VDSL Router/Modem for moving to new ISP iDNET (Gaming)

[Defiant306]

Hello

Looking for suggestions for a VDSL Router/Modem as I'm moving to new ISP: iDNET (Gaming)

Can folks suggest options please, Happy to entertain combo or separates if there is reasons.

Thanks


Defiant

 

[Defiant306]

What's so great about iDNET? Surely there FTTC service isn't going to offer much lower pings and latency over other ISPs on the same line. £61.80 per month i was quoted and £120 for initial setup costs. That's bloody expensive for any where between 60-80 meg speeds i was quoted and upto 20 meg upload. With Pinemedia which are based in sheffield in the same building as plusnet they offer FTTP or AirFibre which they claim has better latency than FTTP, Sub 20ms pings vs their FTTP which is sub 25ms pings. For £45 a month i can get 80meg no upto full 80 meg speeds and 30 meg on the upload and sub 20ms pings. That's miles better than iDNET surely? It seems a con to me what they are charging or am i missing something here? Also Pinemedia don't traffic shape neither.

Firstly, never heard of Pinemedia until today and also they don't provide a service to me... well it doesn't look like it as they list areas of England for the service and they wont take my post code in Scotland.

Secondly to answer your question this is what iDNET advises for the service: With our pro-gaming broadband package, your data traffic is given priority (24/7) at the exchange over standard DSL traffic and No contention, No throttling, No traffic shaping, No port blocking and No data caps
Static ip4 and a block of ip6 address as well.

Also the £120 charge is for some situations such as migration from an unbundled connection, I believe they have to pay open reach to change it at the exchange for the likes of SKY and co who have their own kit racked in each exchange.

 

[Defiant306]

If you're going to spend significantly on your internet then don't skimp on the router.

Are you comfortable with networking? If so then separate out the components of modem , routing and wifi to get the best of breed (within reason) for each part and minimise bottlenecks. I'm not sure I would notice the difference personally but if you're the type of person who needs rock solid stability and a couple of milli-seconds off your ping is important then get something like the following:

For the modem get a Draytek Vigor 130
For routing duties get a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite or USG or build your own pfSense box
For wifi get Ubiquiti Unifi Access Points

Separates also means some re-usability if you switch home or provider or technology in the future so a worthwhile investment. If you want the convenience of the all in one then the TP-Link and Draytek recommendations already in here I think are pretty decent.

BigT is there any routers combos that you would recommend?