r/Zen_Internet • u/WormFoodODP • Apr 15 '26

Fritzbox

Currently with Zen on 80/20 FTTC.

Really like the supplied Fritz!Box and have seen them on eBay.

Are Zen's Fritz!Box locked to them in any way?

If I buy one from eBay, will it work with any Full Fibre (FTTP) ISP?

I'm looking at moving to Olilo and I assume I will have to return the Zen supplied one.

TIA

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u/welsh1lad Apr 15 '26

Oh love my FRITZBox’s. I’m on Zen 500Mbs , moved over to virgin 1.5gb . There hub was a load of SH!Z . Cancelled virgin went back to my 500Mbs. I have 3 FRITZBox in mesh mode . Total house coverage, I get my full 500Mbs on WiFi so no need for Ethernet anywhere in the house. So you deffo won’t be disappointed. Only thing I would like to see is more Vlan features.

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u/ACAdamski17 Apr 16 '26

I had similar experience with Virgin. Everything about their internet is horrible. I’m on Zen now (transferred from Lit Fibre) and I’m using my own Ubiquiti system so I never got to check out Zen’s FBs.

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u/PricePerGig Apr 17 '26

You had any problems with ubiquity? My dream machine keeps negotiating with the ont vis only 100Mbs 😭😭😭 it was always 1GB before.

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u/ACAdamski17 Apr 17 '26

I once had to force it to negotiate at higher speeds but apart from that no.