I also signed up to broadband basic but have since bought a Netgear wireless router which works fine. Because I am about 7 km from the exchange, I don't get a very good connection so have been having to stick with the Voyager 105 while BT was sorting the problems. (They installed a special ADSL master socket & separated out all my extension wiring f-o-c).
However, one helpline advisor said that BB-basic wouldn't work with an ADSL router. When I asked what would prevent it working, he said that BB-basic lines need to see the Voyager Modem which sends a handshake identifier. This was obviously baloney as the Netgear worked instantly after its automatic set-up wizard kicked in. Now, it connects automatically to the internet as soon as its switched on - no clunky dialog boxes to deal with.
I still get mediocre connections with frequent drop-outs when using the Voyager. However the Netgear is infinitely better and very stable despite the poor noise margin on my line (the Netgear's status display provides lots of information).
I won't be uninstalling the Voyager software because I'll need to have it in place if my line develops more faults in the future.