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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
Yes I see what you mean and you are probably correct.
Although with the increasing number of devices seeking an internet connection some people, who previously wouldn't have bothered, are becoming quite clued up on creating and running their own home networks.
It is at this juncture that the shortcomings (the 10/100 ports and indecipherable interface of the sky hub for example) of inferior ISP supplied devices become apparent and folks start to look for something better, only to find their ISP doesn't want to know and they have to jump through hoops or settle for a double nat solution.
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I absolutely agree with this. It boggles my mind that the likes of Sky still aren't sending out equipment with gigabit ports. It's not like gigabit hasn't been standard on PC's and Laptops for over a decade now. Even the bloody superhub has gigabit ports and it came out nearly 3 years ago. Of course, one could argue that Virgin had to have gigabit if they wanted to roll out 100meg and higher and Sky doesn't, since 80Meg is about as high as it tops out, but it's still going to slow up the home network between devices.