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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by huytersd on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:47PM (#38104955)
What? I wasn’t even aware consumer speeds got that high. No caps I hope?
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by Jiocus on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:06PM (#38105247)
Started seeing consumer 10Gbps back in 2018 (in Sweden). The problem was there wasn't many consumer router devices around back then to support that kind of link. It might have even been unheard of, so one ISP solved it by designing their own custom device to specification - just so they could offer 10Gbps asap.
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by tracker1 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:20PM (#38105468)
That would be my problem... my router has 2.5gbps ports, and I've only got 2 devices on my network supporting 10gb (nas and my desktop)... everything else is 1gb or 2.5gb. I'm not sure what the hardware costs would be to support that.
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by bitbckt on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:04PM (#38105226)
Sonic in the Bay Area offers 10Gb symmetric at that price, no cap. I upgraded from their 1Gb plan to 10Gb with no change in price.

Unfortunately, I’ve since moved to another part of the country, with much less enlightened ISP options.

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by teaearlgraycold on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:22PM (#38105496)
No caps, no cap :P

I even made my own router because I didn't like the consumer options available: https://danangell.com/blog/posts/10gbps-router-for-fun/

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by geraldwhen on Thursday November 02, 2023 @05:08AM (#38110795)
I have 5gbps available at my house, but what would I use it for? Symmetric 1gbps is fine for me.
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