![]() These pitches I steadfastly ignored–until now. Verizon ran optical fiber through my neighborhood already a decade ago and has been pelting me ever since with invitations, which have often included one-time incentives of up to $500. What will the new network look like? First, I’ll swap out cable for Verizon FIOS. Once those products are in, I’ll have everything I need. Vendors will announce them at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a virtual version of which starts Jan. Products based on WiFi 6E are expected in just one week. That piece is based on products running WiFi 6E, a standard only recently ratified by the WiFi Alliance, the worldwide group that agrees on international WiFi standards. There’s a piece of the puzzle, unavailable today, that will complete this dream network. Which begs the question, when, exactly, am I going to undertake this life-changing transformation?Īy, and there’s the rub. So, what’s with the confessional? And why now? Because now I’m determined to fix all this with a major upgrade, and it’s okay to admit you’re a drunk if you have a program to get sober. Guest and homey networks live side by side, and voluminous SSIDs (network names) abound on any client device hapless enough to view “available networks,” which include all of my neighbors’ as well my own wide array. Although most things in my office are connected by wired Ethernet (what’s that?), the wireless networks around the house are a hodgepodge of power-line distribution and 2.4GHz and 5.GHz access points of venerable vintage. A few years later, I threw in an Arris cable modem and a LinkSys switch. Hey, it was great in 2005 when I got Comcast cable. How did it get this way? Neglect and time, as always, were big factors. I’m a tech analyst with an embarrassingly ancient network and connection to the outside world. It’s my communications infrastructure that’s running around barefoot. Like many shoemakers, I should be ashamed that my children are running around barefoot.
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