[battlefield] Re: New Router and issues fixed
- From: Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: battlefield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 11:54:34 -0600
Wow, that's awesome. The last thing i need is another router (if anyone
needs spares, just let me know). But I'll probably pull the trigger on
this, too.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Loren John Bailey <beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> It's through T-Mobile. They are pushing their Wifi calling so they are
> giving you this router with some QOS for phone calls baked in. Other than
> that, it's just an AC-1900 ASUS router. $25 deposit, no strings attached.
> Pretty sweet deal.
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:47 AM, chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Holy shit it is Thursday? When did this happen? So you bough the router
>> through T-mobile or is there a t-mo version?
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Jared Elder <particalman79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I get some streaming problems every once in a while with my netgear
>>> router. But I've been impressed for the moment. I might jump ship too.
>>> On Oct 9, 2014 10:49 AM, Martin Brownell <marty.brownell@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> the difference for me last night was shocking. I was thinking it was
>>> my modem, or Comcast etc. I didn't think it was my brand new Netear 200.00
>>> router, but in the end it was.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Loren John Bailey <
>>> beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, $25 for a $200 router is a mighty fine deal. Plus, it's only a
>>> refundable deposit. I've been thinking about jumping ship from Netgear to
>>> Asus for a while. This is a good reason to do it. Got mine sitting on my
>>> table so I think I'll get it ready before BF4 night tonight.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Martin Brownell <
>>> marty.brownell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> for the 25 router yes. Or you can buy the same router from amazon.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC68U-Wireless-AC1900-Dual-Band-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00FB45SI4
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Jared Elder <particalman79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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