It sounds like you’ve already made great progress with your setup and the speed results through the Decos are really good. Regarding your questions: If you still have an active EE digital phone service, you’ll need to keep the EE router connected because the phone line depends on it. The Deco cannot handle the digital voice service directly, so in that case the current setup (Deco connected to EE router with Wi-Fi disabled on the EE router) is the best approach. If you want to connect the Deco directly to the ONT (the wall fibre modem), you’ll need to use PPPoE mode during the setup and enter the PPPoE credentials from EE. Sometimes EE doesn’t automatically provide them, but you can request them from EE support - just ask for your broadband PPPoE username and password. Once you have those, you can connect the main Deco directly to the fibre modem and it should work fine without the EE router

It’s a good question - you don’t necessarily need to cancel your landline service before using the Deco as the main router, but it depends on how EE has provisioned your connection. If your EE broadband includes a digital voice (VoIP) phone line, then the phone service runs through the EE router - that’s why they want you to keep it connected. In that case, if you remove the EE router and connect the Deco directly to the ONT, your landline will stop working since the Deco can’t handle the digital voice function. However, your internet connection itself can usually work fine without the EE router, as long as your fibre service is compatible with PPPoE (which it typically is on EE FTTP lines). You’re correct - some EE connections do work with the generic PPPoE credentials like: Username: bthomehub@btbroadband.com Password: BT or sometimes left blank That said, EE’s systems are not always consistent, so if it doesn’t connect right away, it’s still worth asking EE for your specific PPPoE credentials (some support reps can provide them even if the first one said they can’t). In summary: You can use the Deco as the main router You’ll lose your EE digital phone service if you remove their router Internet setup may need PPPoE credentials - try the generic ones first, but confirm with EE if needed Hope this clears things up! Let us know how it goes when you test the Deco directly connected to the ONT