So you want faster internet speeds, eh? So did I.

Let me tell you about my journey.

It all started with Xfinity offering 1.4Gb/sec internet speeds. I wanted some of that. So I upgraded but noticed that my speeds were still maxing out at around 800Mb/sec. That's pretty good, but a lot less than 1.4Gb/sec.

The first thing I did was get a new cable modem. It has a single 2.5Gb/sec output.

My router actually had a 2.5Gb/sec input port. Victory! Or so I thought. Turns out every single output port on that router maxed out at 1Gb/sec. Well, crap.

So I upgraded my router. This time, I went all-in and got a router with three blazing-fast 10Gb/sec ports. Problem solved, right? Nope. These were SFP+ ports. If you're wondering what SFP+ ports are, join the club—I had no clue. After some Googling, I learned about SFP+ transceivers. Bought some, plugged everything in, and...nothing. Zero connectivity.

Turns out my cable modem absolutely refuses to negotiate anything other than exactly 2.5Gb/sec. And even though those transceivers promised they'd work at 10Gb, 2.5Gb, or 1Gb speeds, they flat-out wouldn't talk to the cable modem.

Fine.  Ok.  I wanted to use an enterprise grade Router but I finally caved and grabbed a consumer Wi-Fi 7 router. Thankfully, this one came with two good old-fashioned 10Gb RJ45 ports. And finally, success! It connected perfectly to the modem at 2.5Gb.  But the other ports on it were slower.

So, what's next? Yep, yet another upgrade—this time, a 10Gb switch to connect everything at the speeds I'd originally envisioned.

So here we are after a week of fiddling, swapping, and reordering networking gear, I finally hit that sweet 1.4Gb/sec speed. ..or as someone around here put it: my internet is now imperceptibly faster.