Long term lurker, first time poster

I am having FTTC installed next week from IDNET. I chose to decline the offer from IDnet for the WNR1000 as I really have had a bad experience with netgear routers (most recently from Virgin hub)
The only real concern I have is that I might get a router that doesnt have enough "ooomph" to run FTTC .... or am I being silly ?
I would like the router to have wireless N and to cost less than £100.
I am not too fussed about gigabit ports and i have a 8 port gigabit switch.
I have done some digging and one of the ones that seems to fit the bill is:
Linksys e3000 The problem is, how do you know how good it is before actually buying it ?
Anyway, which router are you using / would recommend?
any tips / advise would be appreciated
