I personally think everything will get tighter, so perm plus increased NIC is still cheaper than a contactor.
Someone once said, it is not the fitest, nor the most intelligent that survive, but those with the ability to bounce.
Don't need to quote posts, it's networking 101 and one of my qualifications.
Your home network (wired & WiFi) is a local network that runs at a speed which is hardware dependent.
If you connect to something outside of that network it is routed (hence "router" ) to another wide area network...