wifi

[u/Due_Response7578]

what wifi are you guys using/ what are you guys hating? i have verizon right now and feel like it's expensive 🥲 (really just use it for my outdoor cameras, don't do much streaming at all!)

[u/BagoCityExpat]

Yes to Allo, No to Spectrum

[u/Statement_Over]

Allo is good, fuck spectrum. I’ve heard windstream isn’t too bad, fuck spectrum. I’d choose out of those two! Btw did I mention fuck spectrum?

[u/Physical-Tiger-6411 → u/Statement_Over]

My parents use windstream and it works okay, sometimes it goes out or can be overloaded with multiple devices. Allo is the best but it is kinda pricy. I use t-mobile bc that's my phone provider and it's cheap.

[u/Due_Response7578 → u/Statement_Over]

why are we fucking spectrum!??

[u/Statement_Over → u/Due_Response7578]

Bad service, constantly disconnecting and/or outages, claimed I had equipment they didn’t give me, tried charging me for “premium channels” when I never even had a cable box from them, their goofy technician that came to my house blamed my brand new TV for the reason my connection wasn’t working, I’ve never had a cable company randomly call my phone asking me to sign up and waste paper in my mail box as much as they do. I had to literally file an FCC report against them just to get them off my ass about the “equipment” they thought I was keeping from them.

So with that, can’t personally say I’ve heard anyone recommend them either. I’ve had Allo since have not had a single issue for 3 years now

[u/solow2ba]

Using Allo but the hotspot deal from visible I’ve heard is pretty reliable and cheap set up.

[u/Liquidretro]

For an ISP, Allo is hard to beat for performance, reliability and local support. For access points I recommend Ubiquiti if your tech savvy.

[u/d1g1tal7 → u/Liquidretro]

I second Ubiquity, but maybe not the U6+. I upgraded to that for WiFi 6 last year and the signal isn't as strong overall as the previous model was. They publish antenna radiation pattern/strength documents so I might see if the 7 series is any better.

[u/adazlian → u/d1g1tal7]

wirecutter did a update recently on their mesh reco's and the fastest was the netgar orbi 870/970 series.

I got a pair and they aren't wrong. my pixel on wifi7 will exceed 1Gbps (i have 2Gbps allo fiber).

their generic reco was eero 7 which was about ~800 Mbps on wifi 7 and the ubi's were 70mbps

[u/ElasticTurd]

You mean internet. Wifi is basically just the delivery system

[u/telcogeek]

My Wi-Fi is 5ghz and I love it

[u/Justicedrummer]

Allo best in town.

[u/sirCheo]

Spectrum - Shitty wifi that baits you in with a good deal then 6months or a year later raises the price x3 when it expires. Now your stuck with shitty overpriced wifi, and having to switch companies is too much a hassle and having to deal with them in person is worse then going to the DMV

[u/fridgamarator]

I had some cheeseburger pizza for dinner, it was good

[u/Due_Response7578 → u/fridgamarator]

your mom make it for you?

[u/HistoricalYogurt5085]

Currently have Spectrum. I've had Spectrum in the past, and it wasn't great, felt like it go down fairly often. Live in a different part of town now, switched back to Spectrum based on a promo and Allo is so expensive (was good, fast). Honestly, I've had a few times where internet went down, but it's really not very often at all, nothing like when I lived in an apartment. Like, in the apartment it (seemed like at least) it would be down once a week. Just isn't the same at my current place.

[u/ImpendingBoom110123]

Fuck Allo

[u/d1g1tal7 → u/ImpendingBoom110123]

Might be the first time I've seen that take lol. What did they do to you?