burakkucat, guys thanks for the warm welcome! wow you fellas are quick! the router arrived.
the unit is well built by today's standard and definitely better built than the Billion 8900ax-2400.
I had to call cisco to finalise the setup as after setting up PPOE. Turns out I had to tell it which port to look for in order for it to resolve web pages... long story... scary thing is I figured it out myself as the tech guy had no idea what to do and was about to issue me an RMA.
Pros:
1. The router is nice, well built, solid connection and holding well at 65Mbs. Im only supposed to be getting 55Mbps however i saw similar speeds with the 88u.
2. Unlike the 88U, it offers full bridge only mode if required
3. Fast GUI
4. WIFI and LAN(laptop lacks a lan port so I have to use usb-Lan adapter) are very quick to connect
5. Temperature: Runs really really cool in fact its the coolest running modem I've had; I have 5 kids and 1 wife and they all want to stream stuff.....
Cons:
1. Between Cisco UK, USA and several Cisco Partners, they were unable to tell me the chipset in it! (pat on the back smf22!!).
2. Based on my experience re: point 1, it was evident during the call that the tech guy was not at trained in the product,neither was pre-sales who I also contacted re: chipset, in fact pre sales were just terrible to the point I made an excuse in to end the call quickly
3. Shockingly, there is no XDsl Stats page within the GUI!!! Rather than rely on web speedtest I had to call my isp to find out what speed I was syncing at!!
Nice router but its going back