Modern smart homes often have around 30, 50, or even 100+ Wi-Fi devices when you count all the bulbs, plugs, and cameras. Most consumer routers start to choke or drop connections once you hit that 30-device threshold because they’re just not made to handle so many devices trying to communicate at once. This means that, as a result, your expensive Wi-Fi 7 phone is getting slow speeds because it’s sharing a radio channel with 40 cheap smart plugs that phone home every five seconds.