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Originally Posted by freakshow
Generally the benefits for N are increased range and increase network transfer speed, NOT Internet speed (as Soundy mentioned)
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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo
when i say speed, i meant from the router to my pc... not from telus the telus server.. does that make sense?
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It MIGHT make a difference if your internet connection was >50Mbps... all connections are limited by weakest-link theory: your transfers will only be as fast as the slowest part of the route. You could have an all-gigabit network, and if your internet connection itself is only 1.8Mbps, then you're never going to download anything at faster than 1.8Mbps.
Keep in mind that there's another end to every internet connection and you're limited to the speed they can send at as well. If you're connecting to a website that can only send data at 500kbps, then you're never going to download anything from that site faster than 500kbps, regardless of how fast your own network is.
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I would stick to your G pci adapter,
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I see no reason to upgrade unless you either need the extra range, need a faster link to other machines on your own LAN, or get a stupidly fast internet connection.
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and for other people with the same question, but no existing adapter, I'd suggest USB, only because it's a little more flexible/portable than a pci/e one
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I've used USB adapters a few times... they work okay, but I've found they can have reliability issues.