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If you choose not to, buying an 802.11ac router now may not be much help.
To take advantage of the promised "3x-faster" data speeds, you need compatible 802.11ac network adapters for the computers you want to use with the 802.11ac router.
That means an 802.11ac router and an 802.11ac device.
Our top pick, the Netgear R7000P Nighthawk, is a dual-band, three stream 802.11ac router and it offers solid speed and throughput performance across long and moderate ranges.
If your glorious four antenna 802.11ac router is connecting to your single antenna 802.11ac smartphone then 400Mbps (50Mbps) is your theoretical maximum and 200Mbps (25MBps) is the more realistic one.
And, being a 802.11ac router, it can stream video and audio files, and deliver network access at speeds up to 1,300 megabits per second.
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If you are using an older router, with an 802.11b or g technology, get an 802.11n router.
I notice there's a long list of "known issues" with the Huawei HG533 router, for example.
Truth is, the HotSpot @Home phones work with any Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) router, including one you may already have.
My Internet provider is offering a choice between two service packages: an 802.11g router with 10 megabits per second for download speed or dual-band 802.11g/n router and a download speed of up to 30 megabits per second.
I tested Kyocera's KR1 router ($300), which works with EV-DO services; configuring the router as a Wi-Fi hot spot was easy.
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