@@@TeddyOH wrote:
Well. My prior reply is now bracketed by posts on 2 extremes!

I will make 1 response to this negative reply, and only 1. It is entirely incorrect in its facts.

This thread is fairly old now but I'd like to add a point I think has not been covered. I have a Circle Home device which I can use to avoid the premium subscription if I wish but the choice of whether to use the router built in Circle or the Circle Home device isn't straight formward becuase ...

4) Using router built in Circle allows for more efficient filtering and resolves possible throughput limitations of using a Circle Home device.

The Circle Home device uses 2.4GHz wireless or an ethernet connection to the router. The Circle Home wireless appears fairly poor and looks like it struggles to sync at even 100Mbps let alone actual throughput and the ethernet port is 100 Mbps.

Since the traffic of filtered devices must pass through the Circle Home device the effective maximum capacity of the router internet connection is restricted to 50Mbps!

I do think it's good that a large portion of the Circle functionality is free to use and I do think it's fair that Netgear can recoupe development costs and possibly pay some sort of royalty fee to the Circle company by offering extended features but I also think the cost is too high. The AU$7.50 plus the AU$7.50 Circle Go (compared to the AU$7.00 using Circle Home) is I think one of, if not the most, expensive subscription service for parental control available.

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