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Comment on Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan
o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I have their 1gbps plan, but I don’t see how I could utilize anything faster.
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months ago
ayaya@lemdro.id 8 months ago
You can hit your data cap in half the time!
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months ago
I don't think Google fiber has a data cap, but that is second hand from a friend that has it.
ayaya@lemdro.id 8 months ago
Oops, I actually know that bit I got a little lost in the comment chain. I had just read the comment above yours talking about the 2gbps plan, hence the half the time comment. My ISP has also started offering 2gbps but still has a 1TB cap which means it’s possible to hit the cap in just over an hour which is pretty funny.
prorester@kbin.social 8 months ago
if it's taking seconds, then there's already a problem
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months ago
120 GB game update files.
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 8 months ago
I’ve yet to see a remote website that’ll send me 1gbps continuously except a speed test… and whilst it’s nice to see big numbers on those, it isn’t really justifying the cost.
Even things like microsoft and steam stuff throttle far lower than that (presumably because they don’t want a million people trying to hit them for 1gbps constantly).
ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My provider recently started offering a 2gbps plan for $30 more a month. I was tempted until I thought about the money I’d need to spend on new equipment to take advantage of it. 1gbps fiber is plenty for now.
billygoat@catata.fish 8 months ago
Tbf, a lot of these multi gig plans are geared to families, where more than one person could be doing high bandwidth activities. Or even just one person doing high bandwidth things doesn’t cause the other persons zoom call to stutter.
diomnep@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
Thing is though, most consumer networking gear is capable of a maximum of 1gbit, so to even take advantage of 2gig or 2.5gig you at least need a router with a 2.5gig uplink. If you have this you can have a couple of people on the network using a gig each.
My setup is a 1.2g cable connection going into a 2.5g port on my router, with a couple of servers connected to the router over 10g. This basically lets me download off of my servers at the full speed of the network but the rest of my devices are limited to 1gig.
Going up to 20gig would require a large investment to see the benefits. First you would need a router with a 25g uplink port, which is really only going to be found on a specific tier of “enterprise” gear. These routers aren’t going to have a bunch of ports so you are going to need to dump the output either to a 25g switch or a couple of 10g switches (probably the most cost-effective option). From there you can distribute out to 20 machines at 1g.
Anyway, you are definitely right about the aim of a service like this but to see the benefits of a 20g connection would require some very expensive and specialized equipment.
IMongoose@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ya, mine is slow rolling 2gig but it kind of fucked me up because now I want 6E mesh APs and it’s going to cost me like $500. I know I don’t need it, but the fact that I could have it is tempting. Plus I need 6E for the VR headset I also don’t have.