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Is Telus going out of business
It seems to be impossible to talk with telus. Just finished a brutal conversation with a rep that spoke broken English with a sock in her mouth. It was a struggle to try and understand her and she co...
My Friday appointment that the Telus store said didn't exist was met. The tech asked why he was here. I said that I pay for the gigabyte service. I receive 940 Mbps from the hub via Ethernet to desktop. Why is it that wireless is between 16 and 400 Mbps. Where does the signal go? He didn't know. It is what you have here . Don't know why and can't do anything about it.
And now they offer 1.5 gig service.
Consumer beware.
"I receive 940 Mbps from the hub via Ethernet to desktop. Why is it that wireless is between 16 and 400 Mbps. Where does the signal go?"
Refer to this article for a very good explanation of how WiFi works. It has much more detail than can be explained in a forum post.
https://www.homenethowto.com/wireless/wi-fi-standards/
The key points are:
- WiFi speed depends on the capabilities of both the router and the device connecting to it.
- The connection will be at the fastest type that both have in common.
- The speeds shown in the article above are theoretical speeds in ideal laboratory conditions. Real world conditions are never that good.
- The maximum WiFi connection speed has nothing to do with your Internet speed. It is the speed between the device and the router.
- When you perform a speed test over WiFi your result will be the lower of your Internet speed or your WiFi speed.
