Which modem is best

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GPON ftth deployment from Deutsche Glasfaser here, 400/200 MBit/s (1000/500 MBit/s possible with a phone call (and a higher fee), 10 GBit/s with 'prices on request'):

• ISP owned GPON ONT (Nokia G-010G-P), converting the incoming fibre to 1000BASE-T/ copper
• ivy-bridge/ celeron 1037u based mini-pc with two Intel 82574L (e1000e) onboard network cards, running OpenWrt/ x86_64 as router
• OpenWrt supported ZyXEL GS1900-24E managed switch
• OpenWrt supported AP(s)

So you have 500Mbps-1Gbps fiber and need a router READ THIS FIRST

It's such a frequently asked question over the last few years that we really need a post we can point people to. So your cable company rolled out 500Mbps or 1Gbps download speeds, or you have 1Gbps symmetric fiber (GPON/EPON) from ATT or Centurylink or Orange or whoever. You realize your old all in one router from 2009 is not up to the task of handling this, but hey by now stuff should be cheap and available that will handle your new fiber connection right? So you want advice about a router for…

applies, even below those figures, if you want sqm or similar demanding features (e.g. VPN).