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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:29 pm 
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Been thinking I can buy a 40$ Wi-Fi antenna and get it for free instead of paying comcrap monthly. How far can these things steal a signal? Gotta a lot of businesses and hospitals-bars within 5 blocks. Worth it to buy one of these? Or cheap Chinese shit that won't cut it?




https://www.bestbuy.com/site/netgear-un ... Id=2733324

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 Post subject: Re: Wifi
PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:55 pm 
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Been thinking I can buy a 40$ Wi-Fi antenna and get it for free instead of paying comcrap monthly. How far can these things steal a signal? Gotta a lot of businesses and hospitals-bars within 5 blocks. Worth it to buy one of these? Or cheap Chinese shit that won't cut it?




https://www.bestbuy.com/site/netgear-un ... Id=2733324



Well, stealing internet is a crime, but it also is just...bad internet. The types of places you'd be jacking Wi-Fi from don't give a shit about signal strength or overall line bandwidth.

A "business internet" line opened to the public is usually the most basic plan available, on the most basic hardware available, admin'd by people who don't give a shit or know a thing about running a network.

Is that really worth saving ~$75 a month to you?


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You should make the investment in a modem with wifi because that will save you about $130 a year

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:46 pm 
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I think I got mine for ~$70, which pays for itself in 10 mos.


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 Post subject: Re: Wifi
PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:45 pm 
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Solid advice.. I'm gonna buy one, tired of renting this pos.


Got another one, I got a new phone and when I try to download apps from play store..it just says says " download pending" for 2 days now..wtf? My old phones could download an app in 90 seconds

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 Post subject: Re: Wifi
PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:58 am 
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312player wrote:
Solid advice.. I'm gonna buy one, tired of renting this pos.


Got another one, I got a new phone and when I try to download apps from play store..it just says says " download pending" for 2 days now..wtf? My old phones could download an app in 90 seconds


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:00 am 
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