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tim1_2 wrote:Prags, one of your wireless transmitters should be on the main floor of your house. My wifi used to be bad on my 2nd floor, and then I put a wireless access point on my main floor, hardwired to my main router in the basement, and all my problems went away.
I live not far from Prager...and I've learned several things
The modem doesn't have to go in the basement...they can run a separate line out of any phone outlet in your house to put the modem on. Also call customer support and request Parabonding. Essentially every phone wire has wires that allows for up to 4 different phone lines in your house. Bell won't install more than 2, but you can still broadcast on the other 2. What is done, is they use the para bonding to use one of those sets to be dedicated for the tv signal...
With Bell Fibe when you purchase the product you're buying bandwidth...however what you need to know is there is a cap for what is possible on the line. When you have phone, tv and then put internet on top of that, and you're using multiple devices, ie tv's streaming netflix, or gaming systems, or phones/tablets browsing. they are all taking bandwidth.
Bell won't tell you this, but any technician will, that when you purchase a 50 Mb line, 10 Mb is right off the bat dedicated for TV...so that means you're getting max 40 Mb for internet. Now that 40 Mb is measured at the demarcation point, which is where the fibre optic cable runs to (at best). From there is standard copper wire to your house, so you lose signal.
There is an existing issue with Bell where the line bandwidth from the phone and tv is enough that when the bandwidth you're pulling down for the other devices gets above 40 Mb that it causes too much noise and as a result you'll lose connection...We were losing connection anywhere from 3-5 times a night...during the day it was fine but once 4pm came and the kids were home, or I was working from home it became unusable.
We didn't notice this until we jacked up our bandwidth to the 50Mb line. When the technician changed the cap to 40Mb, we'd be fine, but bell would put it back up as we paid for 50 and the issue started again.
They installed para bonding and that split the internet off from the phone/tv and while the total bandwidth is now the same, the throughput on a single line is low enough to keep the noise from happening and thus the connection from being dropped.
Now all that is separate from your issue. We use hydro adapters. Essentially is transmits the signal along the household wiring in the house. You plug the router into the box plugged into a wall socket, and then a second box in whatever room you want. You then run a cable from that box to the device. We have our Tv's, play stations, computers, anything that can be hardwired into these boxes. The bandwidth we see is the same as if the box was plugged directly into the router itself.
I also set up a 2ghz connection and a 5ghz connection but use different id's for them so my wife and I are on the 5 Ghz connection with our laptops and all other devices split the 2 ghz connection. You'll notice if you search for active networks there are likely 10-20 2ghz connections in your area, and while the signal for you're will be strong it's still competing with all the noise in the area from the other ones.
Consider it a conversation you're having at a bar...while the person you're talking to is in front of you and the loudest, there's still all the other noise that makes it difficult to hear at times. Same with wireless devices.
So I call BS on having to have the router in the basement. it's more work for the guy to put it up stairs, but it's his fricken job.
