Linksys WAG54G
I finally made the switch to ADSL after being with Bigpond Cable for six years. I’m now using Exetel as my ISP.
Linksys WAG54G is a wireless ADSL router with built in modem. The reason for choosing linksys is because it’s owned by cisco and the firmware is based on the Linux kernel. The one I owned is the V2 version of the router, which added support for ADSL2/ADSL2+. ADSL2+ allows maximum speed of 24Mbit/s if you live within 1.5 km of the exchange.
Setting up the router was easy, and the speed? Not as fast as Bigpond Cable. I did a speed test on both exetel and bigpond. Bigpond is 5000 kbit/s, and exetel is 1000 kbit/s.
If you’re wondering why I made the switched since Bigpond is faster? Because Bigpond only offers 10GB per month and that is not enough for me. I can upgrade to the 20GB plan but that would cost me more. 36 GB plan on exetel is good for me. I can get all the pr0n now.