Flyer, there are a lot of neat options in the app, such as seeing the bandwidth used by each device. I suppose you could set up a main and guest network for each unit. It wasn’t clear if more than a main and guest network could be set up. I also don’t know if it has remote management. I use the app and bluetooth has to be turned on my phone to do so.
Overall the big value is people who want the easy access to advanced options, and who simply want a single big-range and strong network, not a bunch of random wifi routers with different logins, which is the standard thing people who have one ISP connection over a large area do it.
For people with 2000sf and under on a standard suburban lot, one has plenty of coverage, looks really cool, and has very easy setup and options. But the $80-100 price is a pretty big premium over older ones.
SPDrun: I prefer a wired connection for my main work computer out of habit and principle, but wifi has come a long way and 99.9% of the time you don’t notice the difference if the configuration is done right.
I think most of Flyer’s units are monthly corporate type rentals. If they really care about security they can just purchase their own connection or use 4G. I think his typical tenant cares about speed, free, easy setup, and prefers to use wifi.
