▲ 11 ▼ There's still no point in gigabit broadband (shkspr.mobi) submitted 5 months ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments Comments
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (4 children) You have a 5Gbps network card to handle that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago That's a good deal then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eodur@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Do you think that is unlikely? Its not like those cards are hard to find. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Just most people only have a 1Gbps card, and so 2.5 is not a real benefit. Not 5.0 either. Since bottleneck is PC permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago That's a good deal then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eodur@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Do you think that is unlikely? Its not like those cards are hard to find. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Just most people only have a 1Gbps card, and so 2.5 is not a real benefit. Not 5.0 either. Since bottleneck is PC permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Just most people only have a 1Gbps card, and so 2.5 is not a real benefit. Not 5.0 either. Since bottleneck is PC permalink fedilink source parent