’re only basic with WiFi speeds of 5Gbps and only one port is 2.5Gbps ethernet but it’s not bad if you want to upgrade to WiFi 7 on a “budget”.
I’m waiting for the Deco BE65 triple kit to come down from £600…
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I applied for a switch from Virgin to Yayzi a couple of days ago for 1.2 Gig Pro package. I ordered TP-LINK BE550 Wi-Fi 7 Tri-Band router. I currently have only a phone for WiFi 7 technology but I believe lots of bandwidth with this router will help me. It is £199 on Black Friday now and it is decent price for this router imo. I ordered a couple of Cat8 cable from 2.5 port to network switch. Most people told me why I need these kind of things for a simple home user. Answer is there already, I’m in love with tech😂 when you get used to having latest tech devices, you can’t go back again🥰
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rather than Wifi 7 i would prefer more support / investment in a router that has more than 2 2.5gb ports (1 in and 1 out), because of this unless you has a switch only 1 device can utilise the full speed over a wired connection.
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At that point its worth investing in your own hardware, for the vast majority of customers a single 2.5gbps WAN and LAN port is more than adequate.
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What’s the range like on that router? I’ve been looking at it myself but heard conflicting reports. I have a 4 bed house with fairly thick walls so most routers generally struggle.
the same could be said for wifi 7, for full benefits of the speed you pay for your own hardware would always be best.
I’m saying this as someone who bought their own hardware for the purpose of hard wiring my Wifi mesh / boosters to have full speeds rather than rely on a wifi back hall connectivity.
and its cost should be relatively low if the router already had a 2.5gb WAN Port as the chipset to handle the speeds is already present just needs expanding to include more ports / upgrading the PCB a little accommodate that through put on all ports.
especially when said router has a sfp port for 2.5gb as i would say thats the biggest waste.
It wouldn’t be £99 at that point though, I can’t find a single consumer router with more than 2 2.5gbe port (one WAN and 1 LAN) for £99, I am sure they’re making a loss on the router as it is
TP-LINK AX6000 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 VoIP Router (EX820v)
They’re making quite the loss on it by renting it out for £99 for the lifetime of your contract
Its not a loss though, as you said they are renting. and 100% they not paying list price, even without the VAT. that’s the benefits of single source. they will most likely be getting that router at £100 or less.
most of the cost will go to city fibre to install the new line. that’s why most ISPs have not upfront set up fee if the line is already there.
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We don’t rent the router to you, the £99 means that you own the router outright. 
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I agree, I ran all my Ethernet cables all over the flat due to signal problems occurring because of brick walls. When I buy a semi detached house (I hope 
), my plan is to create a home server from Ubiquity.
Oh, Okay - I wasn’t aware, thought you had to return the router. I’ll go back to my hole then
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this is the proper way if you want to PoE all the cameras. i just have a few devices that would benefit from 2.5gb lan. ASUS have a few routers for around £200 with 4 2.5g Lan 1 10gb WAN and another 4 1gb lan. while been tri-band.
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You are trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. 2.5Gbps for the vast majority is absolutely fine, if you want a router that has multiple 2.5Gbps ports then either buy pre made or build, that’s why the option is there. Your average user isn’t saturating 2.5Gbps enough for them to say I need more ethernet ports of equal throughput on my router.
If Yayzi were to start offering a router with multiple 2.5Gbps ports it would also need to be Aginet/TR-069 compliant. For the vast majority they are completely oblivious to what an ethernet port even is.
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