Phones are low-hanging fruit since we're still talking about single spatial stream devices, and they still won't benefit from AC without having another AC-capable client or a gigabit ethernet client on the network, and still it's only beneficial if you're actually reading or writing large files from your local network using your phone. It will probably be another year before we have a decent selection of higher end wireless AC routers that actually offer significant better antenna power, and every single wifi-enabled device is using an 802.11AC adapter. And even then, if you aren't in an upgrade cycle for shiny new electronics, the number of available AC devices on the market is irrelevant.

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Posted by Hopeful Doc

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Posted on 9/19/14 at 4:23 pm to ILikeLSUToo

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still won't benefit from AC without having another AC-capable client or a gigabit ethernet client on the network, and still it's only beneficial if you're actually reading or writing large files from your local network using your phone.

The only group I can think of that really benefit at present time are the ones using network TV tuners and attempting to send 3 HD streams across their wireless network because they don't have/want gigabit Ethernet in their homes. I can't think of much else that would benefit from the speed in the typical home user's network.

And speaking of quality AC options, is there a reason you dislike the WRT-1900 by Linksys? It's definitely ahead of its time and expensive, but an ac1900 should be "the next step up" in performance (assuming appropriate adapters and clients operating in their respective streams) from an n900, no?

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