I have the spectrum gig plan with auto pay so I’m at a 120 dollar bill. Is the 5 dollar wifi plan worth getting or will it be a waste? I have a linksys router right now but it doesn’t support VPN and I am trying to have a fast connection but also very secure. Was thinking about express VPN recently but sadly no VPN support currently ( sorry got off topic )
A year to a year and a half’s worth of monthly router payments to spectrum will get you something that’s much more performant, much more customizable and configurable, and yours forever.
The $5 plan is worth it for customers that don’t know anything about routers or how to set them up or can’t afford a router upfront cost. Other benefit is that it gets replaced for free since it’s a lease.
If and when you decide to supply your own router, return the spectrum router at the store and get a receipt of the return. Then verify fee has been removed.
Seems like supplying your router may be the way to go seeing as spectrum routers are mainly for the average person. Just make sure to get a router that supports more than 1 gig speeds in addition to the vpn features you are looking for.
Hope this helps.
You’re on Reddit, so I figure you’d be pretty disappointed with the feature set of the Spectrum router. There’s better ways to go about it and modern customer-owned routers are how you get features like VPN and mesh. If I were buying one for someone today, I’d be looking at the few hundred dollar ASUS routers, which is what I’ve always used in the past.
While Spectrum does offer a mesh solution with pods (I’ve never used it), I don’t have high hopes for VPN support in a carrier-provided router. It sounds like a support nightmare.
I have mixed thoughts at using a commercial VPN service at the router level, but it depends on what the expectations are. ‘Fast’ can be really subjective since you’re basically redirecting your Internet traffic over another route.
I had Spectrum router for a couple of weeks and it was pretty good for basic 6e connectivity. I got higher wireless speed than with my Asus AX3000. Very basic in features though.
The spectrum router won’t be doing a VPN either… Linksys firmware is pretty bland. But the spectrum router will have even less control
I like the speed and the “unlimited bandwidth”, but the router did not work. It dropped signals, and would not connect to a TV laptops or a printer.
Many devices need to be assigned a channel. I don’t know how this advanced channel steering works for everyone? It did not work for my family,
I use www.dongknows.com when buying a router. I brought a Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 6E in September but today, a Asus RT-AXE 7800 router would be better.
Spectrum routers won’t help ya. They’re more of a set it and forget it type of product which is good for probably 75% serviced, but don’t offer any sorta in depth options like you’re looking for.
Pods are not a mesh system. They just extend the signal, poorly as well.
It does support VPN and 1GB ports?
My understanding is the pods will wireless bounce off other pods for its signal, as well as off the master AP, which makes it considered a mesh system, just not a great one. I assume it’s the ‘Plume platform’ since they’re using the phrase ‘pods’, but I haven’t seen one in action. I have seen Plume implementations with other carriers and wasn’t all that impressed.
Agreed that it probably does this on the same frequency instead of using a dedicated backhaul frequency (or better yet, hardwired) like some much better solutions though.
Given the lack of features, the relative cost (the router costs, pods cost), and the fact that there’s better ways to go about it, I agree with those who say ‘take their modem for free, bring your own WiFi/router’.
Both had 1gb lan ports, Asus has VPN support. I mostly use VPN server to get to my home network from outside.
Oh damn no VPN on the spectrum one?