• GustavoM@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    …and here I am enjoying a nice and steady 300 mbps, thinking: “Why on earth I’d want to improve it to almost 20 times more, when its already fast enough to load most content in less than a fraction of a second?”.

    • ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I got unlimited, synchronous 1 Gbps a year ago and I agree that for day-to-day applications it’s not much different from the 250 Mbps I was getting from Comcast. There are a few noteworthy exceptions for me: (1) It’s much easier to maintain a good torrent ratio (2) Large backups, like system images, to the cloud are much more feasible now. (3) Comcast limited me to 1.2 Tb a month which sounds like a lot until you realize how quickly you can kill that downloading modern games.

      In general I think less about my internet service now. It’s not at all life changing but it’s nice.

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        2 years ago

        Had to get gigabit to lower our bill. We’ve had unlimited, but like you said, games are huge nowadays. Me from a decade ago wishes I spent more on internet back then.