re: Not happy with my Fire TV so far

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it's amazing how much better the stick performs being on that 5GHz 1300Mbps line.

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Just to clarify, the Fire TV stick wifi is 802.11n 2x2 MIMO (I think it's 2x2. I initially thought it was just a single antenna but a smattering of google results tells me otherwise), so the best theoretical throughput you'll get on 5GHz is 300Mbps, and on 2.4GHz 150mbps. 5GHz band has the benefit of less interference (at least until everyone else jumps on 5Ghz sometime down the line). The problem in OP's situation, however, is that putting his Fire TV stick on a 5GHz band will make the problem worse, given the fixed location and distance of the router. 5GHz has a much lower usable range than 2.4GHz, and OP's problem is attenuation.