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Old 10-18-2008, 12:26 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp View Post
The limiting factor of your connection speed will be with your high speed provider, not your home network. Whether you go with a wired or wireless connection for your PC, will probably not make a significant difference. Wireless networking speeds are higher then what you'll get from your high speed provider.

If you're going to get a wireless router regardless, why not try out connecting your PC to it wirelessly and see how it goes. If it's noticeably worse then the current situation, then look at other options.
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I know, networks go way faster than any service provider offers. But, I've always found them to be flaky! So I've been hesitant with doing this.
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Yeah, it's $45 for a desktop NIC. Was looking at just trying that to see how it goes.
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