Intel Chip(!): Rivet Networks Launches the Killer Wireless-AC 1550

Wow, you know everything. VPN through NAS it is... choosing much more confidently. Thank you.

 

I mostly learned from Networking forums and reading sites like Anandtech etc and working with people on Beta tests. I’m flattered, but I can still be wrong at times . Anyhow I forgot to mention that the Cortex B53 the modified A53 in the new gen Broadcom based routers can hit 200-250 Mbps on VPN so if your ISP speeds are below that you could probably just use the router (ie Asus AC86U, Asus GT5300AC, Linksys EA9500v2, R7000P, R8000P)
R7800 peaks at 70-80 Mbps on VPN I believe and the older Broadcom based routers like the AC88U, R8500, R7000, R8000, AC68U are probably like 30-50 Mbps on VPN.

 

My Xfinity plan gives me 150 down 10 up. If I do speedtest I get more like 7 up. The up speed is the bottleneck? So those are way above it. I called Comcast and they told me the best they could do is 35 up, which is still nowhere near some of these speeds you're talking about. How are these people getting such hi upload service? Does ATT uverse have better speeds? That's my only other option. no Fios

 

Yes upload is usually the bottleneck, but unless you upload a lot of files/photo backups to cloud, or multiple security cameras uploading etc, I wouldn't worry too much. If you can get 35 meg up that would be nice (as far as I know 35 Mbps up is only for the Gigbait service) but you can use QoS on your router to balance the upload and set device priorities so lets say something like your phone uploading photos to the cloud doesn't interfere with other things. Most ISPs for most of heir speed tiers will give like you have with imbalanced download/upload speeds. CenturyLink I know does give symmetrical speeds for those with fiber to home (FTTH) like 1000/1000 Mbps Gigabit and lower tiers etc, pretty sure AT&T fiber also offer symmetrical on some speed teirs. CenturyLink has some pretty good pricing but service quality is very dependent on your locale, some areas have very congested nodes so even if you got gigabit you would get lower speeds. Also note when ISPs say fiber they can also mean fiber to the node (FTTN) as in the feed to the DSLAM box in your neigborhood, in which case you would actually get a vdsl line from the DSLAM itself to your home and for those they don't offer symmetrical speeds as far as I know.