Extender placement recommendation
BlebNevus
Newbie

I'm a FiOS user who ended my TV service about a year ago and took the opportunity to ditch my ancient Actiontec router and upgrade from a 75 Mbps internet plan to 300 - after I negotiated a decent deal with Verizon. Verizon tech installed a CR1000A router in the basement (because that's where my ONT is) and an E3200 extender in my 3rd-floor office (where I work on my desktop computer), connected by coax.

 

The arrangement works reasonably well, but I'm not thrilled with the (100-150) speed I get on my laptop, which I often use on the 1st floor - one story up from the router.  I don't want to pay Verizon more to upgrade my plan, but now that I don't have cable TV, I have a spare coax port in that room. Would it make sense to buy an additional extender and put it there? If so, would a reasonable choice be something like the goCoax MoCA 2.5 adapter (https://is.gd/WFsvr1), which costs about $60?

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BlebNevus
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Looking at this more closely, I think the goCoax adapter I mentioned, which I'd considered back when I needed an ethernet adapter for my office desktop, won't work for what I want now -- namely, a wireless extender that's compatible with Verizon's FiOS router.  Is it possible to get one of those inexpensively (and without buying or renting it from Verizon)?

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