Much better than wifi extender. But it does need Vodafone to reconfigure its router to allow the extender to operate. Which involves a little time on Vodafone support chat to get someone to update it and push out the update. Once working it means there is only one network that covers my whole house rather than two (as a wifi extender runs on a separate network), meaning phones and laptops don't get stuck on network with poor signal when they are moved.