LightSpeed Broadband Launch Full Range of eero Wi-Fi 7 Routers
Alternative network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has already deployed their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 premises across the East of England and Midlands, has today become the latest provider to adopt Amazon’s range of Wi-Fi 7 capable eero routers.
The provider, which in 2023 was acquired by Kompass Kapital (here) after suffering some job cuts and a build slowdown in the East of England (here), is currently busy deploying across parts of over 30 market towns in South Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Cambridgeshire, and Rutland. But they now aim to “connect 400,000 homes and businesses by 2027” (previously it was 350,000).
The new kit is designed to complement all that. Depending on the selected package, one of two premium routers is included as standard: the eero 7 or the Pro 7, both of which are included with all residential and business broadband packages. For customers on 1Gbps and 2Gbps packages who wish to further customise their Wi-Fi 7 setup, the upgraded eero Max 7 is available for an additional cost.
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Several other ISPs have launched Wi-Fi 7 based eero routers, but due to the high cost they usually only make it available to very selected packages. By comparison, LightSpeed Broadband has clearly gone for much wider availability.
Brett Shepherd, CEO at LightSpeed Broadband, said:
“We’re committed to bringing the very best in broadband innovation to our customers, and including the full eero Wi-Fi 7 range in all our packages is another leap forward. By combining eero’s smart, reliable Wi-Fi 7 performance with our full fibre broadband, we’re delivering a connectivity experience that’s built for the future.
We’re thrilled to collaborate with eero, and we are offering the eero 7 and Pro 7 routers with each of our broadband plans. eero’s Wi-Fi 7 systems deliver Wi-Fi 7 performance, reduce lagging for gamers, and provide reliable, seamless connectivity, perfect for working from home. In addition, the app offers easy setup, network management, built-in parental controls, and cybersecurity features, ensuring our customers have peace of mind.”
Residential packages are typically priced from £19.99 per month for a 75Mbps (symmetric speed) service, plus a £5 one-off activation fee on a 24-month minimum term, and rise up to £49.99 for their top 2000Mbps package (£65.99 after the first 24-months). New customers of their top 1Gbps and 2Gbps tiers will also benefit from an included £40 and £50 Amazon shopping voucher, respectively.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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What’s with all the ISP’s using eero? Amazon giving out some brown envelopes? Or are the genuinely good pieces of kit?
I’ve had the eero 6 and now on the pro 6. Absolutely brilliant in my opinion.
They are simple and reliable, have the backing of Amazon for brand awareness, and the big upside is that eero is a managed service, so the ISP doesn’t need it’s own Auto Configuration Server (TR-069/TR-369 etc), which are expensive to build and maintain especially for small to mid sized ISPs. The managed service wrap means that the ISP doesn’t need to do any testing etc, eero do all that.
There are downsides however, eero are expensive (unit cost and in-life license) and they don’t generally offer the best value for money as a result.
@Paul S, you say Eeros are a managed service, who manages them?
I prefer to manage my own router to be honest and while I do have Echo dots all other place, I really don’t think I would want a router produced by Amazon.
I’ve not heard a single good word about Eeros. Always complains or crap range. A BT Hub 2 has a further range than 3 Eeros.
Who do you believe… a mega corp that data gathers or others….
And again a router with just one usable ethernet port???? They started providing the Nokia xs-2426g-a, then when they added their 2gbps service, started using an Adtran, and now it’s the eero 7 pro. I was offered the Adtran just a few weeks ago but had a vvery bad experience with the firmware updates and the ISP knowing nothing about the update, removing some settings without their knowledge. Think that’s at least 2 alt isp’s that have router with just one ethernet now, I get more devices use WiFi, but one ethernet port???
Switches exist, you can get a 2.5GbE switch quite cheap on Amazon these days
That is one reason why I did not use the thing that was supplied by my ISP, which is an Icotera, it only has 2 Ethernet ports. What is the point of that?
I know you can get switches and I have a fair few here, but it is not a good idea to put a switch though another switch, so I have read somewhere. So all my switches are on serrate ports on the router.
People will say, why not use Wi-Fi, well some stuff don;lt come with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi is to be honest, rubbish.
Dont forget the added £99.99 per year secure plus subscription as well, bet the ISP don provide that for you. So many conflicting reports about what is includes without subscription.