While looking at the weather report for my area on weather.com, I saw an ad for
this SignalTech wifi booster with some text saying internet providers don't want
you buying one. I was curious if it was some kind of special device or not, so
I decided to click on the link. This is from SignalTech's web site:
https://signaltechbooster.com/info-21.php
Basically what it says is that internet providers throttle your router to make y
our internet speed become slower over time so you'll upgrade your internet packa
ge. This already sounded suspicious to me, because I haven't had this happen to
me (though I tend to buy my own router and use 3rd-party router firmware, such
as DD-WRT or Tomato). I suppose it could theoretically happen with an ISP-provi
ded router, but even then it seems sketchy and I haven't heard of this happening
to other people.
Next, it says that this SignalTech wifi booster "overrides what the internet pro
vider does with your router and boosts your internet to every corner of your hou
se". This sounds highly suspicious to me. If the internet provider is throttli
ng your router speeds, I don't really see how a wifi device like this would be a
ble to override what the ISP is doing to your router. Also, this is a wifi repe
ater; what about ethernet speed?
And to top it off, that page has a section that says "How does this device work?
" and it explains what bandwidth is, but it doesn't actually explain how this de
vice supposedly overrides any bandwidth throttling from your internet provider.
It all sounds bogus..
Nightfox
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