On 12/26/2015 11:37 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
If someone like Consumer Reports or similar agency started testing and rating devices on these things like long-time support, automatic updates, software quality etc, and not just testing wifi speed as a factor of distance, we might get somewhere.
Just how would a reviewer rate "long-time support" and "software quality"? As for "automatic updates", that's at the whim of the manufacturer down the road, so any evaluation of updates would be dated the second it's printed. Testing WiFi speed as a factor of distance is a repeatable test, so that the chance of a lawsuit over the result is slimmer. Consumer Reports, for example, sends out a survey to its readers to collect information on long-term ownership experience of cars. It's a large enough investment that people are willing to fill out the survey. Not so broadband routers.