Did I see that you said you'd placed a tentative bid on a Huawei HG612? Let us know how it goes
Well, I managed to snag
something from eBay but it's a slight gamble. As I said, all the ones specifically labelled as HG612 in the auction seem to be either £40+ already or being quite hotly contested. So I got one that doesn't say what it is. I can see from the port layout that it is either a Huawei, or an early revision ECI. For £12 I'm prepared to take a gamble. I'll either have some revision of Huawei or I'll have a backup to my rev./r ECI should that ever go pop.
I have considered a different router but probably completely the opposite to everyone else, I prefer a separate modem. I can then do what I like in terms of moving and re-routing all via RJ45 without going anywhere near telephone lines. My modem is directly at the point of entry to the house of the main cable so telephone cable is as short as it can possibly be.