WiFi speeds are directly related to the underlying Internet service speeds provided by your Internet service provider (ISP). If your Internet service has a maximum speed of 10 Mbps, then your maximum WiFi speeds can only be 10 Mbps - and realistically, WiFi speeds will typically be slower.
WiFi is always less reliable than wired Internet access because of the inherent limitations related to wireless technology. However, many devices you buy today cannot be hard wired so our only option is wireless connectivity.
As the density (number of devices accessing WiFi) of a wireless network increases - not only in your office space or home but also in the surrounding spaces - the quality of your WiFi connection can decrease. Here is a normal scenario that plays out in offices all the time:
You start an office with five employees, who bring smartphones, laptops, and tablets that connect to your WiFi. There are no other tenants in the office spaces around your suite.
Over the next 12 months, you increase to 15 employees who connect to WiFi. Now all the surrounding office suites are also occupied, and each of those offices have 5-10 people accessing WiFi.
You decide to allow your guests to access WiFi, and you provide them with a guest password.
At this point, the WiFi density has increased dramatically and everyone is vying for the same wireless frequencies. Even though the other office suites are on different ISPs, the Internet is being broadcast over the same frequencies and everyone is sharing those frequencies.
It’s hard to catch this gradual increase in usage in your own home or office - but it’s even harder to notice it in the homes or offices that surround yours. But this overall increase in WiFi usage is going to deteriorate your WiFi performance - and the technical setup that used to work for your business may now need some upgrades.
Long story short, the wireless environment is always changing, and so are our individual demands of our networks. Just because something worked great yesterday, doesn’t mean it will continue to work great tomorrow. When considering WiFi, it is important to have:
1. really good hardware
2. amazing technical support.
Hope this help.
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