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| Not Just the Comcast Cost Another cost, even though it is a onetime cost, is the home network upgrade.
For exapmle, running on a Linksys WRT54G, the max wireless speed is well below 50Mbps, probably more like 20Mbps or so. Also not sure what the maximum WAN port speed is but I would guess it is below 50Mbps.
So anyone upgrading to this new speed may have to make a bunch of hardware changes to their router and wireless cards to take advantage of the 50Mbps tier.
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| said by pende_tim:Another cost, even though it is a onetime cost, is the home network upgrade. For exapmle, running on a Linksys WRT54G, the max wireless speed is well below 50Mbps, probably more like 20Mbps or so. Also not sure what the maximum WAN port speed is but I would guess it is below 50Mbps. So anyone upgrading to this new speed may have to make a bunch of hardware changes to their router and wireless cards to take advantage of the 50Mbps tier. Good point. Making use of the new capability could involve large increases in costs for the homeowner. And even if they stay with lower speeds on multiple laptops/desktops, the need to upgrade routers will almost be a necessity.
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jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA | reply to pende_tim
Your WRT54G's WAN port should be capable of nearly 100mbps full duplex. Processing power is another story--a lot of high-bandwidth TCP streams could cripple the router. Wonder if any FiOS users with 50mbps have had router-imposed slowdowns when they max out their connections. |
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