{
  "id": 2842833,
  "title": "Your Wi-Fi router is leaking airtime to legacy devices, and here is the 10-second fix",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/your-wi-fi-router-is-leaking-airtime-to-legacy-devices-and-here-is",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-23T18:30:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/your-wi-fi-router-leaking-airtime-to-legacy-devices-the-10-second-fix/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wi-Fi networks can experience latency spikes, package jitter, and slow page loads even with modern routers and high-spec devices. This issue is caused by airtime starvation, which occurs when the wireless radio spectrum is occupied by slow legacy transmissions. Wi-Fi is a shared half-duplex medium, meaning that the speed of a device is irrelevant if the spectrum is tied up waiting for slower devices.\n\nAccording to XDA Developers, this problem can affect networks with modern Wi-Fi 6, 6E, or 7 routers and high-spec endpoints. The outlet notes that even with gigabit wireless throughput capabilities, networks can still suffer from airtime starvation.\n\nTom's Hardware discusses TP-Link's Deco 7 Pro BE13000, a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, but does not provide information on how it addresses airtime starvation. The Deco 7 Pro BE13000 is available as a 3-pack at Costco for $399 and offers coverage for up to 8,100 square feet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "TP-Link Deco 7 Pro BE13000 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Value pricing, but average performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/tp-link-deco-7-pro-be13000-wi-fi-7-mesh-router-review-value-pricing",
        "published": "2026-08-23T12:05:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}