Bare-Bones Question About Speed

[webwzrd]

It seems there is a whole lot of emphasis on speed, but I'm wondering how concerned I (and many of us) need to be about this.

Here's what I have: Wired - a home office with light computer to computer networking, and an Airave. Wireless: couple smartphones, couple tablets and a Google TV box, plus the satellite box is online. All are wireless N, some 2.4, some 5.0. My Internet is DSL with 10/1 speed with an aging Netgear DGND3300. Currently the Google TV stops for buffeting a little too often and that's really the prime reason for wanting to improve things.

So now the question about speed; Isn't my Internet streaming always going to be limited to my Internet speed? Are speeds of 300/450 of any real value to me? It just seems like that emphasis could be a waste of money and I wonder If I should focus on making sure the house has the best coverage and that the Internet speed loss is as minimum as possible.

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[thetoad30]

Please see:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...-smallnetbuilders-wireless-faq-the-essentials

And

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30664-5-ways-to-fix-slow-80211n-speed

These two articles will explain way more to you than I can in a reply.

 

[webwzrd]

Thank you, that's some good reading. I'm going to have to digest all of that.

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[webwzrd]

Thank you thetoad30 - reading though that material has caused me to change my whole strategy. I now think the best way to get an adequate connection to my streaming TV devices is to use powerline adaptors. Although I knew about those before, I've been chasing the wireless dream.

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