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I have fios and feel like a noob, I’ve been paying for my router for a year without realizing. The lease has increased to $12 per month that’s how I spotted it.
I have 100/100mb service I’m mostly fiber except to the router that is still coax, I’m pretty confident I can run a Ethernet line from the ont to the router without much drama.
The quantum gateway from Verizon works okay but not great. I’d like more consistent WiFi coverage at the edge of service now. Living room TV has some buffering on WiFi not a ton but enough to be irritating.
I’m thinking about accepting that google will spy on me more and getting a google router. I like how it’s a mesh network and I could add an access point (?) near the TV.
How is the quality of googles router and if the access point doesn’t have a direct line of sight will it help or is it possible to just be better router than the Verizon gateway and problem solved?
I have 1100 square feet to cover, it is a ranch so it’s one floor, more coverage outside would be nice but it’s not required.
**I understand WiFi signals can be weird and nothing is guaranteed feel free to give reasonable speculation**
Edit: easy router control is very important to me. One thing I hate about the fios gateway is it’s control panel is frustrating to use. Ideally I’d like to be able to port forward and do basic stuff from an app or at minimum at simple webpage/control panel.
I have 100/100mb service I’m mostly fiber except to the router that is still coax, I’m pretty confident I can run a Ethernet line from the ont to the router without much drama.
The quantum gateway from Verizon works okay but not great. I’d like more consistent WiFi coverage at the edge of service now. Living room TV has some buffering on WiFi not a ton but enough to be irritating.
I’m thinking about accepting that google will spy on me more and getting a google router. I like how it’s a mesh network and I could add an access point (?) near the TV.
How is the quality of googles router and if the access point doesn’t have a direct line of sight will it help or is it possible to just be better router than the Verizon gateway and problem solved?
I have 1100 square feet to cover, it is a ranch so it’s one floor, more coverage outside would be nice but it’s not required.
**I understand WiFi signals can be weird and nothing is guaranteed feel free to give reasonable speculation**
Edit: easy router control is very important to me. One thing I hate about the fios gateway is it’s control panel is frustrating to use. Ideally I’d like to be able to port forward and do basic stuff from an app or at minimum at simple webpage/control panel.
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