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A comment on Avery’s laws of Wi-Fi reliability. Parent comment

Re:Avery’s laws of Wi-Fi reliability by Mysterix on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:46AM (#14751251)
The strategy "Buy 2 routers, and if the first one fails, then use the 2nd one" is ok, and gives you the 1% result.

My (little) problem is the sentence "Replacing your router (or firmware) almost always fixes your problem.", because if the first router is broken, replacing it will only fix your problem in 10% of the cases, which is not "almost always".

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Re:Avery’s laws of Wi-Fi reliability by Dylan16807 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:00AM (#14751287)
You don't actually have to buy a second router upfront, so that's not a good way to word it either.

I'm struggling to find a great way to put it. Maybe "a one-replacement backup plan gives you a 99% chance of success"? Close but not very elegant.

"Replacing your router (or firmware) fixes the problem except for 1% of all router buyers"?

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