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I would as £60.00 is way to much if you ask me

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We dont charge £60.00 for it do we ?

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Apparently its £60 for the normal Hub

http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadban...s-routers.html

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Omg !

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If you want to stick at 10MB broadband you can buy your own router for around £20 tops, £60 is not worth it IMO. You could upgrade to 30MB broadband and get the Superhub free as your upgrading. 30MB is £5 a month more meaning a 12 month contract will cost you £60 extra! Meaning pay £60 over the year and get faster broadband and a free router!

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VM offered an alternative - that was a 30 meg which meant upgrading the broadband.

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£60 for the VM Hub is overpriced in my opinion, especially since it is a lease not a purchase (I belive it has to be returned at the end of the contract).

Pros:

• They support it 100%, this could be useful for those who are not very technically adept.
• Its a single device, as opposed to seperate modem and router.

Cons:

• Its somewhat expensive, imho, especially since you are never the owner of it.
• Its somewhat ugly. That said, so is the superhub.

The girl houses down the road from me has one, and I can "see" her ssid broadcast from here, so the range seems good on them.

I would suggest, if you are technically competent, that you take a look in PC World at the price of alternative wifi routers, before making a decision. Just make sure you are not looking at the ADSL ones, those would be of no use to you for a cable connection.

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PC World recommended a Belkin Surf N300 - I'm tempted to go for that. Not much change from £40 though

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I've not much experience with Belkin routers. I'm very much a "netgear" man myself. £40 is still £20 cheaper than £60 though, is it not?

Can I ask what modem it is you have atm? If its an Ambit256, then it should work fine with that router. Just make sure it is a router you are getting. I did a quick search on google, and it seems Belkin make a cable router, adsl router, and a USB dongle, ALL called the Surf N300, talk about confusing.

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I just had close look underneath the modem and, yes; it bears the name 'Ambit' and '256'

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PC World recommend the product with the highest margin.

Go with a Netgear router.

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I saw a netgear router on ebay for 9.99. Do you recommend any particular netgear model?

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just to throw a spanner in the works, I strongly recommend going for this one, i can guarantee it won't let you down and it kicks the superhubs ass into next week:

http://www.dabs.com/products/linksys...ons--75S6.html

It is a bargain for what you are getting

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lol.

Ask 10 nerds which router to get, and get 20 different answers (each nerd giving two different replies depending on your circumstances).

OK, I know thats an exaggeration, but not a huge one. Which is the reason I refrained from suggesting a specific router. I am hearing good things about draytek and tplink these days, and I will admit the latest generation of netgears aimed at the domestic user aren't up to much.

I think the last good one they made was the WGR614-v6. Versions 1 through to 5 had an overheating issue. I can't comment on versions 7, 8 and 9, as I never used them.

I would concur with General Maximus, because I almost bought that very router once.

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The mention of overheating reminds me that PC World said that the Belkin has a lifetime guarantee

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yeah but that is the same as VM saying "don't worry that the superhubs don't work, we'll give you a new one every week for the rest of your life". You still don't want something that is broken, it isn't worth the hassle.