What is the best modem/router brand to acquire? Also does a cable amplifier in actuality work?

I am just curious, what are the best brand for modems and routers. I have a Linksys router and Scientific Atlanta modem. They both work completely well. Except for the modem maybe.... Anyways I am also curious to whether a cable amplifier will in truth increase my internet speed. I heard that it does, so I am considering to get one soon depending on the response.
Answers:
powerfully first an amp will only increase your speed if the signal is weak. When the (2nd) cable guy come to my house he put a tester on my line and saw that it was path too strong, probally why my cable company modem burned out in 6 months. Check to see how many splitters are within you line before your modem and/or try to move the modem to the first split coming past its sell-by date of the mainline.

For the second part, brand loyalty is one thing but i do not quality that one company is superior to another across the board (i am a d-link guy though). Each company has cheap, midrange, and high stop equipment.
As a quick story some guy at staples was trying to describe me that a $30 netlink router was superior to my d-link di-655, ($130) because d-links were slow and netlink's be better.

Go to http://www.smallnetbuilder.com
There they bench and review the majority of soho routers out there, so you can find one that fits what you need in need going overboard.


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