Do you mean a BT Homehub 5? In which case homehub is a product name not a technology specification. And as it includes the other features that you said make up a router then it isn't a hub by your own definition.

In reply to a post by MHC:

I certainly do know what one is.

So, what is a BT HUB5 ?

It comprises a Modem, Router and WAP.

The BT Hub is a product name and does not refer to a networking hub. Don't confuse the two

So, another definition:

In reference to searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/hub:

2) As a network product, a hub may include a group of modem cards for dial-in users, a gateway card for connections to a local area network (for example, an Ethernet or a token ring), and a connection to a line (the main line in this example).

In reference to btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/33982/c/5085/:

What is the BT Business Hub 5?

Our next generation BT Business Hub is our newest and fastest wireless hub yet.

In reply to a post by MHC:

So, another definition:

In reference to searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/hub:

2) As a network product, a hub may include a group of modem cards for dial-in users, a gateway card for connections to a local area network (for example, an Ethernet or a token ring), and a connection to a line (the main line in this example).

That was in the days of acoustic couplers as in that instance it's talking about old dial up

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

In reference to btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/33982/c/5085/:

What is the BT Business Hub 5?

Our next generation BT Business Hub is our newest and fastest wireless hub yet.

Note the word "our" as it refers to their product. Otherwise it would have been "BT Business Hub 5, the newest and fastest hub yet"

See the difference?

Welcome to marketing jargon

It says it's a wireless hub

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

It says it's a wireless hub

I always love it when people comment, but have never read things properly. I didn't make a quote, I was showing the difference by making my own. This was showing what it would have said if it was referring to a network hub and not their own product name.

If you have an issue with the BT hub being a hub you would be better off talking to BT about it. I am only the messenger

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

If you have an issue with the BT hub being a hub you would be better off talking to BT about it. I am only the messenger

It seems you don't know what the definition of product name is.

If BT called their new product BT smart pooch, according to you that would be a dog, but in reality it could be just another networking product