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I’m betting most people will only have 1gbps capable hardware and cables

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@dutchkimble @schizoidman Likely true. It may be justifiable in a commercial setting but in a home? Just how many HD streams would you need to run to suck up that much bandwidth?
I get regular calls from my ISP to upgrade to a 1.5GB package (we have #Fibe in this neighborhood). No thanks - the 150Mb I’m paying for is more than enough (but then, our kids have moved out so perhaps I’m not a typical household).

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Yeah true you don’t need that, I share a gig between 8 people at home and am more than happy

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I just got gigabit. These folks are getting 50?!

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Damnit! I just got 20…

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That’s sick. We’re getting a new fiber network in my city and we’ll top out at 10gbit. I’m probably not paying for that (would be >$200/month), but it’s nice to know it exists. Who knows, with the rate of web bloat, maybe I’ll eventually need it…

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Meanwhile sitting here with 50 Mbps that costs probably more then the 50Gbps in Hong Kong

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