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Old 01-07-2018, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve9930 View Post
If your ISP is at 25 Mbps what do you gain if your WIFI is 100Mbps? I have Centurylink 25Mbps. Works great no buffering, no slow downs. I just bought the router they were supplying. I believe it is an ActionTec 1900A. I like it. Simple to configure and gets the job done. I tested the download speed and I'm actually getting about 29Mbps down and 2Mbps up. No complaints.


You are mostly right except I have 3 local ethernet connected devices (server & 2 clients) that greatly benefit from the faster gig-e speed switch in the router and I don't want to buy a switch. Also that modem in question only supports up to 10Mbps Dsl speed as I noted in my reply need vdsl2 (as you do) and get 25Mbps DSL. 10/100 4 port built in switch on the router has nothing to do with wi-fi just the hard wired ethernet connections.

Was looking at the Actiontec on eBay which was what I would go for if I have to mnake the switch to C.L. They're around $29-$39 used so I figure it's worth a shot. Just have to see how ComCrap responds to my cancellation. Hopefully it will all be moot. I'd prefer to stick with them for the 100Mbps internet speed which I now have.
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Last edited by EdFNJ; 01-07-2018 at 05:12 PM.