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Tyrrox
Oct 31, 2022Aspirant
Internet Speed is Lower Than it Should be
Hey all I have tried various searches to find an answer for this, called Comcast, Asus, Netgear, had techs out and so far, nothing, but let me tell you what is going on. Last week I had 900mbps d...
Tyrrox
Oct 31, 2022Aspirant
It looks like I won't get the speed I want with this router wired, but what if I bought a wireless card for it, since the wireless for 5ghz and 6ghz seem to go beyond the 1mbps?
Kitsap
Oct 31, 2022Master
Tyrrox wrote:It looks like I won't get the speed I want with this router wired, but what if I bought a wireless card for it, since the wireless for 5ghz and 6ghz seem to go beyond the 1mbps?
Maybe. I do not own any Wi-FI 6 or 6E hardware. What specifications seem on paper are seldom matched in the real world.
Comcast just increased the specified download throughput of my plan from 800 to 1000 Mbps. With over provisioning I should see around 1.2 Gbps. I do not have any downstream hardware to test once I get past my modem. I cannot imagine doing anything to saturate that connection and plan to downgrade it in exchange for a higher upload throughput.