XPost: uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.networking.routers   
   From: LuciferMorningstar@bigpond.com   
      
   On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:57:41 +0000, MissRiaElaine   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   That would be useless.   
      
   Being without ADSL would be OK though.   
      
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