The Ultrafast Broadband service was installed yesterday morning. The BT engineer first activated the G.fast service at the BT cabinet in the street not far from my house. He then replaced the phone line’s master socket. After connecting the BT Smart Hub X router to the socket,  I logged on to the admin console of... Continue Reading →

This is the new BT Smart Hub X that I will be using for my Ultrafast Broadband trial.  The trial service that BT is providing is based on G.fast technology.   BT’s Fibre-optic cables run all the way to a cabinet in the street (fibre to the cabinet or FTTC). The cabinet is then connected... Continue Reading →

This is the new BT Smart Hub X which I received yesterday for the BT Ultrafast Broadband trial. The box should fit through most letter boxes, but the postman did knock on the door to deliver mine. Inside the box, showing a surprisingly large broadband hub. I placed a £2 coin on the hub as... Continue Reading →

I've been accepted on BT's Ultrafast Broadband trial. This new technology is based on G.fast technology and was trailed by BT in the summer of 2015 in Huntington (Cambridgeshire) and Gosforth (Newcastle), with further pilot sites in 2016 in Cambridgeshire and Kent. BT are expanding the trial to a further 20 locations. Find out more... Continue Reading →