[Ipg-smz] I'm getting gigabit fiber to my desk at work - yay!

[Christine Hall]

Ya know, my download speed tests at 11.2Mbps (I pay for 10) with an 
upload speed of 8.28Mbps (I pay for, I think, 3 or 4).

Here's the thing. The television in the living room is currently on, 
perfectly streaming one of the local TV stations using YouTube TV 
because my roommate likes to have the TV on all the time. Meanwhile, 
roommate is in her room watching YouTube videos, and I'm in my office 
working away at my computer using the internet for research, playing the 
occasional video, and almost always streaming music.

Everything works perfectly. TV is fine, no jerking or buffering, YouTube 
on my desktop also works perfectly, even with the TV in the living room 
streaming, and my roommate streaming YouTube on her Wi-Fi connected 
phone at the same time.

With the local co/op phone company, I could up our download speed to 
100Mbps for very little money, but I don't see why I would or why the 
average family would need anything faster than what I have now.

I have people tell me that they have 20Mbps connections and that it's 
barely useful to them, and when I ask them what they're doing online, 
they're doing much less than we are at my house.

I don't get it.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 2/25/19 1:06 PM, Dana Blankenhorn wrote:
> AT&T advertises Gigabit Ethernet here, but when you got TV -- as I did 
> when I first got my connection with them two years ago -- it's a lot 
> slower. And the teaser rate has expired, so it's expensive now.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 1:03 PM Lynn Greiner <lists at itwriter.com 
> <mailto:lists at itwriter.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Sigh. Rub it in, you two. Up here, we’re robbed blind. I have
>     unlimited 100 MB/s for $60 Canadian per month on a promo plan which,
>     according to the site, is normally $101 per month – and which I will
>     have to renegotiate in April when the promo expires. Mega-sigh.____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     *From:* Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org
>     <mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org>> *On Behalf Of *Richi Jennings
>     *Sent:* Monday, February 25, 2019 12:42 PM
>     *To:* ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] I'm getting gigabit fiber to my desk at
>     work - yay!____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     Nice. I've just discovered that if I ditch my 15Mb/s landline, I can
>     get unlimited 150 Mb/s 4G for £22/month (including LTE router).
>     That's about $24+tax.____
> 
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>     On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, 5:36 pm Phil Shapiro, <pshapiro at his.com
>     <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>> wrote:____
> 
>         __ __
> 
>         It's all over now.  I've been told that within about two months
>         I'll have symmetrical gigabit fiber to my desk at work. I've
>         been squeaking by with 25 Mbps cable modem connectivity. ____
> 
>         __ __
> 
>                          I'll be able to tweet 40 times faster. Watch
>         out world. I'm giving fair warning now.____
> 
>         __ __
> 
>                                     phil____
> 
>         __ __
> 
>         Seriously, though, it'll be so nice doing fast uploads of large
>         video files to YouTube and the Internet Archive -- and maybe
>         doing some video conferencing with a large number of folks
>         simultaneously.____
> 
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