 XBL2009------
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Chicago, IL
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Re: Different numbers here. said by DHRacer:The one thing we're all forgetting is how much consumer hardware doesn't even support more than 10Mbps on the WAN port (or some that say 10Mbps WAN port but can't even deliver that). It would take a serious re-education of the greater portion of American public to tell them that 99% of their home routers will need replacing to get more than 10Mbps down. Most would probably say "f-that!", especially since stuff that is 100Mbps on the WAN side is always a bit more money (though that is slowly changing on the latest offerings). So, no, anything above 10Mbps is definately enthusiast level, and who owns (and paid a good penny for) enthusiast level equipment to have it. We'll see 100Mbps maybe when our kids are grown and buying HSI, because only a few today see the need for more than 10 (and they're pretty much all here at DSLR). Our kids, who have grown up in the Internet age and are fully into being bandwidth consumers will drive the rollout... Like a $40 router will stop people from getting 100mbps internet. If 100mbps was available then the market would have a ton of routers for people to use.
Let's see we have gone from b to g to super g to n I think people would upgrade again if necessary.
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | I've been in enough homes to know that G routers haven't flown off the shelf to replace the B routers. Many who have G routers do so because they were available when they purchased them...
People here need to stop thinking that the whole world does what the very VERY small group of people here do. This site is FAR from a representation of what the rest of the country is doing.
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XBL2009------
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Chicago, IL Reviews:
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| Since you can't get more then 10 megabits from any ISP what's the point of going beyond a b router?
I personally still have a b wireless router and a 1 Gbps wired router. I move large files with the wired router and surf with the b router.
However if the need arose to upgrade the b router for faster internet speeds I would and so would everyone else.
PS: Most homes I go into have the modem attached directly to the DSL or Cable modem and don't have a router at all.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | That and the cost of the router is a very small percentage of the annual cost of the service.
It won't be an issue for people who want the service. |
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said by XBL2009:Since you can't get more then 10 megabits from any ISP what's the point of going beyond a b router? well, you don't get anywhere near 10 mbps thru a b router |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to XBL2009
Personally, I have a G router for wireless because I run an actual network in the home so I get a higher transfer rate between other computers while wireless. Also, you now have more and more ISPs pushing beyond the 10mb. But, you are right.. in most cases, the average consumer is fine with B right now.
The ONLY other reason I can see G being an advantage is that they do tend to get a better signal pushed on further distances over B.. again, still rare.
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