-- a Shaw 1 gig plan and the max wifi dl speed I got was...

[mdk]

@Tys -- a Shaw 1 gig plan and the max wifi dl speed I got was 860. 

Shaw's "1 Gig" plan will deliver a maximum of 940 Mbits/second via an Ethernet connection.

Note that "1 Gig" is a "1" with a bunch of "0" following it, while (940 * (1024 * 1024)) is approximately the same value as "1 Gig". It is a "base-2" versus "base-10" counting system. Compare to buying fruit at the grocery-store -- pricing is "per pound", but your sales receipt shows "per kilogram".

So, I think that getting 860 out of 940 over WiFi is a "good" result.  What is the distance between your WiFi device and your cable-modem? On the same floor in your home? How many walls between your device and your cable-modem?

[bpearce]

Looking at getting a wireless player and read your post… During the set up of the wireless player that you connected wirelessly, how did you get it to use your Wi-Fi network (ie. during set up were you able to select a Wi-Fi network). I also use bridge mode and let my eero mesh network handle everything.