Regarding &quot;inferior&quot;: It&#x27;s fast enough and it doesn&#x27;t crash (at least for me). That&#x27;s probably &quot;good enough&quot; for most people to not care if there&#x27;s a better solution.<p>&quot;lack of control&quot;: The Comcast provided hardware gives me an IP via DHCP and I&#x27;m able to disable all those useless firewall features. So which features am I missing and why should I care about them?