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Just to be contrary, I received the new hub2ac yesterday and was really quite surprised about how well it performs.

Got a good 5GHz connection on my Nexus7 in a few seconds and 2.4GHz on my phone within a minute. The ethernet link took a bit longer with several devices on my network needing a reboot. Changed all the passwords, switched over to modem mode and linked it through my router (mostly to be able to control DNS servers), the ThinkBroadband speedtester reported a wired connection speed of >53Mb/s.

It'll be interesting to see how the local network holds up when the university students all return in a fortnight but trading up from 20Mb/s will save me a quid a month for a much faster connection.

I've no experience with network engineering and have never worked for an ISP - just your average befuddled middle-aged pillock - so I guess I must be doing something wrong...