IiNet Labs fathers BoB Lite

National broadband company iiNet has extended its popular BoB integrated ADSL router product line with what it has billed as the first product to come out of its new in-house development labs - a younger sibling dubbed BoB Lite.

The device sports an ADSL port

The device sports an ADSL port, four Ethernet LAN ports, a port for a telephone to connect to its in-built internet telephony line and even two USB ports to connect USB storage or a 3G modem to add to its in-built functionality. A PSTN failover port is as well included to alleviate any downtime on iiNet's VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service, iiTalk.

The device supports the 802.11n wireless standard, as so then as the legacy 802.11b and g options, now only offers 100Mbps speeds instead of the higher-speed gigabit Ethernet that has become popular over the past few years.

Additionally, it supports the TR-069 standard for easy provisioning by iiNet, and allows users to use iiNet's Fetchtv IPTV offering - which had earlier been limited to those owning the bigger standard BoB device.

iiNet general manager of its Business division, Stephen Harley, claimed the newly-introduced modem was more competitive than any other product on the market. In addition, he said BoB Lite was only the start of a future of products to be developed by the company's technology labs.