Does anyone here have a connection faster than 300mbps?
Ever consider home streaming? I have a NAS, I store video on it. I access that on all different computers in my home including iPads. Some of that video is 1080p and takes up lots of bandwidth.
There is also Time Machine backups. They take ages over 802.11n but are very fast over 1Gb Ethernet. Any speed improvement in this regard is welcome by me.
I also find issues with Remote Desktop / VNC, these are decent over 802.11n (300Mb/s 5GHz on my Mac) but if the resolution is too high, such as 2560x1600 like on my display on my desktop the performance goes down the pan. The 1.3Gb/s would help out a lot here.
And the final thing to consider is performance as written and performance in the real world. I connect to my router via 802.11n 5GHz. Right now that is 300Mb/s on my Mac as mine doesn't have a 450Mb/s capable radio.
300Mb should be 37.5MB/s - Quite speedy. But in reality I only get 100Mb/s aka 12.5MB/s. This is pitifully slow for Time Machine backups. And this is while I'm in the same room as the router. If I move to another room in my house the performance drops further to around 56Mb/s aka 7MB/s.
So although they say it is 1.3Gb/s in my home I can generally assume that to be closer to 400Mb. And that would be a nice improvement for my home network. This is all outside of the scope of my internet connection and no I don't have a connection over 300Mb/s I have a 120Mb connection and as noted above is capped already by 802.11n in my home. Next year however I can get FTTP (Fibre To The Premises) at 330Mb/s from British Telecom. Just in time for an 802.11ac enabled Mac. And I do already have an 802.11ac router (Asus AC66U).