In today ' s political climate , that would be spun by the press as ' Queen overrides democratically elected government '. Which , constitutionally , is exactly what it would be . <| sep |> i just don ' t think that i can trust hopkins . <| sep |> But when dropping that much money on a consumer router , it needs to last a decadeSadly , this is wildly unlikely in wifi routers . I ' ve seen wiredonly routers last that long , but wifi routers tend to be made of much less stern stuff . I ' m not sure if that ' s an issue of more heat being generated internally by the radio , or what . Ten years is also probably unrealistic at this point just due to technical changes . Most of the consumer routers being sold right now fall over measurably at speeds of less than 100 mbps . The R 7000 is one of the faster consumer routers out there , and it doesn ' t get an unqualified pass here either . The stuff that handles our current needs will be wildly inadequate in a decade , even if it works . I ' ve gotten bitten by this with Netgear ' s ProSafe line of wired only routers , which absolutely did survive for more than a decade in something like 90 % of the ones I deployed . But they couldn ' t handle more than 10 mbps or so of traffic before falling over . Even the 318 G upgrade which specifically included a gigabit WAN port , not just LAN ports ! would fall over so badly that a client who upgraded from a 10 mbps WAN to a 50 mbps WAN actually saw their throughout DROP to about 2 mbps until the device was replaced . Right now , reasonable refresh cycle on routers is probably about the same as it is on laptops three to five years . Any useful service you get beyond that is gravy , but shouldn ' t be counted on .