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Heisman Winner [105383]
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Did I get a WHATADEAL or fuqqued?
Feb 28, 2022, 10:56 AM
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Wife went to Office Depot to get party invitations printed. They had the Nest Wifi Router and Point on-sale in the store, it was $161 versus $269 everywhere else. Unopened and I couldn't find that price anywhere else online, it even surprised the lady working there. I bought it on a whim, wanting better wifi at the house. Did I get had on some technology that is about to be replaced or is this a great deal. They had one more in Rock Hill, if'n someone else wants it.
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Orange Blooded [2999]
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I'm currently running 2 of the routers (not the point) with
Feb 28, 2022, 11:03 AM
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only a wireless connection between them to cover 3ksqft. In the same room as the router I can get 500-600mbps, in the backyard it's around 100-150. I have 40 or so devices connected and haven't even had to power cycle the router since I installed it.
It's not the latest/greatest tech (lacks Wifi-6), but it's solid and easy to configure. I'm adding a wire in between the two routers and have a third on order that I'll install soon to better cover the garage and yard.
There's also automation built-in to the Google Wifi system so I can trigger things like outside lights going full bright when my wife's phone connects when she pulls in the driveway.
The sale I normally see on those is 2 of the AC2200 routers for $200.
The router plus point combo is wireless connection only, so try a few locations for the smaller unit to see what works best.
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All-In [43425]
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fuqqued
Feb 28, 2022, 11:13 AM
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printing party invitations?
YUGE waste of money. YUGE.
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Orange Blooded [3123]
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Re: fuqqued
Feb 28, 2022, 11:15 AM
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They actually turned out really nice. Oh, you didn’t get yours? What a shame.
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Heisman Winner [105383]
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I know this. She didn't tell me what they cost
Feb 28, 2022, 11:49 AM
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but daughter is turning 11 and hasn't had a birthday party in a couple years
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All-In [43425]
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$200
Feb 28, 2022, 12:09 PM
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FTS
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Heisman Winner [105383]
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It was literally printing 7 sheets of 8.5x11 sheets of paper
Feb 28, 2022, 1:00 PM
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in color. There is no way it was more than $30 and that is a stretch.
$200?? You getting robbed.
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Heisman Winner [105383]
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Yeah, I was way off
Feb 28, 2022, 1:02 PM
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$20 total.
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All-In [33418]
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I think their Mesh system is really solid
Feb 28, 2022, 11:39 AM
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Bought mine about a year and a half ago as I had a few dead spots, very easy setup and seems to be much more reliable than repeaters/extenders I've used in the past
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Love mine. You should be great
Feb 28, 2022, 11:55 AM
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I probably need one additional point and my whole house will be covered without a decrease in signal.
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Oculus Spirit [79073]
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I got the same thing about 2 years ago as a gift
Feb 28, 2022, 11:55 AM
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I think it was around $300 then. It's ok. The pointer put wifi extended the internet to places I didn't have it before and plus they act like an Alexa, but the google version. I just keep getting disconnected from it on my phone which I never had a problem with before. Doesn't matter how close or far I am from it. Could be sitting literally 3 feet from the router.
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All-In [32567]
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Maybe it’s your fat, danglin hog leg of a signal blocker
Feb 28, 2022, 12:04 PM
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you’re luggin’ around everywhe ……
But maybe not.
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Re: Maybe it’s your fat, danglin hog leg of a signal blocker
Feb 28, 2022, 12:07 PM
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Lot o points [155507]
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That’s pretty solid.
Feb 28, 2022, 1:05 PM
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I’ve heard of people paying double and triple that to let Google have visibility into every single packet of their network traffic.
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Heisman Winner [105383]
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Well, before that it was Netgear and other options are
Feb 28, 2022, 1:06 PM
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going to do the same. I suppose DuckDuckGo makes routers these days?
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Lot o points [155507]
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I’m just joshing you, but the diff is Netgear’s
Feb 28, 2022, 1:13 PM
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Core business commodity isn’t data about you…Google’s is—-they didn’t get into the router game because they thought hardware was lucrative.
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Heisman Winner [105383]
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I assume the Google Home(s) and Siri(s) placed throughout
Feb 28, 2022, 1:35 PM
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my life can be super bored, so can the router. I might get more targeted advertising, but otherwise they know everything already.
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I bought the Netgear Nighthawk mesh system when everyone
Feb 28, 2022, 1:22 PM
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was at home streaming at the same time. It was life changing. We weren't really having issues with everyone streaming video at the same time, as soon as we had 2-3 meetings going on it overloaded our outgoing bandwidth. No issues now.
Most people complain about the isp being slow, but in most cases it's their router.
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Lot o points [163008]
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Both. Good deal and Google now knows even more about you.***
Feb 28, 2022, 3:52 PM
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