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My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by gentleman11 »

When we got fiber, our internet didn’t speed up. We just saw a monthly rate increase. The providers here throttle it so significantly that there isn’t any benefit, not even for upload. The plans that cost an extra $150 per month have far higher limits but that’s insane

Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by judge2020 »

gentleman11 wrote: post #2

When we got fiber, our internet didn’t speed up. We just saw a monthly rate increase. The providers here throttle it so significantly that there isn’t any benefit, not even for upload. The plans that cost an extra $150 per month have far higher limits but that’s insane

What provider?

Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by gentleman11 »

judge2020 wrote: post #3
gentleman11 wrote: post #2

When we got fiber, our internet didn’t speed up. We just saw a monthly rate increase. The providers here throttle it so significantly that there isn’t any benefit, not even for upload. The plans that cost an extra $150 per month have far higher limits but that’s insane

What provider?

Shaw in canada. Maybe Telus is better, I’m not sure

Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by cm2187 »

Not convinced by the use case section. Very few servers will allow you a full 25gbit download, let alone anything more than a 1gbit (and often less). And if you own the server on the other end, that sort of bandwidth comes at a cost.

I think beyond 1gbit, the benefit become super marginal and the hardware expensive.

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Post by GaelFG »

gentleman11 wrote: post #2

When we got fiber, our internet didn’t speed up. We just saw a monthly rate increase. The providers here throttle it so significantly that there isn’t any benefit, not even for upload. The plans that cost an extra $150 per month have far higher limits but that’s insane

Which country if it not indiscreet ? I know internet access quality vary a lot between countries and I'm curious.

Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by jonnylynchy »

On behalf of all tech-minded Americans, I would like to say... I hate you.

I just got a notice in the mail that my ISP is "upgrading" their network so now I can pay $200 USD/month to get a whopping 2gbps, which I actually thought was pretty amazing until I read your post. So, thanks.

In all seriousness, congrats! You made a good case for why one would need that much bandwidth. Also, we need to catch up here. :)

Re: My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home

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Post by Tepix »

Consider me drooling.

I'm currently on 1000/50 cable internet, which is already quite nice. Telekom is laying fibre but it's not clear yet whether or not they will stop short of this house. Also i suspect it will be a while before they offer better than 1000/500 service.

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