Old stone houses in Vieux-Québec, bungalows in Charlesbourg and Lévis
Homes in the Quebec City area range from centuries-old masonry to 1970s split-levels, and each needs a different Wi-Fi fix. Inside the walls of Old Québec and in nearby Saint-Jean-Baptiste, many buildings have thick stone or brick walls that soak up a wireless signal almost completely. In those homes, the most reliable setup puts the router in the same room as the TV, or runs a thin Ethernet cable along the floor from the router to the TV.
Renters who cannot drill have two good options. Powerline adapters send the network through the electrical outlets, although results vary with older wiring. A small mesh system with one unit in each room you watch in also works, as long as each unit sits in a doorway rather than behind stone.
In Limoilou and Saint-Sauveur, flats in older plexes are long and narrow, so the router belongs in the middle of the unit, not by the front door. Out in Charlesbourg, Beauport, Sainte-Foy and across the river in Lévis, many houses are bungalows or split-levels with the family room in the basement. One extra Wi-Fi point on the main floor, close to the stairs, usually brings that room up to full strength.
Whatever the building, test the room where you really watch during your free trial, ideally on a weeknight.