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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Lol. While the superhub isn't *bad* you can get a far better router for far less money.
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Not with an integrated cable modem all in one housing that will work on the Virgin network. That is the point in the superhub. Nobody is suggesting it is better than router X. The interest in the new super hub is because it is the first time Virgin have brought out an all in one modem/router and for a first bash, it looks to be a surprisingly good bit of kit even for "power" users, since it features just enough management features to get by for the majority of said power users.
The ability to minimize space and wires and power consumption having it all in one housing is also very welcome for many people. For me, the introduction of an integrated gigabit switch was a very wise move. Some people run a virgin modem, wireless router AND a gigabit switch. OK, so you can get wireless routers with integrated gigabit switches, but you do tend to pay more for them. Now from Virgin, you can get this new super hub that does it all and to be honest I would be willing to sacrifice a bit of performance and features in order to
just use the super hub unit. The fact of the matter is, there is no trade off with it. The only bad thing so far mentioned is the SPI service which will be fixed with firmware.
I think a lot of people will instantly dismiss the superhub because they like to run their networks the way they currently do and will just pass the superhub off as more VM tat. That would be a mistake as so far it does seem perfectly adequate for a lot of peoples needs.