Router faster than broadband???

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themadride

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I have roadrunner broadband. I pay extra for "turbo" which is sold as 10mb/sec download speed.

I did a speed test at www.speedtest.net and I get speeds from 11mb to 17mb.


The slowest wireless router (G) at Walmart is rated at 54mb/sec.

Why would anyone pay extra for a G+ or N when the lowest speed still far exceeds the maximum speed provided by broadband?

AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

Thanks.
Scott
 
As time goes by, internet providers will provide faster internet. As it stands right now, comcast in some places offer 50mb speeds. The only thing an N router helps with is transferring files between computer wirelessly as long as each device has an N wireless card. Most users won't even come close to needing an N router.
 
When you move files around a network the additional speed will help. Wireless N also has greater range than wireless wireless b and g.
 
like the other 2 said manly for local stuff like streaming video from one local pc to another but on the other hand were im at charter offers a 100 megabit and a 60 megabit one i cant afford either of those as 60 is 145 a month and 100 is 170 a month i only have 25 but point is as price comes down people will subscribe and no one likes to be limited by their router also thought id say in Tokyo large cities in china parts of the Netherlands Germany large cities in Europe 100 megabit internet isn't that uncommon like it is here in the states routers aren't just designed for the US their designed for everyone..
 
In china we have "community broadband", which is a ~1 gigabit connection connected to an ENORMOUS router in the basement of the apartment and connected to the homes of the entire community. My community is relatively empty, and I get ~5 Mbps, but I've heard of people using 512k ADSL because their community is full...
P.S. I have a home LAN FTP server (for backups), and I think that 802.11n would make it faster if we actually use our wireless. But anyway, in our house we connect via a 100 Mbps Ethernet cable, but friends need to use the 802.11b slow-poke to connect to our FTP :)
 
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