NETGEAR Launches new Advanced Cable Modem - does 1 Gbps
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schmidtbag
I've never been a fan of netgear, and I'm getting a little skeptical of the increasing transfer rates of wifi. Such speed will probably mean shorter range, and if not, then much more power consuming. High speed is useless if you have to re-download the packets due to corruption.
The thing many people don't realize about wifi is the actual bandwidth is divided for every person connected. While 1Gbp/s is definitely fast enough for the average high-speed internet connection divided among a family or a coffee shop, I think it'd make more sense for routers to have multiple emitters operating at slower speeds, so that way each user gets the true bandwidth they're connected to. This of course would be more power consuming for the router and would be a serious interference problem if you're in an apartment building, but, for a building with several users, this would offer better speed with less power consumption for the users themselves.
Mda400
tsunami231
Deckard
tsunami231
Black_ice_Spain
tsunami231
scoter man1
I can already hear Comcast smiling. They'll be like, "oh you want 1Gb/s? Starting price of $999/month, then we raise it to $4,500 after one year."
tsunami231
heffeque
In Spain, the biggest cable company "Ono" gives you 200/15 Mbps for 60 €/month (taxes included) if you have a PS4, if not, it only gives you 100/10 Mbps (yep, makes no sense at all).
The small cable companies have better offers.
As for FTTH, Jazztel FTTH gives you 200/200 Mbps for 58 €/month and Adamo FTTH gives you 1.000/200 Mbps for 45 €/month.
Unlike Comcast, none have bandwidth caps or P2P throttling.
scoter man1
chilly willy
I don't know why poeople don't like Comcast. I have had nothing but goodness from them. been with them since 2000, haven't had a service interuption in the last 8 years except for a giant blackout that affected the whole town but that was fixed in like 2 days when the power in the area came back, i pay 130$ for their triple play package and i was paying an extra 10$ for their blast internet service and they recently bumped me up to extreme 105 service for free because they are making blast a part of the regular package apparently. I have never been throttled( i monitor all my network speeds realtime with a sidebar gadget) netflix, steam, origin all use up to 120 megabits of my download speed. I have never gotten any letters or anything about downloading too much and I have reached 2tb of data in a month 2 months in a row when i had to backup tons of **** to a friends nas. comcast didn't give a fudge.
as far as the cost of service i guess people can be peeved about that but thats currently the case for ALL ISPs in atleast North America. Google being the exception.
now for the gripes and tips with comcast
my only tip with comcast... get your own modem! save 7$ per month most of the problems i had with comcast was their own modem buying my own fixed every issue i had with them.
gripes...
2$ per month for the extra little boxes to get cable to extra tvs.
7$ per month extra for hd box without dvr
10$ per month extra for hd box with dvr
and thats about it for me. although i guess speeds could be higher and prices all around could be lower. lets just all hope Google comes to more areas so this bleeding from ALL ISPs can stop. its not just comcast people! you should never hope a company like comcast goes bankrupt someone else will just mov in and take over where they left off. hope comcast thrives and spreads to more areas with more competition. competition will drive speeds, services, and prices down.
heffeque
Here's the thing... you seemed happy to pay $140 per month when you should have been paying half of that.
chilly willy
thpalex
Well, In Asian counties, internet speed is very poor somewhere and average somewhere.... Businesses are still looking for high speed internet connection company.
Reddoguk
I pay 30-50 pound for 100/20. 30 pound mostly since i don't ever use the landline for my calls.
It's not superfast but i'm totally happy with it. 10+mb/s doesn't seem much but games like BF4 Premium finish in less than an hour and that's 50+gb's.
This isn't a retail Router. This Netgear is for ISP's to give out for free.