misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHomes need to be built for better internetwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1168cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1168external-linkHomes need to be built for better internetwww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·edit-211 months agoWe have so many bigger problems with modern homes than worrying about WiFi penetration… You know how it costs to add a WiFi access point? Maybe $100? How many thousands of dollars will it cost to change the construction materials? I’m usually a fan of The Verge but this is dogshit journalism.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoHe says at the end how he “knows this stuff” because he’s a tech journalist. But he doesn’t know what an Access Point is? Or that those built in wireless routers are dog shit with small antennas and terrible range. He’s probably the kind of person that would bitch that his backyard doesn’t get wifi from the ISP provided router on the other side of the house.
We have so many bigger problems with modern homes than worrying about WiFi penetration…
You know how it costs to add a WiFi access point? Maybe $100? How many thousands of dollars will it cost to change the construction materials?
I’m usually a fan of The Verge but this is dogshit journalism.
He says at the end how he “knows this stuff” because he’s a tech journalist.
But he doesn’t know what an Access Point is? Or that those built in wireless routers are dog shit with small antennas and terrible range.
He’s probably the kind of person that would bitch that his backyard doesn’t get wifi from the ISP provided router on the other side of the house.