ADSL2 gigabit modem to go with airport extreme?

Just about to go back to using an Airport Extreme, but as I'm in the UK I need an ADSL modem for it. I usually just use the router that came with my O2 broadband and just switch off it's wifi. But ideally I'd like to find an ADSL2 gigabit modem. Tried googling, but all the ADSL2 modem's seem to be 10/100 ethernet, and I don't see the point in buying a gigabit ADSL2 wireless router. Any suggestions?

chirhodesign wrote:
Just about to go back to using an Airport Extreme, but as I'm in the UK I need an ADSL modem for it. I usually just use the router that came with my O2 broadband and just switch off it's wifi. But ideally I'd like to find an ADSL2 gigabit modem. Tried googling, but all the ADSL2 modem's seem to be 10/100 ethernet, and I don't see the point in buying a gigabit ADSL2 wireless router. Any suggestions?
I'd think a 100 Mbps port would be faster than just about any ADSL data stream. Gigabit would be overkill. The usefulness of a gigabit router would presumably be in transferring data between devices on the LAN.

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