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Thomo1318
Jun 09, 2019Aspirant
Will there be a new one soon?
I am currently about to upgrade my router... But with wifi 6/ax on the horizon I don’t know if the upgrade the the XR700 is worth the upgrade since it will soon be old tech. Hence looking at a switc...
Netduma-Fraser
Jun 11, 2019NetDuma Partner
Yes looks to be one of the first devices, I stand corrected thanks! If you're not planning on buying all new phones, laptops etc then AX won't be of much benefit.
plemans
Jun 11, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Not trying to be arguementative but AX does help with standard ac devices for concurrent broadcasts. Its tough to objectively measure since you're using mutliple devices but it subjectively feels faster when I've been testing AX routers :) I don't really notice until I get multiple devices rolling with some decent bandwidth.