It could also just be in a densely settled area. When I lived in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, I purchased a brand new top of the line router for my

It could also just be in a densely settled area. When I lived in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, I purchased a brand new top of the line router for my parents in the suburbs, but did all the configuration at my apartment. When testing in my apartment, 2.4ghz couldn't move more than 5mbps. At my parents' house, it had no trouble pushing 120mbps+. From my apartment, something like 40 2.4ghz wireless networks were visible.