re: Mesh Router for 1 Gig Fiber

1. Internet speeds through wifi depend on architectural features depending on what band you are connecting on (which you usually can't control.) You know what is fantastic at blocking 2.4ghz signals? Chain link fence and lathe under plaster. Also, chimney vents, refrigerators, and other giant masses of metal.

2. Any access point needs to be hardwired to avoid frustration. If wireless talks to wireless, it has to devote a chunk of bandwidth to talking to it's partner, where it is trying to route all of your traffic from your phones. Not optimal.

3. See point 2. If you have a bunch of unused phone jacks (Cat3) which nobody really uses, it's child's play to have someone tie a cat 5/6 cable to your existing cat 3 and use it to pull the improved wire back through the house to the homerun. Sometimes it's stapled, but you spend a couple of hundred, or you come here spending hundreds on extenders, mesh systems, yada yada. WIRE IT.

4. Put a cheap UPS at each wifi device and your router. A $35 UPS can power your AP/Router for 24 hours. If you're on fiber, power is your problem in an emergency.