Currently using the ADSL filter that was provided with the Smarthub. I think the ADSL/VDSL shared filter I used before I switched it again, was the one that used with the EE Brightbox 2 on VDSL. Would be nice if the filters that come with ISP routers at least had a label on them to state the ISP name so you can distinguish them. I'm not using any that came with modems though.
DSLstats, I'll have to get that running in Wine on macOS considering my Mac Mini I keep on 24/7.
Will definitely contact BT about that regarding the upload. As I am forever noticing that my mobile data, even at a slower download speed, alwaus feels so much faster than the ADSL, which is all because the upload is peaking at about just as fast as the download.
Lets hope that the next time I call will be someone more useful than the last few.
But regardless, I am glad to be away from being forced to use my R9000 router in AP mode connected to the Smarthub which controlled the DHCP. BT making the Smarthub constantly reboot every time it lost connection, kicking off everything on the LAN. That was just so infuriating.
But now the R9000 is in Router mode with the Hg612 as the modem, I do not even need the modem just to use the local network, and I definitely am not going to be kicked off if the modem loses connection.
Been just so lucky the past year that all the times the Smarthub has been playing up, was when I wasn't transferring data to/from the HDDs networked via the R9000, which I do a lot when video/photo editing. Not that I would of lost anything as such, as I save stuff locally or don't dare do cut and paste (well after a couple hard lessons lmao), until it's successful, then get rid of local versions.. But still, damn annoying when you need to copy something large again because the first time messed up.