[battlefield] Re: New Router and issues fixed

  • From: Jared Elder <particalman79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: battlefield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:36:15 -0600

Sounds like you have to be a T-Mobile customer to get it. 

On Oct 9, 2014 9:47 AM, Martin Brownell <marty.brownell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Well not my personal issues but......
>
> So my router died completely on Friday. I was really pretty upset because I 
> bought it July 22 2013. and it it now out of warranty. This is the second to 
> the highest Netgear router. 
>
> Tmobile is running  a promotion that for 25 dollars they will give you an 
> ASUS AC1900 router. It is preconfigured with QOS for WIFI calling. That is 
> the entire catch, if you can even call it that.
>
> My old router: Ping 8-12 ms, Down speed: 28-30 Mbs, Up Speed: 5-6 Mbs
> New router:  Ping 8-12 ms, Down speed: 28-30 Mbs, Up Speed: 5-6 Mbs
>
> Difference is, with the old router, Netflix was slow to load, Youtube would 
> be constantly pausing and BF4 was jittery. How many times would you hear me 
> screaming "Ohhh Come on! Bullsh1t!"
>
> Last night the wife fired up Netflix and it loaded immediately and HD. I 
> played Youtube videos all night in HD, and didn't pause or drop a frame once, 
> then I playe BF4 and it was the most fluid gameplay ever. If I got shot it 
> was either a sniper or felt legit.
>
> So apparently ping, and download speeds are not the whole story because both 
> were great with the old router but it still sucked @$$. 
>
> I can't wait for gaming tonight!!!!

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