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Egnever

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9. Do you by any chance use TMobile as your cell service?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 01:28 AM

Dec 2017

The reason I ask is they will give you a great Asus router for a $25 deposit to use for your house that is optimized for wifi calling. The same Asus router runs about $120 retail .

If not this is the same router just the consumer version.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-wireless-ac1750-dual-band-wi-fi-router-black/5760300.p?skuId=5760300

It is very solid and covers a 1700 square foot house pretty well.

Anything larger you would probably want to look for something with more powerful antenna or mesh but if you have a house 1700 ft or smaller that is an outstanding router.

Another great router is the tplink Archer c7 I think it is cheaper and has good performance but I have had people that purchased it have it go bad on them.

That said it has been consistently rated on of the best performers for a couple of years now.

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Another router died! There was a wifi signal, but no net access either through wifi or... [View all] TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 OP

Get a Surfboard router padfun Dec 2017 #1

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Surfboard is made by Arris padfun Dec 2017 #11

I have Cablevision/Optimum and have to get my own router. I rent their modem... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #12

Netgear. I had mine do that two years ago. A friend just had one do the same. Roland99 Dec 2017 #3

Looks like a good one, but a little more than I need. TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #4

Have yet to have an Asus router die on me Egnever Dec 2017 #5

If I needed it, the Google Mesh system seems like a good idea. Just... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #6

Yea I don't really require a mesh system my place is pretty small Egnever Dec 2017 #7

I'm soured on Netgear now. Best Buy and Staples are around the corner... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #8

Do you by any chance use TMobile as your cell service? Egnever Dec 2017 #9

No, I have Boost, but that looks like a choice router anyway. TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #10

It was a day like any other day jrandom421 Dec 2017 #13

that was a work of nerd musical brilliance lol ! nt steve2470 Dec 2017 #15

Thanks all. Ordering online is nuts this time of year and by the time... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #14