AO - The choice of Netgear isn't necessarily the de-facto choice of the pikey. On the contrary they make a lot of very good kit.
The comment is more that my business customers who baulk at capital outlay of ~£160 for a proper broadband router are then directed towards a Netgear.
Also I wouldn't suggest that all and sundry SOHO users *need* the power/reliability/etc of a ~£160 router, but for those people who are discerning about such matters it's a worthwhile investment (also since it'll work with future BT Infinity rollouts too
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p.s. - to avoid yet another forum labelling me such, my surname isn't Bracknell