Vdsl Modem

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Hi all,

New member joining from Sky, What are the more technically inclined people using as a vdsl modem?

[#2]

Hi its-me, welcome on board. For me I use DrayTek Vigor 130.

[#3]

Billion 8800AXL modem/router........but I will be keeping an eye on this thread for an alternative.

Edit: for typo...and clarity.

[#4]

I expect that you will get nearly as many alternatives as respondees. Any third party or BT device will work. I use a BT Business Smarthub.

[#5]

My Technicolor T589vac (if you can find one now) has been faultless and gives a higher sync than the PN one. It was only a SSE freebie, but is quite configurable and gives the required stats. So good in fact, I bought a spare just in case 

[#6]

@Strat @Anonymous  Cheers for the suggestions, I was thinking of picking up one of the Openreach/Huawei VDSL modems, but will look at your choices. 

[#7]

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@its-me wrote:

Huawei VDSL modems

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A Huawei really, they might spy on you!

[#8]

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@its-me wrote:

Hi all,

New member joining from Sky, What are the more technically inclined people using as a vdsl modem?

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When you say modem do you mean it literally? Or do you mean combined modem/router?

As it's a term thats used interchangeably (wrongly, IMO) as evidenced by the recommendations in this very thread...

[#9]

@DaveyH 

What you say is very true, people get modems, routers and combined modem/routers intermixed. Not many people use separate modems and routers these days. I have an unlocked Huawei HG612 model 3b modem and router in case I need to monitor line statistics. However this is only of interest if I have problems. Otherwise I save the additional power consumption by using a combined modem/router Business Smarthub 6. This synchs 1Mbps faster than the older design HG612 modem.

[#10]

@DaveyH Yup literilly @Baldrick1 I plan on using a ubiquity USG combined with there AP's

[#11]

@Anonymous I hear you, but lets face it Cisco got caught doing the same a few years ago, It's just that wotsit face shouts louder 

[#12]

Except of course there's still little to no proof Huawei have done anything.

It was entirely political as evidenced by the racist wotsit's willingness to overlook any so called security issues in return for a deal...

[#13]

@its-me 

What did you do with your Sky setup ?

If you had a third party modem working with Sky (having done a bit of "wiresharking" ) then it is likely that the same equipment could be re-purposed.

Otherwise a secondhand Openreach modem would be an economic solution.

The "free" Plusnet routers are not generally held in high regard by more demanding users although for the average punter it "just works".

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I just had the Q router / hub 3, been itching to sort QOS / WiFi for quite a while and when the option came, I jumped at the chance of being able to use my own equipment without having the choices made for me, which router, which DNS you get he idea...

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Vodafone did find evidence !!! they (Huawei) left telnet open  and of course the great orange one ran with spouting his 'evidence'. Linky  goes here