Ethernet connection from Comcast/Xfinity; Data usage; good cable modem recs

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2. Thank you, Mr. L!

For that you deserve and get a heart!

We do stream movies via Prime and Netflix. Not all the time, but from time to time. Does that take up that much? We never came close to exceeding our cap before the pandemic videocalls for school and work. I don't think our streaming has increased all that much.

Also, thank you for your great suggestions. I've heard good things about the Arris, so I'll look at that.

One question: why do you say the CAT cable is of no use? Doesn't that give me a constant connection? We have a Google mesh set up with 7 nodes. The problem is that the garage is a completely separate building from the house. They are not that far apart, but when I only had the Google nodes with wifi in the garage, the connection was weak. Once I put the CAT cable in 3 years ago, everything was fine. Even before the pandemic, I used to do a ton of video calls where I needed a stable connection.

With the wifi, I do get signal in the garage, but it's not extremely strong. This is why I wound up with 7 nodes. That's probably way too much, but that's what folks who have no clue like me do!