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Internet speed?
Posted on 7/30/23 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 7/30/23 at 2:22 pm
Moving to a new house from apartment where Wi_Fi was included. I am researching internet options now and have a few questions. Full disclosure, for someone in their 30s I am completely technology illiterate.
1) is cox the best internet provider in New Orleans area? Or is there another provider I should look in to
2) what speed do I need. I am
Seeing plans from 100 mbps to 1 gig ps. I am a family of 4 with small kids. We will have several TVs for streaming and hope to be able to steam multiple football games at same time. Wife will partially work from home and need internet. Will also have a video security system and Want to hook stereo receiver to Wi_Fi. Not a gamer. Do I really need 1gbpa for this or will one of the 250 or 500 gbps packages do the trick?
3) modem. Cox offers this panoramic Wi_Fi router. Should I use this or buy my own. Can their router even process speeds up to 1gbps?
4) expansion/ extenders? I have looked at and heard good things about the EERO mesh system. Anyone have experience with this? House is roughly 2300 sq feet but want the Wi_Fito reach mother in law suite in back which is prob 30 feet behind back porch. This will double as a home office.
TIA for any advice
1) is cox the best internet provider in New Orleans area? Or is there another provider I should look in to
2) what speed do I need. I am
Seeing plans from 100 mbps to 1 gig ps. I am a family of 4 with small kids. We will have several TVs for streaming and hope to be able to steam multiple football games at same time. Wife will partially work from home and need internet. Will also have a video security system and Want to hook stereo receiver to Wi_Fi. Not a gamer. Do I really need 1gbpa for this or will one of the 250 or 500 gbps packages do the trick?
3) modem. Cox offers this panoramic Wi_Fi router. Should I use this or buy my own. Can their router even process speeds up to 1gbps?
4) expansion/ extenders? I have looked at and heard good things about the EERO mesh system. Anyone have experience with this? House is roughly 2300 sq feet but want the Wi_Fito reach mother in law suite in back which is prob 30 feet behind back porch. This will double as a home office.
TIA for any advice
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Posted on 7/30/23 at 5:28 pm to CashMoney504
quote:
what speed do I need.
Most people don't need a whole lot. For reference, an HD video stream is about 5mbps (and 4k is maybe 20), so you will run into your streaming cap before running out of 100mbit service.
I will recommend security cameras that record locally 24/7 and not to the cloud.
Start with the slowest package and upgrade if it's not sufficient. Also keep in mind most "slow wifi" problems are actually local wifi issues and not internet service problems.
quote:Buy your own. Cox will probably charge you like $12/mo forever to rent the damned thing. Screw that. Buy a plain docsis 3.1 modem that is *not* a combo unit with wifi.
modem. Cox offers this panoramic Wi_Fi router. Should I use this or buy my own.
quote:
expansion/ extenders? I have looked at and heard good things about the EERO mesh system. Anyone have experience with this?
Most any of the mesh systems will probably be fine.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 5:29 pm to CashMoney504
Cox is awful. If you can get ATT fiber, get it.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 6:04 pm to CashMoney504
I hate Cox. unfortunately if fiber is not available then might be best you can get.
Look here to see what you can get at your new address.
look here on highspeedinternet.com/providers
[link=(highspeedinternet.com/providers)]https://www.highspeedinternet.com/providers[/link]https://www.highspeedinternet.com/providers
I suggest:
1st - fiber --any
2nd - cable
3rd - Satellite / 5g home service.
You can likely get by with any +300 Mbps service.
I don't use a mesh so not sure, I have a wifi router (wired, also mine not rented) on both ends of house so wifi signal not issue.
Look here to see what you can get at your new address.
look here on highspeedinternet.com/providers
[link=(highspeedinternet.com/providers)]https://www.highspeedinternet.com/providers[/link]https://www.highspeedinternet.com/providers
I suggest:
1st - fiber --any
2nd - cable
3rd - Satellite / 5g home service.
You can likely get by with any +300 Mbps service.
I don't use a mesh so not sure, I have a wifi router (wired, also mine not rented) on both ends of house so wifi signal not issue.
This post was edited on 7/30/23 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 7/31/23 at 2:35 am to CashMoney504
quote:
Not a gamer
Most important part of your post right here. Latency isn't a really big issue for you. You're basically stuck having to deal with Cox or AT&T (if you want fiber) if you're in NOLA. If all you're trying to do is stream to multiple devices and allow your wife to occasionally work from home, I'd really suggest looking into the T-mobile home internet setup. You "might" need to look into a network extender, but that's a minor issue when the flipside is having to deal with Cox or AT&T if your internet goes out. I've had all 3 services, Cox and AT&T are absolute shitshows to deal with, and I truly wish T-mobile had the technology to handle my demands for internet as someone who does like to game. That honestly was the only downfall, latency, and I never would have canceled their service if I didn't have Vexus available/the latency wasn't shite.
Another positive, T-mobile internet is active as long as you have a power source for the modem/router, and their cell towers aren't FUBAR. Look into it.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 9:39 am to CashMoney504
100Mbps download speed is all you really "need".
Posted on 7/31/23 at 10:33 am to CashMoney504
I'm in IT and work a lot on the upload side which is usually the slower speed (second number). The best plan I got is 50 down and 10 up and I'm able to do what I need with it. I run out of upload sometimes but if you're at 100 down with 10-20 up you got more than you need.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 10:58 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Yeah almost everyone tries fixing "slow internet" problems by upgrading their ISP package but that's rarely the problem.
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