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Re:Comcast internet speed improved with non-Comcast hardware by Matt3o12_ on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:37AM (#14021601)
As far as I understand, 5ghz is weak on distance which is a problem at my apartment building. Every time I'm on the 5G SSID, the internet becomes unusable in the bedroom and kitchen which makes 5G unusable for me because my devices don't select the 2.4ghz band automatically.
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Re:Comcast internet speed improved with non-Comcast hardware by gtdawg on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:16PM (#14082152)
I'm a little late with my reply, but I wanted the solution to be here as well.

Poor 5ghz propagation solved:

https://eero.com/ https://lumahome.com/ https://madeby.google.com/wifi/how-it-works/ http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-home/ https://www.open-mesh.com/

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Re:Comcast internet speed improved with non-Comcast hardware by Matt3o12_ on Monday April 10, 2017 @05:45PM (#14082844)
Mesh networks are definitely cool but the biggest downside is that they are a bit pricy and I have heard that some of them do not work well. I cannot speak for any of those which you provided, though, except google which works well supposedly.
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