Bought his to replace an older model of another brand that continually gave me trouble. More than satisfied with reliability and easy to set up, not a bad price either. My son helped me set it up and now he has the same one.
I had a Motorola combo router modem, which after 7 years began to drop wifi connectivity too often. It was time for a new one. I read many comparative reviews on combo units and Netgear was most often rated best. I bought the 7700 netgear nighthawk combo. The set up took me 1 1/2 hours, I knew it would take some time from reading comments of those who purchased one like it. Once connected it has been very good. No more dropping wifi. I can’t comment on download as my coverage only allows 300 mb. I am satisfied.
It was difficult for me to pair it with my devices. Setting up a user name and password of my choosing was also difficult. I googled how and it wasn't helpful. My daughter rescued me and it's working fine.