18-07-2022, 12:15 PM
While ISPs usually now supply modem/routers I reckon to buy my own. This goes right back to the days when ISPs didn't supply modem/routers and you had to buy your own.
Tis serves well for ADSL and VDSL. I don't know what happens with FTTP - I think you get a WAN port on the fibre interface box which you can plug into any router. For Vrigin cable I think you have to use their box. Best to connect your own router with wifi to a port on the Virgin box. Then they can't mess with your settings. This happens and causes grief.
An exception to my policy might be if I was with BT and had one of their "whole house" solutions. My wifi, from my own modem/router near the centre of the house, just about covers the whole house but it's a bit weak in places.
Tis serves well for ADSL and VDSL. I don't know what happens with FTTP - I think you get a WAN port on the fibre interface box which you can plug into any router. For Vrigin cable I think you have to use their box. Best to connect your own router with wifi to a port on the Virgin box. Then they can't mess with your settings. This happens and causes grief.
An exception to my policy might be if I was with BT and had one of their "whole house" solutions. My wifi, from my own modem/router near the centre of the house, just about covers the whole house but it's a bit weak in places.
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