> teeny-tiny 5Gbps upload speed

EDIT:

Also, checking Cox, they have the exact plans the article mentions, but in Mbps not Gbps.

Yeah, someone definitely didn't sanity check the units on those speeds. Especially the reference to the "...with a teeny-tiny 5Gbps upload speed" which is more than twice as fast as the fastest (2Gbps) plan that my local fiber company offers.

I was paying less than $55/month for 25mbps with Comcast.

> I was paying less than $55/month for 25mbps with Comcast

The Comcast plan is ~1000x slower than the AT&T plan cited, FWIW I was not able to locate the 25Gbps plan on the linked AT&T site so likely a typo.

Yeah, that would be extremely cheap then, but I'll believe it when I see it.

> In the case of AT&T, pricing can start at $55 per month for a 25Gbps plan before going up to $65 per month or more after a year, and the company will charge $10 for every extra 50GB you use (unless you upgrade to unlimited for $30 per month or have a plan that’s already unlimited).

The pricing can start at $55 per month for a 25Gbps plan is clearly a reference to the "Internet 25" plan which is 25Mbps (not Gbps) and has a 1.5TB cap. But I don't know why anyone would choose that plan unless it's all that is available at their address since the "Internet 50" and "Internet 100" plans are the same price and the "Internet 100" plan is unlimited.

All of the AT&T Fiber plans are also unlimited.

Pricing page:

https://www.att.com/internet/internet-service-plans/

There's a footnote on the price for the Internet 25, 50, and 100 plans indicating the data cap: "Incl. 1.5TB data/mo., overage charges apply." There's also "See offer details" link with this pop-up:

https://imgur.com/a/mZBetsA

It links to https://www.att.com/help/internet/usage/ for info on data allowances. Internet 25 and Internet 50 have the 1.5TB cap, but Internet 100 is unlimited.

It's weird that AT&T would price all three of these plans the same and apply a data cap only to the slower speed plans. I wonder if it indicates is more expensive for them to provide the lower tier plans for some reason?

Disclosure: I've had AT&T Gigabit Fiber since Jan 2017. It's $70/month (total) which has included HBO Max as a freebee for several years now. No data cap. It's the best residential Internet service I've ever had, by far.

https://twitter.com/googlefiber/status/628651613637361665

They finally trenched my neighborhood six months ago, a full six years after AT&T. But I still can't order service.

More for homelab, but a road I would definitely go down if 100gbps service was available to me for $50/month.

There isn't really a point except some people like to push the boundary for fun. Agreed it's not anywhere close to necessary for normal home users. But we don't always do things just because they're necessary :)

I mentioned VyOS won't handle line rate (it'll do ~5 Mpps on average hardware) but there are options like DANOS that will. 10 Gbps is do-able with < $1k in hardware, including the server.

VPP+FRR or VPP+DPDK can handle 100 Mpps/100 Gbps across NAT. And with the new Linux Control Plane in VPP, it's possible VyOS will get support in the future (https://vyos.dev/T1797). They're also considering using eXpress Data Path (XDP).

Again, totally pointless but so are many other things we spend our time/money on.

Most home equipment, even the computers themselves, can't handle those speeds. Unless they're moving into the ultralow cost home data center segment, it's probably a mistake lol...