do i need to upgrade?

[DominicNikon]

so in this video they said google was the clear winner but i got 3 netgear orbis for cheaper then the google wifi setup so im wondering if i need to upgrade? i get full bars everywhere in my house and even on the street.

this is my speed,                                 

 

[Lurick]

What's the speed you're paying for?

[Pittman90]

8 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

so in this video they said google was the clear winner but i got 3 netgear orbis for cheaper then the google wifi setup so im wondering if i need to upgrade? i get full bars everywhere in my house and even on the street.

 

 

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Is that wifi speed? What you can try is plug your computer into the router directly through ethernet and if it is noticeably faster then you might want to upgrade 

[DominicNikon]

1 minute ago, Pittman90 said:

Is that wifi speed? What you can try is plug your computer into the router directly Through ethernet and if it is noticeably faster then you might want to upgrade 

thats wifi speed 

[DominicNikon]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

What's the speed you're paying for?

50 mbps and that speed test was on wifi with a galaxy s7

[Pittman90]

7 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

thats wifi speed 

Then go ahead and try it through Ethernet if you can on your pc and compare to wifi on your pc 

[dizmo]

Is that speed good enough for what you do?
Then you don't need to upgrade.

[DominicNikon]

1 minute ago, Pittman90 said:

Then go ahead and try it through ethernet if you can 

plugged directly in gives the same speed

[Pittman90]

7 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

plugged directly in gives the same speed

Then you won't notice a difference upgrading routers 

[DominicNikon]

54 minutes ago, Pittman90 said:

Then you won't notice a difference upgrading routers 

why was google the clear winner in the video then?

[Pittman90]

8 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

why was google the clear winner in the video then?

Here is the thing, ethernet will always be equal or faster to wifi, at least at this point in tech it is not slower than wifi. So for Instance, if you were getting 100mbps down on ethernet then you would have some "headroom" to get faster speeds on wifi. It looks like the bottleneck that you are hitting is with your internet plan not with your router. Meaning upgrading routers won't make a difference.

 

An example would be like you cannot add a better faucet to your sink and expect it to then magically work like a fire hose, the same amount of water is coming out no matter if you upgrade your faucet. Hope that made sense lol. If you did have a faster internet plan then maybe you might see an improvement with upgrading your router but from what I remember from that video they were very similar in performance anyways. 

[DominicNikon]

3 minutes ago, Pittman90 said:

Here is the thing, ethernet will always be equal or faster to wifi, at least at this point in tech it is not slower than wifi. So for Instance, if you were getting 100mbps down on ethernet then you would have some "headroom" to get faster speeds on wifi. It looks like the bottleneck that you are hitting is with your internet plan not with your router. Meaning upgrading routers won't make a difference.

 

An example would be like you cannot add a better faucet to your sink and expect it to then magically work like a fire hose, the same amount of water is coming out no matter if you upgrade your faucet. Hope that made sense lol. If you did have a faster internet plan then maybe you might see an improvement with upgrading your router but from what I remember from that video they were very similar in performance anyways. 

time warner says in a "few months" there going to give me a "free" upgrade to 300mbps so would i still be fine there? also i did upgrade a faucet and it did not work like a fire hose D:

[Pittman90]

8 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

time warner says in a "few months" there going to give me a "free" upgrade to 300mbps so would i still be fine there? also i did upgrade a faucet and it did not work like a fire hose D:

 

I would wait for that free upgrade before you buy anythIng new