Since the dawn of time the budget wireless network vendors have given what amount to outrageous claims in relation to the range of their products specifically. Throughput is generally not such a big deal because they don't really give throughput numbers, they give signalling rate. The claim about 3x the data rate is too ambiguous to call them liars but suffice it to say, you can not take anything they say too terribly seriously. You'll get better range and better throughput, both in the near cells and especially in the outer coverage areas of what were normally standard 802.11g weak cells. Not 8X but better. Your mileage may vary, just like everyone elses. If this is a deal breaker for you because of the price then your doing the right thing in asking but you'll just have to wait a bit and see what the real world reviews are by average joe consumers. You can basically disregard the website claims, even if this time (bahahaha) they are telling the (lol) truth.