@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
There's still no point in gigabit broadband
2026-06-13 07:49 UTC
Replies (2)
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@Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 2026-06-13 08:01
I’ve just reinstalled Bazzite and about 10 games between Steam, GOG and Epic Store. There absolutely is a point. Also, if there are several people in the house using the internet at the same time (streaming, downloading, etc) the point becomes even clearer. And thanks to DIGI, I pay €20/month for a 1 gigabit connection and 2 cellphones with unlimited data.
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@Humanius@lemmy.world 2026-06-13 08:07
While I agree that there is no real use for gigabit for the average person, I disagree that rolling out gigabit everywhere is pointless. For anyone who wants to use the internet for more than the consumption of content, the old upload speeds were a significant barrier. Gigabit, and especially gigabit upload speeds largely removed those barriers. Symmetric gigabit in every home has taken away a bottleneck for people who want to, for example, run a bandwidth intensive internet business from their home. It provides people with opportunities they might otherwise not get.