The Asus BT10 seems to be going on sale in early August (8th), and will hopefully be a lot cheaper than the BQ16 and BQ16 Pro (and I’m not sure they’re easy to get hold of here anyway – certainly Amazon is quoting a delivery time of up to seven months!).
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-zenwifi-bt10-dual-pack-white-aimesh-8x-antennas-per-unit-mu-mimo-tri-band-10gbe-80211be – ยฃ787.99 for a twin pack.
It would also appear to be closest in look and feel as the XT8 that I currently use. I would like to change purely for better backhaul and doing away with the issues relating to Airport radar signals (I am quite close to Luton airport) that has limited me to 80MHz backhaul for most of my time of ownership.
Having 160MHz would mean most of my smartphones would connect at 2400Mbps and therefore I’d get closer to the full gigabit speed throughout the house (instead of 850-900 when in the same room, and 500-600 elsewhere). Many of my phones are also Wi-Fi 7 compatible, but I don’t have any computers, tablets, or TVs that do and likely won’t for many years.
At that price I think I will wait a bit. I’d probably wait for some competition and bite if it gets to nearer ยฃ500.
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