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Rural WIFI- would google WiFi help

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  • 06-12-2020 2:59pm
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    Kkman00
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    I live in rural Ireland and our internet speed is very slow. Just wondering would purchasing google WiFi improve our internet speed or is google WiFi more so for eliminating WiFi weakpoints around the house without increasing internet speeding


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    long_b
    Registered Users Posts: 4,931 ✭✭✭long_b


    Kkman00 wrote: »
    I live in rural Ireland and our internet speed is very slow. Just wondering would purchasing google WiFi improve our internet speed or is google WiFi more so for eliminating WiFi weakpoints around the house without increasing internet speeding

    It won't increase the speed to the premises I'm afraid


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    TheDriver
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    At the entry point to house ie modem or router, what type of speed are u getting (laptop connected with a wire)


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    Kkman00
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭Kkman00


    TheDriver wrote: »
    At the entry point to house ie modem or router, what type of speed are u getting (laptop connected with a wire)

    Connections using laptop is all wireless would never use a wire. But speeds at the moment are usually about 1-2.5mbps


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    Kkman00
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭Kkman00


    long_b wrote: »
    It won't increase the speed to the premises I'm afraid

    So google WiFi has no effect on internet speeds?


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    long_b
    Registered Users Posts: 4,931 ✭✭✭long_b


    Kkman00 wrote: »
    So google WiFi has no effect on internet speeds?

    A good WiFi router will let you get every last bit of Internet speed that's coming into your house and will give you good WiFi coverage in your house, but it won't increase the Internet speed that's coming in to you.

    So Google WiFi will not be a "bottleneck" but it won't increase the speed to, say, 20 Mb/sec or anything.


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    TheDriver
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    Kkman00 wrote: »
    Connections using laptop is all wireless would never use a wire. But speeds at the moment are usually about 1-2.5mbps
    Can u connect a wire and turm WiFi off on laptop? It's important to start with a wired speed as there could be channel interference etc.


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