Billion BiPAC 7300N Wireless N Firewall ADSL2+ Broadband Router

Simply brilliant.
Bought this wireless modem router largely on the strength of the excellent reviews of other Billion routers and to date I have not been disappointed. The previous Thompson wireles router was unreliable; it dropped the signal with annoying regularity. This was in spite of being recommended by Tiscali; even several 'phone calls to them only helped to a limited degree.
In complete contrast, we've had this one for 1 month now and not once has the connection failed. Whilst there is a slight increase in speed, (upgrading from a g to an n class) the main advantage is the signal strength which easily covers the whole house and the garden.The router is supplied with telephone and ethernet cables together with a cd which contains the quick start guide and manual. The router easily set up within a few minutes and then you can alter settings by clicking onto the appropriate menu. You can enable ESSID so no one will be able to locate the access port of your router.
Great - I can forget about my router!
I purchased this to replace an aging Belkin g router. My initial choice had been a Netgear product - but it was faulty and was returned. I then studied some further reviews, and was persuaded to go for the Billion BiPAC 7300N because of its reported reliability. It was a good choice.

To my mind, a router is doing its job properly when you can forget about ... I want 24/7 reliability, no signal drop outs, and a good strong signal everywhere in our 3 storey house. The Billion is delivering this.

It was a doddle to set up - taking no more than 10 minutes - including configuring the security settings. My main reason for upgrading now is because a new internet-capable television in the sitting room was not reliably wirelessly streaming BBC i-player from the router in the hall (only about 5 metres away). The Billion solved this problem instantly - and I can now make full use of the TV without using an ethernet cable. No problem with streaming of HD video either...
At Last
A modem router that runs cool, does not lose the signal or lose the adsl connection and works as it should out of the box . Goodbye Linksys (rubbish), Netgear (overated rubbish) and Belkin (really rubbish). In short this product is reliable, albeit a bit more expensive, and worth every penny. It's (as the Americans would say) a no brainer. Incidentally I use a Mac as well as a Windows 7 computer on my network and neither experience any problems.

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