FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps::First refresh of minimums in eight years for the country that invented the internet

  • mr_tyler_durden@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Gigabit symmetrical or GTFO.

    I pay something like $110/mo for my symmetrical gigabit fiber line (plus static IP). This should be the standard, not 100Mbps.

    • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      I pay €32.5 for gigabit, but honestly it’s overkill for most people. I only got it because a competitor of my ISP was doing a promotion which got me from a 50 mbit (60-70 in practise) at around the same price to a gigabit for a year.

      I honestly only used it to its full potential downloading a tv show because a certain streaming provider who pulled the plug on family sharing decided my house isn’t my house and I couldn’t watch the shows I paid to watch.

    • AlexisFR
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      1 year ago

      It’s too expensive and energy intensive. You can forget it.