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Midjourney<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve probably seen the sales pitches. \u201cGet blazing-fast Wi-Fi 7 with internet speeds like you\u2019ve never seen before. Just $600 for a new state-of-the-art router!\u201d Let me save you money.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd11 The reality check<\/p>\n
Yes, Wi-Fi 7 is fast. Theoretical speeds reach up to 46 Gbps. That\u2019s 46,000 Mbps, compared to Wi-Fi 6, which tops out around 9.6 Gbps (9,600 Mbps). Here\u2019s what that means in real life.<\/p>\n
A 4K movie is about 15 GB.<\/p>\n
Wi-Fi 6 downloads that in 12\u201315 seconds.<\/p>\n
Wi-Fi 7 does it in about three seconds.<\/p>\n
Yea, you\u2019ll never notice the difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc0c The real bottleneck<\/p>\n
Most Americans\u2019 internet maxes out between 200 to 1,000 Mbps. That\u2019s 0.2 to 1 Gbps. This isn\u2019t even close to what your router or phone can handle. Not sure? Look at those numbers above again. I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n
About your phone, it\u2019s limited by your internet connection, not your router.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfce\ufe0f Who can use Wi-Fi 7?<\/p>\n
When you fall into one of these categories, it\u2019s worth getting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Video editors moving 100 GB+ files wirelessly between computers.<\/p>\n
Gamers or engineers with a high-end NAS (network-attached storage).<\/p>\n
Power users with super fast fiber connections (2 Gbps and up).<\/p>\n
Otherwise, it\u2019s like buying a Ferrari to drive to church.<\/p>\n
\u2705 What to do instead<\/p>\n
Know what you\u2019re paying for. Before blaming your devices, look up your internet plan. Are you paying for 100 Mbps? 500? Gigabit?<\/p>\n
Run a speed test. Go to speedtest.net<\/a> or fast.com<\/a> on a phone or laptop connected to Wi-Fi. Compare the results to your plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n The good ol\u2019 reboot. It works more often than you\u2019d think. Here\u2019s the right way to do it: Unplug both your modem and router (if they\u2019re separate). Wait 30 seconds, enough time to hum the Jeopardy! theme. Plug the modem back in first. Wait until the lights are steady. Then plug in the router and give it another minute to fully reboot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still a slowpoke? Try a mesh Wi-Fi system<\/a> (nice, it\u2019s 33% off right now) to improve coverage.<\/p>\n Speaking of\u2026 A router and a modem got married. They were pronounced husbandwidth and WiFi. (Yea, it was bad. I agree.)<\/p>\n Know someone who needs this in their inbox? Tap below and make their day.<\/p>\n We may earn a commission from purchases, but our recommendations are always objective.<\/p>\n \n Tags: devices<\/a>, internet<\/a>, network<\/a>, router<\/a>, Wi-Fi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Midjourney You\u2019ve probably seen the sales pitches. \u201cGet blazing-fast Wi-Fi 7 with internet speeds like you\u2019ve never seen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[49,48,1943,244,1188,7471,61,7473],"class_list":{"0":"post-150103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-devices","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-network","13":"tag-router","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-wi-fi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}