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Can't Get Close to Gigabit via WiFi
I recently, with great help from Chuck_M and others here, reset and rebuilt my Orbi network. Content that all was well again at home, I allowed myself to be talked into trying Xfinity's Gigabit serv...
FURRYe38 wrote:
Ya, I had 1Gb service for a several months last year. Nice and all however just can't see paying for what wifi can't really use. Not alot of wifi that can support it. Honestly, I don't see a real need for wifi having that bandwidth anyways. Most straming and gaming don't need that kind of speed and bandwidth. Maybe if you had a business and everyone was on wifi, or a house full of users all streaming and gaming all at once maybe. I think bandwidth really depends on what people are doing. For the most part lower speeds would be sufficient to satisfy most anyone.
Will see what the new WiFi 6 has in store. :smileywink:
Good Luck.
I've pretty quickly come to agree with all of this. The lesson here for me has been that gigabit to a typical home with lots of wireless devices will deliver very little in terms of appreciable gains. Thanks.
Good Luck. :smileywink: