Networking: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

Utah-based Wilson Connectivity's weBoost Sky fits on a car and helps signals from SpaceX's direct-to-cell service reach phones inside the vehicle.

Still piping all of your internet through one router? Step into the 21st century with a multi-node mesh network that delivers peak speeds throughout your home.

'Neighbors pay for flexible hour, day, week, or month passes — and you earn from every connection,' the satellite internet service says on the new 'Starlink for communities' site.

Other vendors, including Asus and Netgear, have received an exemption to the Trump administration's foreign-made router ban, but Chinese-affiliated brands have not been so lucky.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the 25% downlink capacity increase should improve in-home satellite broadband and make Starlink a stronger competitor against traditional ISPs.

We all need an internet connection, but you should also get a fast and stable one too! Amazon's Big Deal Days aren't here yet, but we've already got some great mesh and router sales.

Wi-Fi 7 coming right up! The Eero Max 7 won our Editors' Choice award for Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems, and it's 30% off on Amazon right now. Save $180 on a speedier connection while you can.

It's missing some cutting-edge features, and its speeds aren't the fastest, but the Tenda ME6 Pro is one of the few under-$300 mesh systems that can deliver Wi-Fi 7 coverage to every corner of your home.

The distinctive-looking Tenda BE12 Pro dual-band router delivers solid throughput performance, but it's light on advanced features and Wi-Fi 7 technologies. It's a decent choice if budget is top of mind.

The FCC declined to automatically grant Verizon's application when consumers, groups and even a lawmaker have been raising concerns about remote communities losing their phone service.

Amid concerns from people without reliable cellular service, Verizon tells the FCC it will keep aging copper landlines in place 'if a Commission-approved solution is not available.'

Israel's prime minister briefly held up a Starlink dish in a United Nations speech to troll the Iranian government, which outlawed the equipment and cut off internet access amid protests.

As SpaceX prepares to deploy its first batch of next-gen V3 satellites, it notifies some enterprise Starlink customers that they can expect gigabit speeds out on the water.

Neighboring Ukraine continues to rely on Starlink for communications and military operations.

These days, your wireless router is not just your lifeline to the internet, but also to your job. We've hand-tested the top routers so you can find the right fit to build a snappy home Wi-Fi network.

Ready to beef up your Wi-Fi network? A wireless range extender is a less expensive alternative to a new router. (Some can even turn your router setup into a mesh system.) Here are the top performers from our testing.

We all need an internet connection, but you should also get a fast and stable one too! Amazon's Big Deal Days aren't here yet, but we've already got some great mesh and router sales.

Next week's Starship Flight 14 will deploy the first operational Starlink V3 satellites, which promise a 10x leap in bandwidth capacity. A failure, however, could be a brutally expensive loss.

Don't settle for outages and slowdowns. These simple settings changes and hardware tweaks help you get peak performance out of SpaceX's satellite network.

Working from home by day, gaming and streaming by night? A mesh network system blankets your home with uninterrupted wireless coverage. These are the best mesh routers we've tested.