Billion launches “belt and braces” broadband wireless router

Billion Electric Co is a Taiwanese netwworking devices manufacturer. Billion entered the UK marketplace 3 years ago with their innovative MI-Fi routers that translated Cellular broadband to Wi-FI. with their wide range of 3G routers.They now produce a wide range of 3G routers for domestic and commercial applications.

Their latest offering is the Bi aimed at users who have difficulties sustaining a decent broadband connection. The BiPac 7800GZ is a three-way router which utilises 3G or DSL as its access, and Wi-FI for its PC connections around the house or small office.

The 3G or DSL requires a HSPDA sim in order to access the broadband network(s). The company spiel is that this device has a Triple Wan interface, meaning it can make three different connections for your broadband – 3G, ADSL2+ and a physical connection via one of its ethernet ports. If the signal is dropped because one of these connections fails, the BiPac 7800GZ should be able to recover a connection. This makes it useful for critical applications.

The router has four ethernet ports and can be set up to immediately switch broadband sources the moment a connection is lost. In this event the network administrator can also be notified of the action taken, automatically, by email.

The broadband signal is recieved/transmitted via two decent, detachable 3G antennas. So a decent signal is picked up pretty much anywhere within range (No matchstick sized dongle antennas here!) .

The ADSL chip comes from Broadcom and the mobile broadband performance is helped along with 2 external detachable 3G antennas, which means you get a signal just about anywhere, instead of being limited to the tiny antennas inside 3G USB sticks and dongles.

The BiPAc 7800GZ:

-comes with a business-class firewall

-supports IPSec VPN capability

-has built-in Quality of Service (QoS) for bandwidth management and traffic prioritization.

-comes with a dedicated 3G usage tools so you can track 3G usage to help manage a subscription.

-can be set up to disconnect from 3G at a pre-determined threshold to avoid those costly overruns.

-The device supports HSPDA up to 7.2 Mbps and ADSL2+ speeds up to 24 Mbps, and 54 Mbps Wireless.

Edward Kung, UK Managing Director of Billion says: “The 7800GZ is a fantastic addition to Billion’s already impressive portfolio of business routers. The embedded SIM feature is a response to customer demand for a more resilient 3G router solution, but at a competitive price. The 7800GZ gives enterprise-level performance at a fraction of the cost of a similarly spec’d Sarian or Cisco product.”

Get the Billion BiPAC 7800GZ ADSL Wireless 3G 4-port Network Router at Amazon.co.uk.