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I have a couple of comments about your mesh extenders Labs (see issue 309, p72). Firstly, the BT offering tested was the standard version of Whole Home Wi-Fi, which is a dual-band setup and can’t compete on speed with the tri-band systems that you reviewed.
However, BT does offer a tri-band system in the shape of Premium Whole Home Wi-Fi. The backhaul uses 802.11ax (or Wi-Fi 6), meaning it should be fast. I’d love to see a test of this system using the same methodology you used to test the other extenders. Also, each of the Premium units has two Ethernet sockets and I think the stands are removable, which immediately addresses two specific criticisms you had about the standard version.
Secondly, you devoted a page to other technologies such as powerline networking (see issue 309, p81). What many people don’t realise is that these cause the mains wiring to radiate radio frequency (RF), which can interfere with the
