I thought I'd update this thread with what I ended up doing. This post sent me on a search for something simple that I could do myself.
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A number of companies have popped up recently with easy to use mesh networks. Google just unveiled there version a couple of weeks ago. I went with the eero wifi system with 2 routers. The difference was night and day. Basement speed went from 45mbps to 85mpbs and the master bedroom went from 5mbps to 60mbps. Best part is that it took maybe 5 mins to setup. There are cheaper ways to achieve the same results, but none as as easy as this. There are other options as well.
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I ended up buying Google's new wifi system. I had to wait two weeks for them to ship from Amazon. I set it up last night in 20 minutes.
My house is an L shape, the DSL comes into the northwest corner of the house. Speeds before install with the built in wifi from the router were 37 Mbps in that room, 26 in the adjacent kitchen, 13 in the master bedroom in the southeast corner and no signal in the office which is toward the southwest corner. After install of 3 units (living room, master and office) were 42 Mbps in the living room, 42 in the kitchen, 31 in the master and 30 in the office. The rear bedroom which had no signal is now at 19 and the basement which had intermittent connectivity was a solid 21. It sits below the office. I went out to my metal pole building and in corner closest to the house, it was mid teens. At the rear corner, I was still able to connect but it was down to below 1Mbps. I may buy one more unit for that space.
Setup was easy, app is very intuitive. They are running $100 less than the 3 pack from eero. So far very pleased.