Is HomeHub designed to be on all the time? No off ...

Is the Home Hub designed to be on all the time, or should it be turned off when not being used for long periods eg overnight? There doesn't seem to be an on/off switch, other than turning it off and on at the plug, which seems rather brutal? On the one hand I don't want to shorten its life by turning it on and off at the plug all the time, on the other I don't want to shorten its life by leaving it on permanently and it overheating...
Is there a recommended approach?
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I raised a similar query under "Re: HH Type B Energy Consumption & Switching Off the Router" on 16-01-2011.   I measured the supply currents to the HH2 and the power save button is not that significant
[Extract from my earlier message
Using a Thandar TM355 digital multimeter I have measured the current taken by the Hub mains power supply . I have found the approximate currents as follows
Wireless ON, ADSL ON        36.8mA
Wireless OFF, ADSL ON        31.5mA
Wireless ON, ADSL disconnected    34.0mA
The mains voltage is presently about 238 VAC, which results in power consumptions of 8.75W, 7.5W and 8.1W.    This suggests leaving the router on all the time, with wireless and ADSL, consumes about 1 kWhr in 5 days. Switching to the Power Save mode uses just over 1 kWhr in 6 days. ]
I agree with the comments that switching on and off the HH mains power a number of times within a few hours does indicate to the exchange DSLAM that there is a line problem and it will reduce the line synchronisation rate.
I have not switched mine off deliberately for a couple of months whilst Openreach were sorting out a line problem (several random disconnects each day causing my rate to drop).   This seems to have been sorted after four visits to my home, the road cables and the exchange, and the rate is now up at 12,000-14,000 kbps
There is in the HH a page where the broad band can be deliberately disconnected.   I have not been able to find an answer to using this at night before switching off and then switching on in the morning.   I assume that clicking on disconnect sends a header message to the DSLAM or other circuit to warn it that the signal disappearing is deliberate and should not be construed as a faulty line - I have not so found the answer to whether or not this true.
Rodney Fry
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