Why You Don't Really Need An Expensive, High-End Router
You may not be happy with the latest and greatest.
Speed has always been the main selling point for routers. Today's flagship models, like Netgear's Nighthawk RS700S, are rated for up to 19Gbps, come with two 10Gbps ports and eight antennas and sell for more than $500. For most households, that's money spent on a ceiling you'll never touch.
A budget router from a more affordable brand like Netgear or TP-Link, coming in at under $100, will handle the vast majority of what a typical home throws at it. Here's why you don't need a high-end router, and the few cases where spending more makes sense.
Start with the speed coming into your house
A router can't make your internet faster than your plan. The router takes the connection your provider delivers and shares it around your home, and that's the whole job. The FCC's benchmark for what is considered...
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