Six years ago, I nearly got my ISP to upgrade our fibre connection to 1Gbps. As I said at the time: This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years. What's the point of Gigabit broadband? Well, it's a few years later and Virgin Media have just given me their Gig1 package for £30 per month. Nice! With all the inflation related price rises, it's great to …
  • kboos1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I work from home and sometimes have large file transfers, and the rest of the house is also using it at the same time. 1gig wasn’t necessary but it is appreciated.

    There are many houses that don’t need it and don’t even come close to justifing the purchase, but faster internet and utility infrastructure upgrades are always a good thing.