Nope. Any centrally located router will deliver good Wi-Fi performance.
ISP probably push higher bandwidths because they see higher revenues in doing so and most people have no clue what they require.
You spend a lot of words pushing a narrative.
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Originally Posted by jrref
You are fortunate that you get 90% of nominal bandwidth everywhere in your 2100 sq ft house. I've been in a lot of homes here in the Villages and coverage depends on the quality of the wifi device used and the floor plan layout. Although the cable and fiber techs try to place the wifi device in the best location, I've seen some terrible installs, especially with cable. These days the techs are instructed to do the install as quick as possible. But with a good wifi device placed in a good location, yes, you should get most of the wired speed. So a great example is the new Quantum fiber recently installed in Bonita Villas. These are Courtyard Villas with a common, long floor plan. Meaning usually a bedroom converted office on one end then the kitchen, livingrooms and bedrooms as you go to the other end of the home. When Quantum installs the SmartNid/router they also put the wifi7 pod right next to it on the wall of the bedroom/office in most cases. Although the wifi works, it gets pretty slow and spotty as you go to the other end of the home. What I've been doing for many is making a 10-15ft Ethernet cable then moving the Wifi7 pod over to their desk or a shelf on the desk were there is limited obstructions to the rest of the home. The result is the wifi signal is almost full strength all over the home, even in the Lanai on the other side of the home. In the "old" days at Verizon, the techs would do stuff like this to get the most out of the service. These days, the techs don't have ethernet cable on the truck or are even allowed to make cables. They install, get it working and as long as there is a signal they are done. I don't agree with this but this is the situation.Of course you might get a tech who may take the extra step but it's rare.
I don't disagree with the notion of 5 or 10 or 20 or 40 Mbs being sufficient especially since everything we stream is compressed but you are assuming near perfect conditions. And I don't blame the ISPs "pushing" higher speeds so most installations will work with minimal callbacks. If they are willing to provide reasonable speeds at cheap monthly prices like the fiber companies are doing today, I'm happy. It will be interesting to see what the future holds.
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