Question for Techies...

[Hornsby]

I live at the Ass End of the universe and my internet is abysmally slow...I'm talking less than 2 Mbps on a good day. Would changing out my router and/or modem make any appreciable difference? I'm with Century Link and I have no other options other than satellite, and I've done that bit before.

Any tips would be appreciated...thanks.

[revo]

Not a techie, but....

- what's the internet speed you're currently paying for (i.e. 25mbps, 50 mbps, 100 mbps)?
- are you referring to your wi-fi speed? Or hard-wired speed?
- If you're referring to your Wi-fi speed, then YES -- a higher quality wifi router is not only necessary but essential
- as I found out recently, my Verizon wifi router -- and my wifi adapter on my desktop -- were capped at a certain speed. Buying a new router and adapter now gave me full wifi speed as advertised by my ISP (100 mbps)

[Moonlight J]

Connectivity is only as fast as the slowest portion of the chain. If you're paying for 100 Mbps from your ISP and only getting 2 on bandwidth tests, try directly connecting to your modem first and re-running the test. If you get better speeds, your issue is your wifi router. If you get similar speeds, the issue is the modem (and on CenturyLink to improve).