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Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

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If you don't mind putting in a minimal amount of networking elbow grease in exchange for paying your Internet provider less money every month, check out Netgear's High Speed Cable Modem (CMD31T). With ...

Fi, check your walls. With the right adapters, an existing wired connection can make boosting internet speed surprisingly ...

Home internet service providers and wireless carriers are always touting the speed of their services – 10 GB or more for home internet and nearing 1 GB for wireless. However, you’ll always see “up to” ...

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A router's modem speed is the speed at which it communicates with a modem, while its port speed is the speed at which it communicates with the clients on its local network. Both speeds can act as ...