TP-Link TD-W9970 300 Mbps Wireless N USB VDSL/ADSL Modem Router, 4G Router Option with USB 2.0 Port, Up To 100 Mbps VDSL And 300 Mbps WiFi Speeds, Maximised Range, 4xFast Ports, Tether App, Easy Setup

Having spent the past 6 months or more rebooting, changing settings, on hold to BT Support and hours on web chat to BT, I was eventually sent a replacement BT HomeHub to 'fix' repeated WiFi & BB service drop outs. The replacement HH was much the same as the first, although admittedly the WiFi dropped out far less often (5 or 6 times a day versus 2/3 times per hour). Begrudgingly, I bought the AC1900 for £119 , primarily to stop the kids moaning and to be honest, didn't expect it to be much better than the HH. I was wrong and now wish I'd just bought this 6 months ago and saved myself a lot of hassle and time!!I only installed the AC1900a few hours ago this morning, so I will amend the review if my experience changes but my first impressions are that it is first class & a huge improvement. The following points would have helped me in making my decision earlier:1. It is VERY easy to set up and configure. I'm no techie but have a very basic understanding of how these things work and anyone with a basic level of IT knowledge should not be worried about setting this up (with a BT BB service at least)2. The set up has a pre-configured drop down list with the main UK BB service providers. I was only looking for BT, but noticed that PlusNet was on the list so would imagine it has been set up to cover the usual suspects. The fact that it will most likely be suited to changes in BB provider do make the cost a little more palatable. Not sure if SKY was listed (and should have checked) as I'll almost certainly scrap BT when my contract is up!3. Setting up a Guest Network was incredibly easy. Never considered doing this before, but as it was so easy thought I may as well. It took longer to think of a decent password than it took to set it up!4. When the BB service was up using the BT HomeHub, I thought it was actually pretty quick and would regularly get download speed of 60Mb. This has jumped to 73Mb with the AC1900 and more importantly, it is stable and consistent (so far at least). Furthermore, the difference is very noticeable. Websites and apps on laptop and mobile phones load and respond tangibly faster. Facebook was a regular annoyance on an iPhone as it would take seconds to load images and update, which I thought was a phone or app issue. It appears I was wrong about that too as it is FAR quicker with the AC19004. I use powerline adaptors to connect a Humax YouView box to the router. It took less than 10 seconds to reconnect to the router. No need to change any passwords, just selected autodetect and it was up and running5. I used a TP LINK WiFi extender to strengthen signal upstairs (modestly 4 bed modern house) as the BT HH was problematic. I've not need to set this up for the AC1900 as the signal is much improved6. 2 kids playing Xbox games at the same time over a wireless connection used to cause buffering and unhappy kids! So far, both are running with out any issue so that's a huge plus for the AC1900 over BT HHIn short, so far so good and the BT HH is already in the bin!

Writing this review after a couple of weeks of usage.Overall, I never had any issues with this. The range is very good and performance is great.The app to manage is great and very easy to use. Its lacking few advanced features, but I wasn't expecting to have those controls on consumer model.Overall I am satisfied with this product for home use and it doesn't look bad in the lounge.

I ordered this router because you can turn off the wi-fi through it. Yes, this is possible - although it turns out that you need to press a tiny black switch at the back of the gadget, which is next to another tiny black switch which can be easily pressed instead if you aren't looking carefully at what you are doing! (The other one is called WPS\RESET.)The router itself works fine - I am not sure if it is faster than my previous TalkTalk Super Router though. I have just done a test at 11.20am on 13-12-2016: the download speed was 827Kb (0.8Mbps) and the upload speed was 2.1Mb (2.6Mbps). This was on the fixed line internet, not wi-fi.The router itself was a doddle to set up - only took a few minutes and it did all the work itself. All I had to do was provide the wi-fi password.The router is about 20cm across, 13cm front to back, and about 3cm high, plus the 17cm high antennae which can be angled around. One unexpected plus is that it can be fixed flat to a wall, which will get it out of the way, although the leads supplied are not particularly long so it would have to be in a similar place to where it is on the desk at the moment.It has a little row of green lights at the front to show you what is working, although they are very small and you almost need a microscope to see what is what.I have only had the router for a few days so can't really give a true report about it, but at the moment it seems to be efficiently connecting to the internet, which is really all I expect from a router. I have given it 4 stars because its speed is not overwhelmingly fast, but I think that is probably because of dodgy phone lines and not the router's fault, so it probably really deserves a 5.

Well, i had this router for about 7 years. not this very one though as it has been updated to a new style and the router software is much more modern and easy to use than the old version. Also i find that the range is not quite as good as the old one and you cant take out the antenna ether. but its not bad and it giving me internet, hopefully for another 6-7 years.had to buy a new one as the old one reset itself and lost all data including ISP login... it reset to factory. also there was a bad brown spot where the old one got hot so i knew it was on its way out for a while now.Anyways if your not on fibre or cable and still on the old ADSL this router is fine for the home. The software on this new one has a quick setup which is much nicer than the old one and is much easier to navigate. Make sure you pick the correct ISP on the settings as it will not work if you dont and make sure you know your login details for the ISP otherwise it wont work.Most ISPs send routers to their customers so i guess this is a dying item to purchase now. But the EE router was the same price as this so its all good. Anyhow i am moving house within a year and will be running a 4G router instead of paying for line rental and putting up with terrible speeds (8.5mbps AVG) with ADSL. i get 16mbps with EE around here so it makes no sense to have ADSL anymore.but its a good basic router if you are still on good old ADSL, it also has a usb so you can plug in a little 4G dongle as a backup or in place of ADSL if you wanted. but i dont recommend doing that as the speeds would be quite bad indoors, unless you live near a mast.All in all a good router with reasonable Wi-Fi range, nothing to shout about but it does the job if you are looking for a cheap router.