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on 11-05-2025 12:41 PM
Hi @Three, have home broadband and use the NR5103EV2. Most of the time it is working just fine with reasonable speeds however it is disconnecting quite a few times, all the lights on the router are showing correctly however the internet signal is down on my laptop (connected via Ethernet) and on my mobile phone and tablet wifi connection. If I leave it it eventually comes back on, perhaps after a few minutes and if I remove the power supply from the NR5103ev2 and reconnect it then it also comes back. Apart from this I am very happy however the number of disconnections seems to be increasing and is getting more frustrating. I have tried resetting but this hasn't solved the issue. Is there any help you can offer perhaps?
Many thanks for any help you can give.
Alex
on 12-05-2025 05:10 PM
I had the same issue when I first signed my contract with the first gen hub. The hub would keep losing connection, so I contacted support, explained the problem, and they told me that if I wanted a new hub, it would cost extra (40-60£). I don’t remember the exact price because it was two years ago. I decided not to get a new one, and after that, it worked fine. The connection would only drop a couple of times a week. A month ago, when my contract expired, I decided to switch providers. I called Three, and they convinced me with some 'mega deal'... they said they’d keep the same payment amount and offer free hub replacements if I needed support. Everything was fine in April, but then about 2-3 weeks ago (early May), the internet started acting wierd. The speed would drop really low, around 20-30 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, and the latency would stay above 500ms pretty much all the time. It was unbearable. I spoke with support, and they said it would take around 7 days to fix. I think they’re working on the network, so I’m hoping things improve soon.
on 12-05-2025 06:05 PM
Really hope this gets sorted for you @tic_oli , it's a very frustrating situation especially when it's ongoing for so long.
on 12-05-2025 09:51 AM
Hello, Alex.
It sounds like there might be an issue with the Hub, or with the network in the area. You can check out the status of the network using the Service Status page. This will confirm if there's anything going on in the area, and could explain why you're having disconnection issues.
If there's nothing going on in the area, it could be the hub, and I'd recommend reaching out to the Home Broadband team so that they can look into that further for you.
Pete.
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a month ago - last edited a month ago
Hi again @PeteG sorry to say the issue is nowhere rear resolved after speaking with the support team over 2 days. The assistant I spoke with was very nice and as helpful as he could be however he wasn't able to resolve the issue and has escalated it to the tech team who can take up to 7 days to contact me! What's worse is that I now have no signal whatsoever and am using a sim from a different provider in the router which is the only way I can have internet connection! I went to a local Three store yesterday and got a new sim with the same number to see if it was a problem with the sim card but sadly this was not the case. I did suggest to the phone support that perhaps I could try the new outdoor router but was told I would have to pay £250 to upgrade!
Understand that it can take time to find solutions and remedy problems but having to wait so long with no connection from THREE seems to be a 'bit off' frankly. Is there anything that you might be able to suggest perhaps?
Hoping you may be able to offer some assistance
Alex
a month ago
That's unfortunate.
Hopefully the tech team will be able to figure out what's going on. I don't have any additional suggestions sorry, the tech team are better quipped to investigate the issue, and better versed on the subject of home broadband connections and home hubs.
Pete.
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a month ago - last edited a month ago
Thanks for your reply @PeteG . Sorry to say that there is still no service using my Three sim but excellent signal using a Lebara sim.
Have checked the service status which shows no known issues for my postcode however if I use the postcodes for just round the corner from me in either direction then it shows 'We're working on fixing an issue in this area at the moment' so I presume that it is indeed an outage in the local area. Sadly have decided that I will contact support to cancel my contract with Three as it's not providing the service and i will move to a different supplier.
12-05-2025 06:02 PM - edited 12-05-2025 06:06 PM
Thanks @PeteG I have disabled 5g on the web-based configurator this afternoon and since then I have had no disconnections while using only 4g so not sure if there is a problem with the router or just a poor 5g signal. There is no problem showing on the service status page so will contact the support team tomorrow. Perhaps I would get a more reliable signal using the latest outdoor hub.