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m5rcc
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Well, I have finally moved onto Fibre Broadband after calculating that the cost-benefit is in my favour and there's no point sticking with o2, who have zero budget to introduce Fibre, despite what they personally say.

Been given a poxy Netgear WNR1000 which is a cable router as opposed to an ADSL one, and as a result, I cannot use my existing Belkin N+ router modem. I wish to have the fastest possible wireless speed obtainable. Range required is no more than twenty or so metres.

Can you advise which is better upgrade? The Belkin Double N+, although discontinued, seems fine and it would enable me to abuse the un-quota'd usage between 12AM-8AM as it has a a BitTorrent client that can download five torrents at once and save them to an attached USB pen drive. I would like to have a router that has such feature.

There is the Netgear WNDR4000 N750 but it would appear the N600 is as fast and noticeably cheaper.

Also open to other brands.

Any recommendations?

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  • m5rcc
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    I can only assume the usual posters are leaving in their droves on the announcement this place has been sold out....
  • GunJack
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    ???what??? sold out ??? have I missed something somewhere ???

    To your dilemma, I'd have a look round some of the ISP user forums for some ideas, like this for example..it may help inform your choice :)

    http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78206
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  • m5rcc
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    GunJack wrote: »
    ???what??? sold out ??? have I missed something somewhere ???

    Yes - sold out
    GunJack wrote: »
    To your dilemma, I'd have a look round some of the ISP user forums for some ideas, like this for example..it may help inform your choice :)

    http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78206

    Thanks
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    Just bought one of these as its similar what I had and it allows me to use torrent overnight without having a PC on
  • LincolnshireYokel
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    GunJack wrote: »
    ???what??? sold out ??? have I missed something somewhere ???

    To your dilemma, I'd have a look round some of the ISP user forums for some ideas, like this for example..it may help inform your choice :)

    http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78206

    Yes, martin lewis just made £87m, not bad for an afternoons work.....
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  • John_Gray
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    LincolnshireYokel wrote: »
    Yes, martin lewis just made £87m, not bad for an afternoons work.....
    I think it was more like 10 years?
  • GunJack
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    hmmm....that's what happens when you don't always look at the rest of the site, you miss the news :(
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

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  • debitcardmayhem
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    GunJack wrote: »
    hmmm....that's what happens when you don't always look at the rest of the site, you miss the news :(
    Listen to the radio GJ (I heard it on R2 on the way to Tesco to use my points :cool:)
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