Will a better quality router fix my problem?

I'm a college student living with 1 roommate in an apartment. We have TWC cable and Internet and a belkin $30 router. We ve lived here for a year and a half and have never been impressed with the quality of our Wi-Fi but it's been getting increasingly worse since we came in August. We're constantly having to restart the router and videos take hours to buffer. My roommate (who has a Lenovo laptop and some sort of android phone) seems to have less issues with the Wi-Fi than I do (I have a toshiba laptop and an iphone). Most days I can't seem to connect to the Internet on either of my devices if she s home. So my question is, would a better quality router fix this problem or is it another issue (i.e. My devices or the provider) that I need to address?

From my experience it's quite unlikely unless your router is defective. People who complain about Wi-Fi issues are usually surrounded by interference and even the best router may not be enough.

Basic Wi-Fi optimization tips could possibly help a bit such as…
- repositionning the router, raising it as high as possible in a position where the signal can travel in a straight line towards your equipments without traversing thick obstacles
- if the problem is only in a portion or your appartment, moving the closer or installing a Wi-Fi repeater can help
- identify and eliminate devices that use similar frequency bands such as old cordless phones and bluetooth devices

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