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Old 08-05-2013, 05:12 PM   #25
GreatWhiteEbola
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Originally Posted by Buzzard View Post
Yup, I was suffering the same lousy reception for a good year after receiving their lousy modem/router. Finally got pissed off one day and hooked up my old wrt54 that was tucked away and got them to do the bridge thing.

I'm now back to full wifi signal throughout our home as well as the whole backyard. Well worth the 15 minutes or so it took.
I went from a signal strength of -70 dBm to -40 dBm, and my wireless speeds went from 48 Mbps to 92 Mbps (that seems very out of whack, I tested with Shaw Speed Test before and after)...

Definitely worth it to not use the Shaw provided router.
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