Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal into Wi-Fi, allowing phones, laptops, TVs and other devices to connect ...

Some free speed tests, including Ookla and Cloudflare, also give you download and upload scores for latency. These are referred to as “loaded latency” results, and they’re taken while the speed test ...

I have Verizon FiOS for my home Internet service that I use along with an Eero and Eero Beacon for wifi. The Eero is downstairs at one end of the house where the ONT is located, and the Beacon is in ...

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I'm on a fiber connection with an Ethernet outlet right in the building. My ISP is responsible for the connection up to that outlet. I assume that they use professional equipment. Today my connection ...

Internet access has always been a problem for Faylene Begay, a single mother of four living in Tuba City, Ariz. Before the pandemic, she didn't have an internet connection at her home on the Navajo ...

Slowly but surely, many of us are remaking our homes with smart devices. At the top of the list for many are smart thermostats, which offer benefits like automatically adjusting your home's heating ...