I think I would and so was finally able to put my foot down when I realised that I had had enough of other routers making things difficult at home.
A few features I liked:
- Automatic Software update
- I loved this aspect that is pretty much missing in all its contemporaries
- Considering that my 10 year old D-Link 502T hasn't received a single firmware / OS update I was scared to death what all crapware was running on my Home WiFi a month back.
- That coupled with a few Einsteinish Router companies forced to admit secret (idiotically planned) backdoors, it just isn't funny to realise that my Home Router was probably a 'piece of cake' for a script kiddie trying to login.
- Prioritize a phone
- Again its a pleasure showing it to my wife how easy it is for her to prioritize her phone, when the kids are watching YouTube in HQ.
- Router configuration a breeze
- Its super simple to manage
- I just recently got a Chromebook for Audio replacement working at home, and it was pleasant to realise that setting static IP address wasn't about setting /etc/network/interfaces anymore. The PI2 stayed on DHCP and I set the OnHub to give the MusicBox a static IP hereon... QED :) !
- Manage your OnHub from China!
- Once configured, you could manage your router sitting hundreds of miles away!
- Which basically means no long calls to your GrandMa asking her to read out what is on the screen when she types 'http://192.168.1.1' on the browser.
- You could be managing multiple OnHubs on your phone, each sitting at your parents place hundreds of miles away (without VNC / TeamViewer / RDP hacks) and still configure every minute detail such as setting Port-Forwarding / DNS / DHCP etc. from your SmartPhone.
- WiFi connection optimization
- Frankly, with so many walls, some remote corners of my house have seen some network quality degradation at times, but I haven't seen a 'No Network' message yet. So probably its doing a good job there, but I am sure I can't tell that right away.
Add to that, if we consider that this machine is a dual core machine (with a GPU) most of which isn't even put to use (yet), I am pretty excited to know what its real potential is and how Google upgrades my 'boring router' down the line.
Rumour is that this might just be a Google's shot at an Echo or a Siri sitting in your drawing room. But till that happens, I'd have to stay pleased with a beautiful router sitting on the desk :)
Now you may want to get paranoid and all and worry about how Google could keep an eye on Dr. Lanning (you), but I have a feeling that it'd take a while before I give breadcrumbs to a Detective Spooner.
All in all, a (pretty) costly router upgrade but I ain't regretting it.