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My problem is I pay for 150down...on my phone, macs or any device that is on the wifi network I never get anything close to 150 at any point in time regardless if I am standing next to it or not. Id say max ever has been in the 80s. The only time I see over 100 is hard wired with a laptop on coxs website.

I think you're getting very close to what you pay for. Also, the speeds that are advertised crucially say "up to" somewhere in the fine print.

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So what this does is as I move away from the router it naturally gets weaker. To the point that if I am in my back yard next to my pond (right off the back porch) I get about 2-5mb down.

Well Cox can't do anything about your wireless performance. And the thing about wifi is speeds can drop dramatically with distance, interference, and line-of-sight obstacles. Speeds can also be erratic if multiple devices are connected (or even if just one device is connected).

I think if you just get a nice wireless router like a Nighthawk you will see much improvement in your wifi speeds. And make sure your devices are using wireless-n or -ac rather than -g.

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Posted by NOLAGT

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Posted on 5/2/16 at 4:23 pm to Korkstand

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I think you're getting very close to what you pay for. Also, the speeds that are advertised crucially say "up to" somewhere in the fine print.

I realize that, I was just kinda expecting to see at least over 100 at some point in time over the last 2 years of testing it at times...never not once...unless on the cox site. I just want to make sure im testing it properly at this point.

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Well Cox can't do anything about your wireless performance.

Yep...im just starting with the cox feed becasue if im starting with a lower speed than I should be then ill get lower speeds at distances too. Am I thinking that correctly...like if cox was shy 20-30mb then where I normally get 2-5 by the pond it might be 5-10 (just an example).

Once I know for sure all is good going to the house then I start adjusting my stuff.

I already have 2 routers now or I would get the nighthawk I see everyone talking about. I have the cox one and I have the Luxul I posted above. I got the Luxul when I built my house and had a company do some AV stuff...not sure why they decided not to use it as the router and went with the cox unit. But my goal is to use it since I paid for it and it seems to be good. I just have to do my own antenna witch wouldn't be a back thing. The closet the router is in is on one corner of my house with a lot of stuff around it to block it. I can get another unifi AP and mount it in a better location.

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