The early adopters who have been singing the praises of WiFi 7 probably had some very deep pockets to get in on the ground floor of this game-changing new tech. But for the rest of us who have been waiting for these turbocharged home internet systems to come down to a more accessible price, that day is now — the TP-Link Deco 7 BE25 WiFi 7 Mesh System 3-Pack is a jaw-dropping $200 right now at Amazon.
This easy-to-install mesh system covers up to 6,600 square feet of your home and can accommodate over 150 devices. On the very remote chance that’s not enough, the system is easily expanded by adding another Deco router. (The single routers are also on sale at Amazon for just $100.) The dual-band system is Alexa-compatible and comes with remote access, parental control, and internet security options. Streamers and gamers are going to see and feel the upgrade almost instantaneously.
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Dead Spots Begone
WiFi dead zones are the most common networking complaint in any house larger than a studio apartment. The router your ISP gave you sits in one corner, signal degrades as you move away from it, and by the time you’re two rooms over, video calls stutter and streaming buffers. Mesh systems solve this by distributing multiple nodes throughout the house so every room gets a strong, direct connection. The Deco 7 does it with WiFi 7 hardware, which means the underlying technology is current-generation rather than something you’ll want to replace in two years.
