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Re:25 Gbit/s internet as a normal customer by dcow on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:23PM (#30389224)
I have a 1G symmetric line and with a fast enough disk write setup I can hit ~108MB/s for Steam downloads and still be on video calls and stream content simultaneously (different people usually). It’s definitely not wasted for us.
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Re:25 Gbit/s internet as a normal customer by was_a_dev on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:27PM (#30389268)
From what I can tell, with Steam, I limited by the datacenter itself. I have friends in my local area, and also nearer the same datacenter, all on much higher bandwidths and write speed, but still hit 10Mbps at best.

Saying that, I am no Steam power-user. Most games will be <10GB with updates <1GB

At this point, I have no services or use cases for anything faster.

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Re:25 Gbit/s internet as a normal customer by dcow on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:35PM (#30389379)
Symmetric 1G also lets you run services legit out of your home which is nice occasionally.
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