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Cable Modem Router Required with 50-100 Mbps Downstream Speed

Hi,

I'm in the UK and access the Internet through Virgin Media (formerly Telewest Broadband). I'm on a 10Mbps service, but due to the limitaions of my router (Linksys BEFSR41), I only get a max speed of around 6 Mbps. When I disconnect the router and plug in directly to the cable modem, the speed increases up to around 9.5 Mbps.

Vrigin Media are about to increase the speed to 20 Mbps very soon and later in the year they will offer a 50Mbps (and higher) service.

Therefore, I need a cable modem router that enables downstream speeds of up to at least 50Mbps or preferably one that can handle 100MBps.

Does anyone know of any routers that would enable 100 Mbps LAN to WAN throughput?

Thanks in advance

John

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Models from the Cisco 72xx series should be able to get the job done.

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Kueter

Hi John,

I have a Trendnet TW100-BRV204, and it can do the job

Søren

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Søren Skovgaard

Thanks. I'll check it out.

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Be warned, you might need to talk to (former) Virgin boss Richard. Branson before.

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Kueter

Yes. I know what you mean. He's picked a fight with Rupert Murdoch and as a result, Sky One, the main entertainment channel has now been taken off Virgin's tv services.

On the plus side, Virgin's broadband packages have gone down in price and I know of some new customers that are given a free wireless router as a 'sweetener', but guess what, the router can't handle 10 Mbps!!

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The question is not whether a cisco 72xx can handle 10 Mbps but whether you can handle the router, ;)

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Kueter

Hi,

I've done a fair bit of research and the following webpage lists routers with decent WAN to LAN throughput and LAN to WAN throughput.

Many of them are under the $100 mark, so are fine for home use.

Hope it's useful:-

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