Billion BiPAC 8900AX-2400
A fibre-friendly gigabit router
This router is intended for a situation where you simply can’t afford to be without the internet. If your broadband falls over, there’s the option to failover seamlessly to a 3G/4G data connection via a USB cellular modem. Your Mac won’t know the difference.
The Billion supports all phone line broadband, including fibre. If you have a router and separate fibre broadband modem, the Billion can replace both – we used it to replace a BT Smart Hub (connected to BT Infinity fibre). If you have a cable connection, you can use this as an action point, but should probably look for a more standard router without ADSL2+ and VDSL (fibre) support. It supports both newer devices on 5GHz 802.11ac, as well as legacy devices that can only access 2.4Ghz 802.11ac.
You can have multiple individual networks across both bands and schedule times – so you could give tenants, kids or co-workers access between certain hours. (Be aware that the Billion isn’t designed for telephony.) The best thing, though, is its reliability – we had no issues, with a robust Wi-Fi signal across all devices.