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Originally Posted by Skie
They have a wide range of customer types so they really do need to cater to those who don't have a clue about networking or who don't want to spend £50 on another piece of kit. The hub does this, its a good entry level way of getting a household online and will support future speeds up to 400meg.
Eventually when the new firmware is released it will be possible to use it as just a cable modem.
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Well if they wanted to cater to those who didn't want to spend £50 on anothe piece of kit, they wouldn't be charging £60/£75 for the Hub/Superhub.
Also the hub does not go anywhere near 400meg, it's limited to 38/50meg. The superhub could do 400, but not very well, and certainly not wirelessly. It's practically limited to about 200
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Originally Posted by pip08456
They were catering for them with stand alone modems and routers. I can see the economics of a hub but they failed with bridge mode not being there out of the box.
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Pretty much, yeah. The installers are supposed to set up the standalone modem + router for the customer and ensure it works before leaving.