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Fibre 250 best Router

Deanosafc24 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:15:52 GMT

What’s the best router to buy for my fibre 250?

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:25:29 GMT

With so little to go on, it is difficult to answer this. Please can you be more specific about your requirements?

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:34:55 GMT

Which router do you have presently and why do you want to buy a different one?

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

Deanosafc24 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:43:21 GMT

I have the WIFI HUB 2 and been affected by this NO INTERNET CONNECTION IPHONE BUG, so I’m thinking of getting myself a decent router.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:46:57 GMT

@KeithFrench back to you methinks! 😀

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:00:42 GMT

Do you use TalkTalk's Digital Voice component of the Hub 2?

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:09:01 GMT

@KeithFrench

Fibre 250 will be a G.fast product will it not, so still copper landline?

I am not familiar with the bug mentioned earlier which is why I deferred to you.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:11:23 GMT

Even if it is still copper, DV can still be used. It is on some Fibre 65s using copper. I have been aware of this bug for ages, but as I don't have an iPhone, I could never prove it. I also remember the "old team" using their iPhones could not replicate it.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

Gliwmaeden2 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:39:43 GMT

Looking back, @Deanosafc24 has reported problems using his iPhone with Talktalk's routers for over a year, @ferguson.

There have been a handful of customers mentioning it in the same threads when the issue's cropped up.

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Fibre/Connection-keeps-dropping-on-iPhone/td-p/3055939. ...and later threads.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:48:22 GMT

@KeithFrench

Ah, OK. I was thinking that if this was a known bug then TalkTalk might provide a replacement router? That is the tree I was barking up, perhaps wrongly, to avoid having to buy one elsewhere.

@Deanosafc24

To otherwise answer your question, you need any modern router that will work with a separate modem, the choice is wide.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:56:27 GMT

Forgive me, I don't have your phenomenal powers of recall! 🙂

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:30:11 GMT

Hi @ferguson

I did bring this to the attention of TalkTalk's Devices team. Initially, it only affected the Sagemcom Hub 1, now it affects both Hubs 1 & 2 (I have no idea about the new Hub 3, as again I do not have an iPhone). Debbie spent quite some time, as did others from the old team who had iPhones & but they couldn't reproduce it. I don't suppose you could try your iPhone & Hub3 for me?

Where @Deanosafc24 is concerned, the first thing is to find out is if he uses digital voice or not. Hence why I asked him, but he has not got back to me on that as yet.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:06:13 GMT

@KeithFrench

I tried it quite recently as it happens and had no issues. From memory I never had any issues with previous WiFi Hubs either.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

Deanosafc24 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:42:44 GMT

No, I don’t use Digital Voice

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:54:33 GMT

Thanks @ferguson. I am going to revisit the issue that has been expierienced by@Deanosafc24.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:52:01 GMT

Hi @Deanosafc24

This is going to be very difficult to recommend anything, as I have no way of testing with an iPhone. You could try the new Sagemcom Wi-Fi Hub 3, but you might have the same problem, I have no idea. The only safe recommendation would seem to be an eero. However, if you buy your own from Amazon, once connected to a TalkTalk network, it may become locked to TalkTalk.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:56:49 GMT

@Deanosafc24

The only other thing that comes to mind from something else I have seen, although this just seemed to affect streaming services, is to check whether you have Private Relay turned on in iCloud.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

KeithFrench — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:59:43 GMT

This is why I rely on your Apple knowledge @ferguson.

Re: Fibre 250 best Router

ferguson — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:00:49 GMT

It's a shot in the dark my friend!