I have a long thin flat with - of course - the wireless router at one
end in an alcove. Thus the signal is poor in the kitchen. I just saw an
extension kit in Maplins, one of those 'down the leccy' set-ups, with a
wireless capability on the end. Once I got inside though, it got more
confusing: they're all different speeds and some are three times the
price of the basic unit. The cheapish one (50 quid) offers 150 Mbps.
Now, often I'm watching Netflix while cooking and it stalls after five
minutes because of the signal being lousy. Because they all offered
higher speeds, I started wondering is this going to be enough to stream
video, as the box claims?
What's confusing me is that - unless I read the box wrong - that figure
of 150 seems multiples of what I need according to this site:
http://www.hometheater.com/content/how-much-bandwidth-do-you-need-streaming-video
which say '20, and you're well away'.
I did cynically notice that the more expensive 300 Mbps device had
exactly the same boasts about being good for time-lag issues and
streaming HD video. Needless to say the man in the shop appeared to know
less than the guy outside sweeping the gutter on the technical side
though he did have an instinct for recommending the very expensive end
of the product line…
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