XPost: uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.networking.routers   
   From: thisaddressis@invalid.com   
      
   On 16/01/2019 18:33, Abandoned Trolley wrote:   
   >   
   > hi there   
   >   
   > I am just wondering what the general view is of the astonishing number   
   > of wireless routers on the market (both xDSL and cable) which are   
   > offering wireless connections of hundreds of megabits, but have no wired   
   > connection faster than 100M.   
   >   
   > I realise that most connections are directed toward the internet, and   
   > that that majority of customers have download speeds less than 100M so   
   > its not really a problem. However, for anybody using a media server or   
   > any other service on the LAN there's hardly any point in going wireless   
   > at all   
   >   
   > There must be some rationale for this, apart from plain cost cutting -   
   > what is it ?   
      
   Apathy. Plus the belief of manufacturers that everybody uses wireless.   
   I'm waiting for a router to come out with no Ethernet ports at all.   
      
      
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