It has been known!
Nutty for nutmeg 
That’s my USP
(Unique sausage perspective)
I’m curious of how successful @realspeed ‘s solution is. It’s sort of analogous to turning up one’s hearing aid instead of the volume of the tv/radio. Perhaps the issues that arise from doing so are also similar.
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Likewise! 
OK new aerial just arrived and plugged into the computer. First impressions . Getting on to sites like this faster by about 10%+ .This is because it is a bigger aerial by about that much which would account for it?
Re viewing youtube vids, my own appear faster yes but watching ,others why I have no idea . Only a little quicker to display ,but against that has not lost signal as before. I do also realise that how much band width? is being used at the same time which may come into the equation. that is not even going into build quality.
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Thanks for the review @realspeed. It’s a mystery why modems/routers don’t have sockets for extension aerial wires which can be nigh on invisible and tucked down (eg) between a carpet edge and skirting board.
I looked into how to extend the aerial for my Virgin Modem and it’s doable, but a right old faff which would require breaking seals to gain access and thus invalidate warranty and/or make me liable should I have to return it when I change contracts.
Thank you for your comment Dex. My thinking is it is not aways the transmitter causing a poor signal but a poor receiver.This is why I went for a better receiver first. Finding the right one for your computer does need a fair bit of research but worth doing
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Longshot, and will mean no chance of returning them and totally invalidating warranty, but is there any mileage in butchering it and extending the wiring from the PC to the new antennae? I suppose if it only cost a tenner then worth a punt out of curiosity. But £25ish. Hmmm!!
That was how AI started 
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And EI is how Old McDonald’s farm kinda starts 
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Okey dokey. Think I get the picture. 
Ok, so you have a large house, if you want good connectivity, live in a hovel 
been there in our very first house back in 1972 .OneI room downstairs 2 bed upstairs bathroom and toilet out the back attached
That was the good old days RS, when, nothing needed Boosting, and, if it did, we would not have been able to afford it anyway.
My cousin in law was a building developer and owned several buildings he let out. Sue and I, soon to be married, just could not get somewhere to live. Gasumping was rife and proprties sold before being on agents books. He came to the rescue as he had a small house he was reniovating . He did it up and let us have it at the price he bought it for plus the work he had done on it. Cost £7,500 way back in 1972 for a middle of three terraced house. So that is how we got onto the housing ladder.
Good to be able to look back and remember those times such as shutting the front door for the first time and keeping the world outside. IT WAS OURS
That was a great feeling RS, if you could gloss over the 25 year mortgage that was up ahead. We started home ownership in 1986 and it was ours circa 2014
Just think, all those years, one paycheck away from repossession
I have two routers at either end of the house so the whole house is covered.
The important thing is to turn off the DHCP Server on one of the routers so it is just handled by one of them.
The other
@realspeed my signal booster for our 4 floor house cost around a fiver delivered and works very well (easy to set up) with the top floor receiving a full signal according to the loading bar.
From the blurb:-
| Wireless Compability | 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n |
|---|---|
| Data Transfer Rate | 300 Megabits Per Second |
| Special Features | Advanced Antenna Design, Access Point Mode, Quick Setup, Wireless Security, Ethernet Port |
| Compatible Devices | Wi-Fi enabled devices (routers, modems, smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs, etc.) |
| Frequency Bands Supported | 2.4 GHz |
