In reply to a post by Oliver341:

Especially if, as I suspect, Sky have dropped their traditional manufacturing partners (Sagemcom, Netgear, D-Link) in favour of knocking them out under their own name via a Chinese OEM.

And Sagemcom, Netgear and D-Link kit is built by - a manufacturing partner in China I would expect?

In reply to a post by greenglide:

And Sagemcom, Netgear and D-Link kit is built by - a manufacturing partner in China I would expect?

Sagemcom, Netgear and D-Link R&D their own routers, and unless something has changed recently, Sky don't.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

Sagemcom, Netgear and D-Link R&D their own routers, and unless something has changed recently, Sky don't.

But Sky bought Amstrad for the set top boxes - given they have RF engineers for the satellite side, its very possible they can turn their attention to ADSL2+ routers.

And physical manufacture will be almost certain from a China operation, e.g. Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co).

In reply to a post by jchamier:

But Sky bought Amstrad for the set top boxes - given they have RF engineers for the satellite side, its very possible they can turn their attention to ADSL2+ routers.

I didn't know they had acquired an electronics hardware designer/manufacturer. In that case, it's very likely these are Amstrad (now Sky) designed, and as you say, physically manufactured in a factory they own or use, in China.

Two thing support this, one being that the Hub states it is "Manufactured by Sky" (previously Netgear/Sagemcom/D-Link). The other is that the MAC address vendor id is registered to Sky (previously Netgear/Sagemcom/D-Link).

I spotted the SKY MAC association. Did not take the leap to SKY actually having manufacturing. I assume these are being made in batches for sky direct by some form of china supplier.

In reply to a post by iand:

I assume these are being made in batches for sky direct by some form of china supplier.

It would probably make sense if it was produced by Amstrad (in Chinese factories). Keeping it in-house would likely make things cheaper in the long run, especially when developing a new router.