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<blockquote data-quote="Jaygray" data-source="post: 995519" data-attributes="member: 50033"><p>There are not that many routers out there with the capability to attach an external drive to them and write wirelessly. And they are expensive. The cost of the router + the drive would be about what the TC cost. I believe you said the router was provided by your ISP. An ISP is going to look for an economical way to get a large volume of people online with as little initial investment as possible. The router they provide is most likely going to be a very basic model. (which works perfectly for 99% of the population. I'm not knocking $50 routers. They are a great value.)</p><p></p><p>The TC is a high end router with a regular 3.5" internal drive attached to it, enclosed in a little white box. I have the 500gb model. Supposedly, I could crack it open and swap the drive with a larger 1TB model and it would never know the difference. I haven't done it, but there are some who reportedly have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaygray, post: 995519, member: 50033"] There are not that many routers out there with the capability to attach an external drive to them and write wirelessly. And they are expensive. The cost of the router + the drive would be about what the TC cost. I believe you said the router was provided by your ISP. An ISP is going to look for an economical way to get a large volume of people online with as little initial investment as possible. The router they provide is most likely going to be a very basic model. (which works perfectly for 99% of the population. I'm not knocking $50 routers. They are a great value.) The TC is a high end router with a regular 3.5" internal drive attached to it, enclosed in a little white box. I have the 500gb model. Supposedly, I could crack it open and swap the drive with a larger 1TB model and it would never know the difference. I haven't done it, but there are some who reportedly have. [/QUOTE]
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