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I had a T1 line once and MLB would black out Minnesota Twins games.
It was actually good for me since Minnesota sucks anyways.
I did a check online with Spectrum locally and 30 Down is $14.75 a month, 100 down for $66.00, 200 Down for $93 a month and 1 gig for $139 a month. I currently have 100 down. I considered dropping to 30 down, but I lose about 50% using wifi and with my son downloading games, streaming HD, I figured going to 30 would give me issues. If I had everything hard wired and had a 30 at all times, it would work out. Even with a good router I still lose about 50% in speed. I have read that is normal.
If I understand what you're saying, I think you may be mistaken. If your wireless can do 150Mbps (real world, not theoretical), for instance, and your internet connection is only 30Mbps, you are able to take advantage of the full 30Mbps as 150 > 30. The wi-fi speed (throughput) reduction due to raised noise floor from the number of devices, etc. is independent of your internet connection speed. Having everything hardwired to the router isn't going to make your 30 Mbps internet connection any faster, although it would reduce latency by a couple of milliseconds which shouldn't be noticeable.
We sometimes have two different TV streams plus typical surfing going on our 30 Mbps Spectrum service at our cottage with no problem. We have a purchased Arris modem with an integrated 4-port router with WiFi. All of our streaming and surfing connections are WiFi, with only our environmental monitoring system and VOIP phone service ATA hardwired to router ports.
That should work fine. I used to have 24Mb VDSL2, and both my wife and I could watch HD streams on Netflix, Hulu, etc. and surf the net at the same time. The highest sustained download throughput I ever recorded in my monitoring software was ~20Mbps, not including large file downloads which would peg it to 24Mbps. 30 Mbps should be fine for a couple of people. Heck, I used to run an office of 120 people off a 50Mbps connection.
You may believe DSL is a dead tech but for those of us that choose to live in places where the nearest neighbor is measured in miles not feet DSL is alive and well. Tech upgrades have allowed 20/30 mb connections here in rural Colorado. Yeah I know not much compared to those GB speeds that are available where cable and fiber are available but a godsend to those rancher types that use it to manage the herds. Maybe that 5G cellular I keep hearing about will help but somehow I doubt that the Eastern Plains of Colorado is a priority.
Maybe time we withhold your food supply until we get fiber to OUR curb. ;-)
My brother would figuratively kill for 20Mb Internet. His best option is 6Mb WiMax.
Ah WiMax, the 5G of the last generation. It was the answer to the last mile, until it wasn't.
That MIGHT be normal if you're on the 2.4Ghz band, but I have never experienced a 50% loss over 5Ghz. Does your router have 5Ghz wireless or just 2.4? If only 2.4, upgrade your router and you're likely to have much less speed loss.
That is interesting. I do not know if I am using 2.4 over 5. Any idea how to tell? If I am using over 2.4, how do I move it up to 5? I also wonder if my Roku, computer, etc would have any effect at 5?
Yes on all counts. The 2.4Ghz band is typically overcrowded and this significantly degrades throughput. What is the model of the wireless router you are using?
It is a newer Netgear. I checked my laptop speed it is getting from the Netgear and it says the wifi speed is 72. I wonder why outboard checks from like Spectrum gives me only 45-50?
If you give me the exact model number I can tell you if the router is capable of 5Ghz
There should be a 2.4 and 5ghz lights on the router as well if indeed it is a 5ghz router,
We only have 2.4Ghz on our Arris modem's WiFi, but we're in a rural location where we can just barely get a sniff of the nearest neighbor's WiFi signal, so channel overcrowding really isn't an issue here. Our tested speeds over WiFi usually slightly exceed the advertised "up to" speeds.
You're lucky. Our local telco installs the same modems in every home and apartment in town. Those modems are only capable of 2.4Ghz, so many people are jamming the 2.4 band around me. I disable the wifi on their gateway and run my own behind it using 5Ghz.
I have not had great service with 5GHZ. If I am near the router it's fine but any real distance the the signal significantly drops off, where 2.4 is still very strong.
That's the trade-off with 5Ghz. I buy routers that have external antennas to increase the range.
Well, it isn't always that great here... When we stop by the cottage in the summer, sometimes we can actually see as many as three weak neighboring signals when the summer folks are here! It's just awful!
