Windows 10: Wi-Fi Extender/Repeaters

I am staying connected only a few times it will completely disconnect. I can be listening to radio app, have task manager open, on Wi-Fi receive its shows its receiving data at 64 Kbps, then when sis connects phone it drops to 0 (zero) Kbps and stay there till she disconnects her phone.
Yesterday's accumulated update, I went over to her house, receiving data at most was 2.2 Mbps, when she disconnected her phone, it jumped up 50 Mbps.

 

Jimbo, yea only two ISP providers here Centurylink and Suddenlink. both try robbing you, quote you good deal then bill you 3 to 4 times what they quote.
Centurylink DSL Broadband, they quote you $62, they mail you router, then you have to tell them to turn service on.
Suddenlink is cable, much faster. they quote $75.
Only other provider is Hughesnet, no service in high winds, rain, bird uses dish for perching.
We have two Mc Donalds here, both have AT&T Uverse, AT&T says they don't.

 

Except for the valley between Vegas and the California State line, I really don't know any area that AT&T doesn't serve. Where I live, in less than a 40 minute drive You can go from 2 GB/s Fiber Optics (Lafayette Utility Services) down to a 26.4 Kb/s AT&T Dial Up connection out on the lake when I have a Camp. Before 2-Way Satellite Systems like Excede (Really High Latency) we couldn't get DirectTV or Dish Satellite because the upload speed was so slow. AT&T put in a Cell Tower so now everybody has gone to unlimited Cell Data Plans for their alarm systems and limited Web Surfing.

Using someone else's Internet at more than say 75-100 feet for other than Emergency or Temporary purposes isn't a good idea unless You're willing to invest is a expensive Outdoor Commercial Type System. Now I do know someone with a Horrible Credit Rating that gets free Wi-Fi from a Public Library around 600 feet from His house. He's using a USB adapter like I posted mounted on a Satellite mini-dish. His speed like yours is far less than 100 Kb/s. He also goes to The Library to download Windows Updates.

My advise would be calling AT&T again and seeing what's available.

 

AT&T will hook you up with Centurylink and DirectTv..
Verizon FIOS by Frontier, they hook you up with Centurylink and Dish..

 

They Can't Force You to get a Bundle, that's Illegal.

 

They claim its a better deal by bundling.
I was browsing around on the internet looking for providers,, FIOS showed they offer out here internet unlimited data at $14.95,, internet through Centurylink.
Centurylink problem is over billing you, other is they have you using servers 100 miles away from your area when they actually have servers within 30 miles. Right now I am on server in Palestine, TX, 100 miles away,, they have servers closer in Athens and Malakoff, TX.

 

Maybe they can't force you but the can over charge you. My son tried to lower his Comcast cable bill by dropping some channels. Because of the discount for the bundled package his cable bill would have gone up.

 

Hi there

I can't see any reason to go for Bundled packages -- while they might look more attractive who really sits at home and has time to watch 100's of usually lousy TV channels or a load of half baked movies --it's a shame but Hollywood really produces very few decent films these days --mainly "follow ons" of not very good series etc - nothing even remotely original. I really don't need to see 97th re-incarnation of Spider-Man or yet another mind numbingly boring Star Wars film (not Star trek which was quite good) - and the new Star Trek discovery series on Netflix shows that the old Hollywood and Big 4 of US networks are really dying on their feet.

If you want to watch TV then people like NETFLIX are usually good value (they seem to have a load of decent original stuff) and are quite cheap and who these days really needs a landline - especially an expensive one.

Personally though "camping" uninvited on somebody else's wifi is never a good idea in any case.

For a high quality unlimited basic Internet Only service in most places you should be able to find something for around 30 USD a month Max - and that's for decentish speed -- you don't have to go for 2Gb/s or whatever --is there really that much stuff around that's worth downloading at that speed -- Netflix even works quite well at 2 - 3 Mb/s

I'll bet a load of people on this board also have very expensive mobile contracts -- It's always cheaper to buy the phone up front and pay a few USD a month for a non contract type of SIM -- even an expensive iPhone is better to buy up front -- the typical contract price will usually have paid off the phone after about 15 months and then you are just wasting the rest of the money.

If you can't afford the up front price it's mega cheaper to buy the thing with a Bank loan or even a Credit card provided you pay back a reasonable amount each month.

Still this is a Tech Forum not a Consumers advice one - but I hate seeing just how many people don't realize how much money they are chucking down the drain. maybe unlike some of us they have a lot more money than we did as kids - but even so it's still wasting it.

Finally don't always believe what the sales people tell you -- I don't believe you are forced to take any bundle at all from these suppliers even if they make the sales pitch sound good.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Hi,
One can always go to the bar and watch free cable *Tongue

 

Yep. I had Dish, paid $89 a month, when year was up, bill went up to $289 a month, complained, they said they can remove some channels to get bill around $89. they removed all the channels except those infomercials.

 

When I go to a bar, I want to hear some Honky Tonk music, I do not care for sports unless its NASCAR at Darlington, Daytona, or Talledega

 

The pringle can idea gave me a idea,, I was browsing antenna leads and seen some where you can use external antenna. just don't know which one to pick.