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Correct. Ubiquiti products and inexpensive are mutually exclusive terms. That's yet another reason why I avoid these products. Their nodes are proprietary and ridiculously expensive. In the case of the Alien router, it is not even compatible with it's own cousin, the Amplifi HD. Protocols...

I wouldn't put too much stock in Amazon reviews on tech items unless the person reviewing has actual expertise in the field, which is rare. Many complain about things simply because they don't understand products limitations or they have it configured improperly. I guess the way I look at it...

Respectfully, I agree with Dave. This is almost certainly a paid "review" and contains practically no objective data. Here's a better one you may or may not have already checked out. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/ubiquiti-amplifi-alien-review/

You haven't frustrated me in the least, Ron. I apologize if that is what my prior post conveyed. I just don't want to see you taken advantage of by marketing hype as I see this happen to well-intentioned people on a regular basis. Please know I never take things that way. I don't even want...

This is also the recommended placement for the Alien router you're considering and any other mesh system. For that money [actually much less] you could easily pay a professional to extend wired Ethernet anywhere in your home and then install cheap Ethernet switches and AP's where needed...

Yea, that's got your name written all over it, Ron! Just keep in mind, Amplifi is made by Ubiquiti, a company focused mainly on Enterprise level solutions. I haven't taken a close look at this particular router but Ubiquiti's products generally require a little more expertise than the likes of...

I pay slightly over $40.00 for 100. Gig would be about $90.00 but, again, that's with a 2-year contract. Without a contract it's something like $120.00. For my needs, 100 has actually been fine. If I go up it will be my inner geek acting out, nothing more.

My wife has been asking where we should retire. Now I may have an answer. :P

Of course. I was speculating the difference between 500Mbps and 1000Mbps should be minimal in most cases. That statement surprises me but then again I wouldn't know because I only pay for 100Mbps at the moment. ;) I may go up a little soon. I envy you. Gig service is nearly double the...

I agree with @Clinton McClure in that you should buy the latest technology available at the moment you happen to be in the market as opposed to upgrading solely because new technologies have emerged. With wifi there are too many factors in play to state conclusively whether or not a particular...

This is true up to a point of course but I doubt there is a discernable difference in most cases between, say, 500 Mbps and 1Gbps for Internet traffic as there are simply too many potential factors out there that can impede overall performance. If you pay an ISP for 1Gbps speed they are...

Not at all, Ron. Sorry. That was a poor explanation on my part. Here is what I should have said. The 600 Mbps speed you are speaking of is between your wifi router and your wifi devices but this traffic [in most cases] must then traverse the general Internet to provide any useful function...

Why??? If not out of sheer austerity (which I can understand :D ), there is no practical application for speeds in this range at the consumer level. It's important to remember, the real-world speed of any actual Internet connection will never exceed the slowest link in the chain, which is...

LOL - That's a problem I have pretty much across the board. Prices for consumer electronics are so enticingly low these days. Meanwhile my 10 year old Samsung 65" flat screen refuses to die so that I can replace it with something contemporary.

The problem I see with WIFI 6 is that the devices that need it the most [IP cameras, etc] tend not to support it, even in their latest iterations. It's hard to find IP cameras that offer 5Ghz support, let alone WIFI 6. I've gone through the trouble and expense of hardwiring pretty much every...