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It's not fear of backdoors that make me run a specific router.

If I want free wifi access around the country (via BT Openzone) then I need to run BT's router (which includes the magic to run a separate managed public Wifi access point via BT Fon).

It's annoying, but I can live with it (especially when they get around to upgrading my cabinet to FTTC and I get 60Mbps/20Mbps).

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I'm in the same situation, but my FON router sits behind my main router and isolated from my internal network. It still shares Internet access just fine :)

Are you on Infinity (FTTC)? I've heard various stories about people on FTTC getting slower speeds with anything other then the latest Homehub.

Oh, I'm not actually in the UK at all, I just meant I also need to keep a FON router connected.

In that case, I assume the best option would be to put a decent router behind the Homehub (configuring the latter in bridge mode or similar) and then treating all traffic beyond the inner router as public.

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