Thread: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
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Old 18-01-2012, 17:35   #1097
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
I'm pretty sure. VM's Superhub has several component changes compared to that Netgear datasheet. The the exact chip is a BCM3380GKFSBG. The 3380 series has PCIe for external wireless networking as well.

(The datasheet also lists a BRCM53115s ethernet switch whereas the Superhub has a BRCM53114KFBG inside it.

The pessimist inside me suggests that the lower model number indicates VM deliberately chose a lower spec or inferior chip, i.e. downgrading from the Netgear base spec. Or they just got duped.
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