New ISP or Router or Range Extender?

[BansheePlayz]

Our ISP is frontier and we have a frontier model 7500 modem/router. We are only using wireless internet inside of our house. We use 3 tablets, 5 phones, 2 Xboxs, and I use a Gaming PC for gaming, streaming, uploading, and downloading. The very very highest our internet has gotten is 1 MBps, and it usually stays between 0.5-0.8 MBps. We do a lot of streaming and when someone gets onto Netflix or something it entire bogs down the wifi to around 0.3 MBps. So we are looking into fixing this problem. So should i get a new IPS, router and if so what kind? or range extenders.
PS We live in a 6 room two story house and mostly use the wifi downstairs. And our internet is DSL

 

[Pooneil]

First you need to determine the speed you get form a wired computer and compare that to what you are paying for. You have a great many devices and one wifi point is likely to be insufficient for a house of your size. Depending of course on how many people are living there and how many devices they use at once.

Avoid range extenders except for a last option.

The best way to extend the wifi is to wire ethernet to at least one other location and put an access point there. It requires some knowledge adn tools but not necessarily a professional installer.

The second option is to use powerline networking. This avoids running wire but won't save any money because you have to buy the equipment. It will be slower than ethernet but may be faster than the internet service if you buy the AV2 1200 rated at the minimum.

 

[jsmithepa]

As mentioned, to know what you need you first have to know what you are getting with what you are paying.

Are you the "man" or the house? Lots of kids come over and want to do this and do that but have no idea what parents are paying.