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The best routers for Spectrum of 2024

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If you work from home—and you’re a Charter Communications customer—you know there’s a huge difference between a bad router and a router that’s compatible with Spectrum internet. A bad router means long wait times talking to customer service, annoyingly slow load speeds, and a pixelated presence on work video calls. Choosing the best router for work, play, and just surfing the web makes life easier—and reduces the amount of low to no bandwidth-induced headaches you might get. 

How we chose the best routers for Spectrum

We know how important a strong Wi-Fi connection is to effortless, lag-free performance on the best gaming laptops and streaming high-quality lossless audio. I personally have made the mistake of not doing my research before buying a router—would not recommend spending a few days Wi-Fi-less and with my own thoughts. To prevent you from facing a similar situation, we looked to personal testing, peer recommendations, critical reviews, and user impressions to find the best Spectrum routers.

The best routers for Spectrum: Reviews & Recommendations

The best routers for Spectrum can handle everything, whether it’s a day full of video meetings, nights scrolling TikTok, intense gaming sessions, or streaming lengthy explainer videos on YouTube. These are our top picks.

Best overall: Netgear Nighthawk Cable Modem Wi-Fi Router Combo

Netgear Nighthawk Cable Modem Wi-Fi Router Combo

Why it made the cut: You don’t have to worry about purchasing a separate modem with this trusted combination device.

Specs

  • Data transfer rate: 1,900 Mbps
  • Coverage: 1,800 square feet
  • Plan speed compatibility: Up to 400 Mbps
  • Parental controls: Yes
  • Ports: Four 1-gigabit Ethernet ports; one USB 2.0 port

Pros

  • Easy installation
  • Independent channels for 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz
  • Warrants fast, reliable internet. 

Cons 

  • Slow return on investment
  • No support for Wi-Fi 6

The Netgear Nighthawk proves that two is better than…

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American national security requires smart spectrum planning

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The United States has always been on the cutting edge of tech. Our free-market system enabled us to win the race to 4G, helped unleash the app economy, and allowed us to get to 5G faster than others. Our country’s leadership in tech helps secure the nation’s economic power and protect national security so the United States continues to serve as a beacon of peace and democracy.

Technology should be a force for good in the world. Our national security, and the security of other nations, is tied to our ability to keep up with and get ahead of emerging technologies. I’m encouraged to see that Congress is working together to implement a national spectrum policy. America needs a national strategy to make sure there is enough spectrum to build out 5G networks and not fall behind China.

Spectrum refers to the radio waves on which we transmit data, and it serves as the foundation for many of the wireless networks that power our lives, including 5G. Spectrum is the lifeblood of technological innovation — including advancements in national security that power our weapons systems and intelligence operations.

5G is quite literally the fifth generation of wireless connection, and it serves as a crucial foundation for innovations and advancements in the near and not-too-distant future. Alarmingly, America does not have enough spectrum in the pipeline to build out secure and reliable 5G networks. According to a paper by Analysys Mason, the United States ranks 13th in terms of available licensed spectrum — significantly behind nations such as China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

One reason why is that the United States has overallocated spectrum to unlicensed use. This type of spectrum is available to the public and has important uses, but it’s not the foundation of secure and reliable 5G networks. Unlike managed licensed spectrum, unlicensed spectrum faces interference, and devices connected to unlicensed spectrum aren’t always assessed for security concerns. Indeed, when it comes to security, users of unlicensed spectrum have varying incentives, capabilities and technical skills, resulting in more cybersecurity risks than those who use managed licensed…

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The Cyberattack Spectrum – Who Is More Vulnerable To What?

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Cybersecurity is a buzzword in today’s business world. Every company knows it needs to invest in cybersecurity because the cyberattack landscape is increasingly full of attacks – from malware to cryptominers, from ransomware to DDoS attacks.

But there is no single one-size-fits-all cybersecurity solution that, when applied, eradicates the threat. And knowing the particular characteristics of the threat landscape that applies to your particular type of business can help you make smarter business decisions, and potentially save you money in applying your cybersecurity strategy.

New research from cybersecurity specialists Lumu Technologies suggests that companies may be using an expensive sledgehammer to crack a cybernut by investing in broad-spectrum protection, rather than focusing on the threats that are actually most likely to come their way.

The Impact of Malware

For instance, the generalized threat of “malware” – often used as a headline threat to explain the whole cybersecurity threat profile – is actually relatively miniscule in its threat level for mid-size and enterprise-level companies. The report from Lumu shows malware being a significant threat for those higher-level, larger-scale businesses in just 3% of cases.

Where malware really is the threat it’s known to be is within the SMB community. The Lumu report shows malware as a major threat a full 60% of the time, meaning many of the standard mitigation techniques and cybersecurity programs that focus on malware will be of significantly more value to the SMB sector than they will to the enterprise-level business world.

If malware is the largest single threat to the SMB community, it begs the question of what the most prolific threat for enterprise-level businesses could be. The answer, according to the Lumu report, is domain generation algorithms. Working as bridgeheads for command and control servers, and in potentially vast numbers during any given cyberattack, means they’re extremely difficult to entirely track down and either mitigate or eradicate, which is bad news for the enterprise community, as they show up as being effective in that arena an…

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Grady talks spectrum, cyber concerns in nomination hearing — FCW

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Defense

Grady talks spectrum, cyber concerns in nomination hearing

  • By Lauren C. Williams
  • Dec 10, 2021

Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks in Norfolk, Va. in October 2021. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theodore Green 

Adm. Christopher Grady, the nominee for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks in Norfolk, Va. in October 2021. (Photo credit: Petty Officer 1st Class Theodore Green/Department of Defense)

The Biden administration’s pick for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has concerns over spectrum-sharing and cyber talent.

“The management of [the] electromagnetic spectrum to the Department of Defense is absolutely critical. We operate in there. We have critical activities that we do within that spectrum and within that domain,” said Adm. Christopher Grady, who currently leads U.S. Fleet Forces Command, during his nomination hearing Dec. 8 before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The admiral said he wanted to “lay out the risks and the challenges of sell off, and to do it in a data-based and in threat-based way so that we go into that very significant policy decision well informed… It’s a significant issue though, for sure.”

Grady expressed concern about the Defense Department’s move to free up portions of the 3.1-3.45 MHz spectrum, noting in responses to policy questions that DOD’s decision to open up parts of the radio frequency bands was “an area of concern” as “frequency bands of dual use can adversely impact DOD operations, from training and readiness to real-world operations” and that cooperation with industry would be required.

Additionally, Grady wrote that, if confirmed, he would review recent actions and potential conflicts around the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to support licensing ground operations in the frequency bands close to that used by the global positioning signal (GPS).

The Defense Department is currently working to implement its EMS strategy released in 2020 and spectrum — with its use for communications, cyber operations and mitigation — has become an increasing concern as the U.S. government and private…

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