The cheapest Wi-Fi 7 router is this $99 TP-Link
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PEA2)
Image: TP-Link TP-Link has debuted the Archer BE3600, a $99 Wi-Fi 7 router that is the cheapest one we've seen released in the US so far since the first routers supporting the new standard started arriving last year.
It doesn't have the new 6GHz band like its pricier cousins or even many of the Wi-Fi 6E routers already on the market, though. As a result, for many people, TP-Link's new router probably won't get you your downloads a lot faster - if at all - than would a much older router.
The new tricks can mean a little throughput boost or a more stable connection than routers built to older specs in congested areas, though, thanks to the way Wi-Fi 7 handles its data streams. But without the one-two 6GHz punch of wider data channels and much more...