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There's still no point in gigabit broadband (shkspr.mobi)
submitted 5 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (5 children)

And 640kb of memory should be enough for anyone. I recently got a 5Gbps symmetric connection, and it's made a world of difference (I work with large datasets and streaming media).

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    You have a 5Gbps network card to handle that?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Good question. Mostly 2.5Gbps cards and 1Gbps (or less) wireless, but the value is in the aggregate use of the network - I have a decent homelab, Tailscale for accessing things while on the road, various streaming things and so on. I will likely add a 5Gpbs card to my next server build.

    My ISP keeps encouraging me to upgrade to 7Gpbs symmetric, but even I don't need that much bandwidth (yet!)

    FWIW, the speedy fiber service costs about a third less than the cable service it replaced, which was a fraction of the speed.

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