Superhub : Superhub2

I had an interesting phone call today. I have a replacement Superhub which I have not yet activated (given that it will probably still be on R30). The person with whom I spoke told me that there will be a Superhub 2, still in development. As with anything that any of we are told, I am natuarlly a little sceptical. Anyone with further info?

[thenry]

its true. qas posted some info a while back.

Apparently they're "sorting out the details". I did search CF for related threads. It will be interesting to see if they'll simply write off the Shub or replace the million plus out there. The guy that I spoke to was unsure as to whether it was a Netgear product. All he said was that it will have upgraded antennae. We'll see.

[General Maximus]

it will still be whatever is the cheapest and they wont replace all the shubs just like they havent replaced all the vmng300s. To start off with it will be new customer installations and then it will be swap overs for tech visits

Originally Posted by General Maximus

it will still be whatever is the cheapest and they wont replace all the shubs just like they havent replaced all the vmng300s. To start off with it will be new customer installations and then it will be swap overs for tech visits

Oh dear, deja vu. Going to bed now to plot. It does rather aggravate one though.

[General Maximus]

i just hope that the new one can use 16 channels

[Peter_]

They have already tested a Superhub 2 last year which would have been the VMDG485 built Huawei but it was an abject failure.

They then were supposed to have been testing a Superhub 3 which would have been the VMDG487 but strangely that went quiet as well, they said that they were considering external antenna only if it did not spoil the aesthetics look of the device otherwise they would go with internal.

The above I read on the intranet before taking my redundancy.

Whatever type of device appears they will not replace the existing devices on the network as the majority actually work on the average connection so do not expect to get one if one ever appears on the scene.

I also rather doubt that they will grow a pair and buy a mainstream device already in use by millions around the world because that would be them admitting that they screwed up by supplying both the VMNG300 and then the VMDG480 as realistically they are both junk and not truly fit for purpose in comparison to say a Motorola SBG900/1 series device.

[thenry]

its never too late. they could do it. like you say the majority of customers wont know the ins and outs and those that know will happily fork out for qaulity kit. those that dont can stick with the current SuperHub. simple.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by thenry

its never too late. they could do it. like you say the majority of customers wont know the ins and outs and those that know will happily fork out for qaulity kit. those that dont can stick with the current SuperHub. simple.

I cannot see it happening as no one is going to admit to such a major flop and I would not hold your breath in hope either, they tested mainstream devices then went for the junk which smells of underhand dealing rather than stupidity and to resolve this would probably mean heads rolling.

[thenry]

they dont need to admit to anything though. just sell the higher tiers.

Apparently the Bshs 2 is still a Netgear device. Upgraded antennae? Firmware?

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by Peter_

because that would be them admitting that they screwed up by supplying both the VMNG300 and then the VMDG480

what's wrong with my vmng300?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by General Maximus

what's wrong with my vmng300?

Compared to what they actually tested it is a piece of junk as the other devices could run 8 downstreams and are used worldwide by millions of users without incident.

Put it this way if you were offered a state of the art device such as the Motorola above you would bite their hand off and once it was installed you would wonder why you put up the the VMNG300 for so long.

We want racehorses on our desks not the camels foisted on us by Virginmedia, as the old saying goes you cannot polish manure ( replace with word of choice )

[thenry]

they tried by giving it a shiny finish

[General Maximus]

I am not a Motorola fan, it is a poor man's Cisco