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Originally Posted by jrref
WOW I can't believe all the responses to this post!
So, some homes in the Villages such as the Aspen don't have a switched outlet above the kitchen cabinets. In all other homes that I've seen, the double outlet is switched meaning both plugs are switched unlike the rest of the switched outlets in your home where only one outlet is switched. But this is OK because as you can see in the installation I posted about, because their outlet above the kitchen cabinets is switched, I used the outlet next to the ethernet jack to power the WiFi pod. The power cord for the device is long enough to be snaked from the outlet to the top of the cabinet with the ethernet cable.
If anyone wants to move their main WiFi pod to the top of the kitchen cabinets, please reach out to me. It takes about an hour and I have plenty of that wire molding.
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This is exactly what I did in my Jasmine. It is right next to the ethernet port in the kitchen plugged in and with a short ethernet chord connected. However, you can't see it because I had them mount it upside down underneath the corner cabinet. Only one problem is the bracket they use stinks so the thing fell off. Zip ties to the rescue - I zip tied it to the bracket and you can't even see it if you know it is there, and it is very secure.
I want to add that I agree with the OP - the kitchen is the place to be with this. The range on Quantum fiber pods is pretty amazing, I can go out to the very edge of my Birdcage, which is almost at the edge of my property and I still measure about 75 MBPS speeds, which is enough to stream 4k video if I want.
Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Quantum fiber even has Wifi 7 capability which is way faster than Wifi 5 or even Wifi 6. There are actually only the latest versions of cell phones like my Pixel 9 pro that can even use or measure it. Even the new LG G4 TV I just bought only uses wifi 6, which is actually very fast.
I could not be happier that I switched to Quantum fiber. My wallet is happy too, since it is less than half what I was paying spectrum.