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[butter30]

Hi all,
I currently moving to TalkTalk fiber plus and have heard horror stories with their provided modem router so I have decided to buy my own one. I've been doing some research on which modem routers to buy and have decided either Netgear D7000v2 or TP-Link VR2800.

Here's when my head started spinning:
 I found out that I am on about 1 mile (1.6km) from my ECI cabinet, would it be wiser to get Netgear D7000v2 as it has Lantiq chipset (heard they work better with ECI cabinet compared to broadcom) or TP-Link VR2800 (read that broadcom work better when further than 1.5km from cabinet).

Please help!

[skyeci]

Being on eci I haven't seen any difference really between eci and broadcom modems. If you want in-depth stats etc then better to stick with a broadcom device.

[stevebrass]

I am about 2k from an ECI cabinet. In my experience my unlocked HG612  modem performed better than an unlocked ECI modem and better than a HH5.

Better in terms of connection speed and achieved DS/US speeds.

[butter30]

Thanks guys, was looking at the current modem I am using which is BT HomeHub 5b which is broadcom chipset and have found it to be reliable,
Tp-Link VR2800 it is  .

[kitz]

Another here who is on an ECI cab where BCM chipsets work better than Lantiqs.

[shdf]

hello,

i leave in France and i have a BT HH5A with lede (Lantiq DOC), an unlocked Huawei HG612 (BCM 6368) and a Technicolor DGA4130 (BCM 63138)
I get the best sync with the Technicolor DGA4130, second : The Huawei, third : the BT HH5A.  So DGA4130 > HG612 > BT HH5A

if you buy a BT HH5A i would sugest you to take one flashed with LEDE firmware like this one :
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEDE-OpenWRT-Unlocked-BT-Home-Hub-5-Fibre-VDSL2-Gigabit-wireless-AC-vpn-router/292284577818