You have some good tips and meanwhile I agree with you on some of the things. I do want to point out a couple of issues (and I know you said this for people who use wireless for gaming). (1) Wired connection is always better than a wireless connection mainly because of the isolation it provides from the outside interference and lack of hindrances that are always in the way of an RF signal. Your ping is never stable on wireless because there are too many things going around you in the environment which is why gamers tend to avoid wireless. (2) Speed test doesn't show the whole picture of your connection. Try pingtest.net and see how much jitter you have in connection. A-B line rating is what you should strive for to play without lagging out the whole lobby. (3) Comcast's rental modems have built in routers, which are pretty crappy and for those of you who don't know. Comcast has a second band transmitting out of your rental/lease modem/router called "Xfinitywifi" which can be used by any Xfinity customer. You can't disable it and it will always be transmitting using your bandwidth and you won't know who is connected to your router via Xfinity wifi. Currently you can call them and ask them to disable it but the processing on the router is very slow and causes NAT issues with PSN/Xbox Live. I really suggest buying your own standalone modem and hooking up to a nice customized router. (4) DOCSIS 3.0 doesn't automatically give you a speed boost. Speed depends on your package and your cable company's supported protocols (modulation standard, bonding channels... etc). On a 25Mbps/download package, Docsis 2.0 is as good as a Docsis 3.0 (given 38Mbps is max for DOCSIS 2.0 in ideal conditions). It also depends on how many channels your ISP supports to provide high bandwidth. Anything over 35Mbps requires a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem. These days Motorolla SB6121 is pretty cheap and provides adequate performance for most users. Get the one which is modem only. (5) Routers make a huge difference and you can use QOS to help you with gaming if you have multiple devices hooked up. Given enough bandwidth, a few users streaming videos on the network won't affect the gamer and a good router can prioritize packets in that regard but with low bandwidth you might want to shut off devices to get consistent ping times. A dual band, specifically 5Ghz, only helps in environment with a lot of interference. 2.4Ghz is used by most devices these days so its mostly interfered with, 5Ghz is relatively less congested and is an upgrade on performance but 5Ghz range is crap. So overall 2.4Ghz for range and 5Ghz for performance.. you have to experiment with it to find the right setting. Again, for gaming I highly suggest going with wired. Even a "powerline adapter" is better than wireless, given you have good electrical wiring inside the house. And powerline adapters are cheap. (6) Look into powerline adapters, it provides better/stable pings over wireless and can be hooked up using any power plug near your console. Speeds wise Wifi can be better but ping stability is better on wired/powerline, which is the "red bar-ing" issue people have when playing online. (7) There are many good routers out in the market that provide good gaming performance. I prefer the ones with DD-WRT firmware such as Asus, because they offer so many customization options.. Most consoles don't support anything more than "n" standard so getting an AC router purely for console gaming won't provide any benefit.