Faster internet is coming, but only for a few

Post by colek42 » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 11:13 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #44

trilila wrote: post #35

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Trust me, once you get a 1Gbps network connection, you will love it. It's not that Netflix would be faster, but watching wget or curl reach massive speeds is just awesome :-)

> watching wget or curl reach massive speeds is just awesome I don't get any joy out of that. I mean, yay, it's a big number. So what? My file still arrived in an instant. Whether it takes 1 second or 0.1 seconds is of no difference to how my life goes. If I were a heavy bittorrent user, maybe that would help? But most of the content I want is on legal means now, Netflix and Prime TV. And even if I wanted to pirate s…

Post by lonelappde » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 2:23 AM UTC

alexkiritz wrote: post #24

kgwxd wrote: post #10

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Don't most servers throttle how much bandwidth outbound traffic gets? I never expect to get full speed downloading a random file. Even a super popular torrent might not have enough peers to reach full potential before it's done downloading.

I remember never getting more than a fraction of the speed. Like maybe 200 mbps max on a 500 mbps connection when downloading a file. I assumed with the number of people with gigabit connections two years ago I’d have at least run into a few servers that didn’t throttle that low.

Post by lonelappde » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 2:28 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #49

mabbo wrote: post #45

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There's a limit though, is what I'm saying. My hearing and vision are getting worse, not better, as I get older and there's diminishing returns on increased bandwidth in terms of utility. Give me streaming audio at the absolute quality limits at 8Mb, 32Mb, 80Mb- I won't be able to hear a difference. My internet bandwidth is beyond my ears capabilities. I've seen 4K and 8K TVs recently- I can't tell the difference. (I…

For streaming VR? I agree, I was upgraded from 30Mbps to 60Mbps and I really couldn't care less. The annoying bottleneck is on the other side, which regularly caps to 10Mbps or less. 1Gbps sounds great for an office, though; kinda sick of having shared 50Mbps connections where some stream HD videos just to listen to music.

Post by alexkiritz » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 7:24 AM UTC

lonelappde wrote: post #52

alexkiritz wrote: post #3

Verizon sold most of its landline business to Frontier over the past decade. While the few remaining Verizon FiOS customers got upgraded to gigabit, the Frontier FiOS customers were left with the old technology. Our Frontier contract just expired and we’re upgrading from 150 mbps to 500 mbps for about $5 more tomorrow. But I’m not optimistic about the speed. I tried paying $150/mo for the Frontier 500 mbps package tw…

What are the uses for downloads beyond 150mbs? 4k video and stadia? Sharing one connection between multiple users for pricing arbitrage?

Post by lokedhs » Thu, Aug 08, 2019, 8:30 AM UTC

Tetris1 wrote: post #58

Interesting to see discussion where people say It's like a car engine: it's better to have 3.0L than 1.2L, because when you need the power, you will get it.