I've gone dumpster diving myself, but for a TV I want something with a little more support.

I'm finally going to replace my ancient 802.11b router with something faster. (It won't solve my current connectivity issues, but what the hell.)

Since I'm only getting 15mbps (tops) from my cable company, does it make any sense at all to pay for 802.11n speeds, or should I save the $20 and stick with -g?

You know that Cablevision will be offering 100Mbps soon?

In any event, 802.11n might still make sense, because the 5GHz band is a lot less crowded than 2GHz. The split-band option available in new Apple routers (and some other manufacturers) is especially nice.

I think n has better range as well. If that isn't an issue and you don't have local devices talking to each other then I figure g would be fine.

I did the same thing awhile ago and went with g, most of my local network is wired so I didn't need especially fast wireless just for the laptop.

I tend to opt for the cheaper solution most of the time.

You know that Cablevision will be offering 100Mbps soon?

Yeah, for over twice what I'm paying now. Not interested.

We went ahead and went n, but I didn't have any truly compelling reason to do so other than just trying to futureproof. We do a good bit of non internet movement over the network; transferring business files and doing backups and whatnot, so I've appreciated the extra speed. On the whole I don't think it mattered much to us one way or the other.

If you think you will be doing video streaming from a DVR or something to a laptop I'd probably go for n instead. SD works over our network on g, but I'd be less certain about HD.

My home network is scary, I have an 8 port hub and a 4 port hub completely filled.

SD works over our network on g, but I'd be less certain about HD.

I'm on g, and when I try to stream hd stuff on Hulu it tends to give up after 5 minutes or so. Until two months ago I couldn't really stream video at all (I've since replaced my 8 year old computer), so this isn't too dire a handicap. But when I replace my current router I'll probably go with n or, given my glacial rate of hardware upgrades, whatever is like n is now.

I'd say go with the 802.11n. It's best to futureproof yourself. If you end up with a setup where you are transferring files to a DVR or other media box you'll want the speed. Same goes for something like a PS3.

My network at home is a bit insane. Cable modem goes into Airport Extreme 802.11n router, this has the main wireless network for the house. This router feeds another dual band 802.11n D-link router which provides one wireless network for the video game systems, and another for the Tivo's in the house. When the Tivo's are transferring data it will really bog down whatever wireless network is in use, so I find it best to give them their own. Then there's a 8 port gigabit switch which is linked to the main Airport Extreme for internet, but also provides a high speed backbone for the computers in the office/studio. Finally there is a second Airport Extreme back in the office that expands the wireless coverage and also has three hard drives connected to it as small file servers.

There are countries with less involved networks.