If you’re worried about the cost of upgrading, don’t be. The last thing you want in the age of Netflix is a router design from the days when Netflix was synonymous with DVD rentals. Upgrading to a current generation router is a cheap and effective way to improve your home network in every way: better Wi-Fi range, stronger signal, and better handling of demands modern users put on their network. Unfortunately, this leads to a situation where the important-but-ignored router ends up being a source of degraded internet connection quality and a diminished user experience for everyone on your network. Most people hardly pay any attention to them unless there is a big malfunction, and people may not consider upgrading them any more than they consider upgrading their washing machine. Routers are the oft-ignored work horses of the home network.
Even if you don’t have brand new tech toys you still benefit from upgrading a dated router. Many people have the attitude that it doesn’t matter if their router is older because their phone, laptop, or other wireless gear isn’t cutting edge anyways.
