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Poor coverage means the Zyxel isn’t a bargain.

Not the fastest or quietest here, but it does offer some unique business benefits.

The 915 is an good budget choice, but elsewhere this family is eclipsed by newer offerings.

Sempron offers decent performance at rock-bottom prices for those on tight budgets.

A reasonable option if your budget is tight, but you get what you pay for

Decent features and speed, but still lacking in this company.

A business-orientated router with average performance

In its day, it held the speed crown, but today’s dual-core CPUs leave it trailing for power, efficiency and value.

Ideal for streaming music wirelessly or listening to Internet radio, but the iRadio suffers from a few design niggles.

Packed with features, and with great performance, the only disadvantages are the price and the short warranty.

Easy to use, and with space for a second SATA disk, but it struggles with small files and is overpriced for the features.

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