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I switched to cable when I moved to an apartment. Channel 11 was becoming unusable right around 8:00 every morning when all the WFH people got online. My apart

by swiley 6y ago

I switched to cable when I moved to an apartment. Channel 11 was becoming unusable right around 8:00 every morning when all the WFH people got online. My apartment has a nice patch panel though so I don't have to actually run cables everywhere.

Dylan16807 6y ago
Were you stuck with 2.4GHz for a reason? I can't imagine how bad that would be in an apartment.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Depends on the apartment. In some, it's not as congested as it used to be because so many people have moved to 5GHz. It's still amazing to me, though, that so much new gear is still 2.4GHz only. I bought a brand-new, top-of-the-line air filter earlier this year, and even at close to $500, 2.4GHz is the only option.
  - gambiting 6y ago
    ....why would an air filter have WiFi in the first place?
    - reaperducer 6y ago
      You could ask the same thing about light bulbs, but they do.
      - Dylan16807 6y ago
        You often want to control brightness and possibly color on light bulbs, and it's good if that can be integrated with other systems so you can have central control and automation. Wifi may not be the best way to connect, but it's reasonable. With an air filter, do you ever want to control it? Naively I'd think that you'd want to leave it on unless you're going to be gone for a week or more. And even in that case it's probably easier to flip the switch. Would it tell you when it needs a filter change? Would that actually work better than a calendar?
        s_fischer 6y ago
        While I somewhat agree with you, it's possible to do some pretty advanced/nifty things with advanced automation platforms like Home assistant. There are prebuilt extensions for things like air quality index, so in theory, you could set up a rule to run your air filters when the exterior air quality is above a certain threshold of dirty. The same could be done for indoor air quality if you had a local sensor monitoring it (can be done pretty cheaply with a Pi but I've seen off the shelf products as well)

by swiley 6y ago

Dylan16807 6y ago

Were you stuck with 2.4GHz for a reason? I can't imagine how bad that would be in an apartment.

reaperducer 6y ago
Depends on the apartment. In some, it's not as congested as it used to be because so many people have moved to 5GHz. It's still amazing to me, though, that so much new gear is still 2.4GHz only. I bought a brand-new, top-of-the-line air filter earlier this year, and even at close to $500, 2.4GHz is the only option.
- gambiting 6y ago
  ....why would an air filter have WiFi in the first place?
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    You could ask the same thing about light bulbs, but they do.
    - Dylan16807 6y ago
      You often want to control brightness and possibly color on light bulbs, and it's good if that can be integrated with other systems so you can have central control and automation. Wifi may not be the best way to connect, but it's reasonable. With an air filter, do you ever want to control it? Naively I'd think that you'd want to leave it on unless you're going to be gone for a week or more. And even in that case it's probably easier to flip the switch. Would it tell you when it needs a filter change? Would that actually work better than a calendar?
      - s_fischer 6y ago
        While I somewhat agree with you, it's possible to do some pretty advanced/nifty things with advanced automation platforms like Home assistant. There are prebuilt extensions for things like air quality index, so in theory, you could set up a rule to run your air filters when the exterior air quality is above a certain threshold of dirty. The same could be done for indoor air quality if you had a local sensor monitoring it (can be done pretty cheaply with a Pi but I've seen off the shelf products as well)