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morrijas
Feb 06, 2026Tutor
New netgear firmware will brick your internet
after the new firmware my 5ghz band was forced to 3 times slower and for the router to loose connection from the cable modem and no it is not the cable modem, the whole router would loose internet b...
morrijas
Feb 06, 2026Tutor
Have any of you heard this about netgear, now that you will be forced to buy the security and premium package to keep you router connected to the internet? It will cost everyone who has a netgear router is what netgear told me
- JWS9518Feb 06, 2026Luminary
I highly doubt that. I agree with Crimpon , sounds like you were talking to a fake Netgear number, and they are trying to scam you. Either that or you are just trying to spam the forum with multiple posts.