Post #3368437
2026-06-13 08:07 UTC
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.
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@Mihies@programming.dev 2026-06-13 08:24
Symmetric gigabit is this a thing, tho? Usually consumer level broadband can be huge download, but meekly upload no matter the tech used because they’d like to sell you more expensive options. That said I’d benefit greatly with it. And agree with you (and partially OP) that it’s not for everybody. But those of us who need it, it’d be awesome.