My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

Re:My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home by bell-cot on Saturday April 23, 2022 @11:28AM (#31135073)

This +10. For the vast majority of users, having 25Gbit/sec home fiber is like having a 250 MPH-capable supercar. Big, bad bragging rights. Token-at-best use cases.

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Re:My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home by cortesoft on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:27AM (#31141510)

Depends on how many people are in your house. You can’t have 5 people driving at 50 MPH with that supercar, but you can with the internet connection.

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Re:My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home by bell-cot on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:42PM (#31146916)

5 people in my house, each using 5Gbit/s, sounds far more like the grandkids playing a "mine's faster than yours" game than like any "real world" usage scenario. Similar for 10 people each using 2.5Gbit/sec, or 25 people each using 1Gbit/sec, or ...

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Re:My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home by cortesoft on Sunday April 24, 2022 @04:56PM (#31148258)

I routinely need to download 50gigs of updates from Steam. I hate having to wait for them, it would be nice if it took seconds.

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