Question Why is 2500MB internet speed needed for a home?

roynany

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Why is 2500MB internet speed needed for a home?

Internet companies sell 2500MBPS internet lines
But what is their use?

Who is it worth?
I watch 4K streamer
Netflix 4K
Internet
 

mikeymikec

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Do they use the magic words "up to"?

Netflix 4k apparently requires 15mbps, so even a family of 15 all watching individual netflix 4k feeds constitutes a drop in that ocean.
 

Hail The Brain Slug

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Working from home, downloading modern (60, 80, 100, 150GB+) games.

Having internet at this speed means that in most cases, your downloads are bottlenecked by someone else.

It also means you can do a virtually infinite amount of bandwidth consuming things concurrently and there's always bandwidth left over to maintain high quality of service for streaming, gaming, video calls, etc.


Coming from xfinity 1200/35 cable to a symmetrical 3500mbit fiber line, my internet has never felt more reliable. Thats because I can just do whatever I want whenever I want, as much as I want and it never causes an issue for anything or anyone else. No more yelling "are you downloading something??" From the other room because their stream started buffering. No more complaints about video calls being laggy or dropping because I was uploading something for work.
 
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RhoXS

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I pay extra for 1 Gbs service but my provider actually consistently provides a bit over 1.4 Gbs. The base service of 400 Mbs would certainly suffice for all my needs, but the faster service provides a very noticeable snappiness that I like and find satisfying. This difference is especially noticeable at someone else's home I am frequently at that has only the base 400 Mbs service. This is not a very good reason to pay extra, but the cost difference is negligible as my HOA (via my monthly payments) underwrites most of it no matter if I want it or not.
 

JackMDS

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There is No General Good answer.

It depends on your needs, habits, and location on the Planet.

I have 1GB FIOS. During the Middle of the Night (most users sleep) I get around 900 Mbps and down. During the day I get about 300--500 Mbps Down and 700 Up I v can complain to Verizon from now to ethernety nothing can Help.

The only good day is Sunday. Why? It is new York and most work computers are Resting.

Right Now it is Sunday Late Morning:

Download Speed
797.32 Mbps

Upload Speed
913.92 Mbps

Latency (ping)
3 ms

My only alternative is Spectrum, but it really much worse.


 

DaaQ

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Why is 2500MB internet speed needed for a home?

Internet companies sell 2500MBPS internet lines
But what is their use?

Who is it worth?
I watch 4K streamer
Netflix 4K
Internet
Another reason is that it improves spectrum efficiency, also CATV companies are moving away from traditional 6mhz QAM carriers for video to IPTV boxes to "stream" video content.

Side tangent, never thought I would see the death of the DVR. Our company used TiVo for it's whole home DVR systems on legacy carriers. The new IP boxes will show the broadcast shows at the correct broadcast time, I think you may be able to pause that but not FF. It then supposedly becomes immediately available as OnDemand content. I could not get an answer to if RW would be available or just Pause. FF will not be an option due to ad insertion.
Hanging onto my TiVO box as long as possible. My co-worker is holding onto 2 boxes for if either of ours go out. I may have to see if repair is possible from the "3 lights of death" the MG2 boxes suffer from. I think it is HDD failure but not sure. They use the 2.5" ? spinners. Is that the size of the laptop mechanicals?
 
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ReeseKirby

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Why is 2500MB internet speed needed for a home?

Internet companies sell 2500MBPS internet lines
But what is their use?

Who is it worth?
I watch 4K streamer
Netflix 4K
Internet
It depends on what you need. Still, some of them aren't happy with that speed either.
 
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