Having your console wired doesn't give you more speed if you pay for less. Let say you pay for 24MB of download speed an your getting 19-23MB over WiFi then your good no matter what. But those who pay for that extra-extra mile (1Gig+) will probably need to have the console wired due to having soo many connected devices (what else whould he be pay lots? Xxx, torrents or worst)...for must users they might a Smart Tv, Roku Box, Apple TV, Amazon TV, Google Nexus Player, Smartphones or MagicJack that runs update whike in sleep mode. Note: If you have wanna of those "Time Warner" router/cable combo box then your internet will suffer even if it's wired! Mostly cause some channels HD automatically opt-in to HD or 1080 even for youtube or netflix on those Smart TV's or set top boxes.