What's the Last Bit of Tech You Bought?

[RichardL (Rich)]

I read this:

@N26throwaway

I always stand by Wirecutter’s recommendations for routers though, and they are now recommending TP-Link so perhaps they’ve come a long way since I used them. You can have a look through their recommendations here:

Then I read this:

@Rjevski

I would very much recommend against throwing random hardware at a problem you don’t understand in hopes of fixing it. In the automotive industry they call it “shooting the parts cannon” and it usually ends up being a waste of time & money.

Then I decided to spend the money anyway and bought a TP-Link AX55.

I’ve been running it for a week now and it’s been fantastic. Previously I was using my BT hub and finding that TV streams would randomly drop out, my powerline network would occasionally drop connection to the router and people would complain about my connection on WebEx despite having a solid 150Mbps FTTP connection with a router centrally located in a flat.

Since moving to the new router all of these problems have gone away. I was actually really impressed with how simple it was to set up too.

So yes, with a lot of time and patience I’m sure I could have improved the BT hub, but throwing £80 at the problem worked for me