| jrref |
02-18-2024 09:54 AM |
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Originally Posted by rsmurano
(Post 2302370)
Wireless might be the future but it will never be as good as fiber. Wifi in your home network that you build out will never be as good as a wired network. I've done corporate networks since 1991, and in my own mesh network, I use a wired connection between the routers except for 1 and I use the newer wifi 6e backhaul to 1 of the mesh routers.
To me, a fast network from an ISP is 1Gb or higher. This way I get no data caps, low latency, and faster upload and download speeds.
When people complain about network speeds, have you actually tested the speeds connected straight from the router or are you complaining about your wifi speeds within your house? Most people complain about their wifi speeds and the ISP doesn't care or know how to configure your internal network (wifi and wired) and this is the cause for 99% of people that complain about their network speed.
1/2 the people who get internet service from any of the providers use the router and its default settings in the default location. The other 49% get the Quack Squad or some neighbor to come put in a router without knowing the 1st thing about configuring a fast reliable internal network.
Try this: hook up a laptop directly to the routers ethernet port (don't use the port that is a different color or label) and run a speed test using ookla's speediest.net and I bet you will always get 85% of the speed you are paying for. Then disconnect the laptop and go to all the different parts of your house and try your wifi speeds using the same ookla speed test. You will get much slower and you probably won't get a connection in certain parts of your house.
I use multiple mesh network routers with all but 1 connected by cable and to 1 using the WIFI 6e backhaul. I can go anywhere in my house, on the back lanai, outside patio, in my garage, and get over 800Mb wifi speeds. Since my whole house is automated (grill, garage, lights, door locks, refrigerator, stove, on and on), I need a good connection to each device, no matter if they use the 2.4ghz or 5ghz network connection.
Get somebody who knows how to build a network (that's not the geek squad and none of the ISP's) to build yourself an internal network that will be faster than the internet speed you purchase.
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You are 100% correct BUT the average family in the Villages doesn't care about getting full speed internet all over their home. I have 1GB service from Quantum and an Orbi 970 mesh network. Incredibly expensive but I get close to full speed wifi all over my home and using the 6Ghz backhaul, I can connect my TV and other fixed equipment wired to any one of the satillites. Using OpenSpeed test which is speed test software to measure the speed of your home network, I can get 2.5 Gbs wirelessly to all my Orbi 970 devices. So no need to run a Cat 5 or 6 cable to my TV in the living room for example becasue I'll have more bandwidth than I'll ever need there. But for our home office I have a cat 5E wired link from my Orbi router to our home office. There I have a 2.5GBs switch to provide internet to our computers for example. So all this said, my network setup is total overkill for most people living in the Villages BUT I do believe over time, wireless is the future. Once Wifi 7 or other future network equipment comes down in price and more devices are equipped with 2.4, 5 and 6Ghz wireless, then Wifi will be very close to wired connections.
Today if you buy a new home in the newer sections in the south of the Villages, the home is equipped with Centric fiber with a router and wifi already installed and powered up. All you need to do is call Centric, turn it On and you have decent wifi all over your home. Incredibly simple for $65/month 1Gbs service, no tax, no contract. This is what I'm sure we will see in the future as the norm.
Forgot to mention, If you get Quantum fiber, they install a pretty good Wifi 6 mesh network in you home giving you excellent coverage with no work by the homeowner as well. |
