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what do you need it for? when i got my 76Mb (from 16Mb), I thought the speed increases would be incredible. The only noticable improvement is when download files from a high speed server or bittorrent. I noticed sites like youtube would still feed the video stream slowly and not jam the content through the pipeline.
That's when I learnt, you mignt be able to download mega fast, but the speeds are limited to how fast the host server wants to send you the file. The massive speeds wont be a huge benefit for the everyday user. Good if you stream for a living, have web servers hosted from yuor home computer etc.
That's when I learnt, you mignt be able to download mega fast, but the speeds are limited to how fast the host server wants to send you the file. The massive speeds wont be a huge benefit for the everyday user. Good if you stream for a living, have web servers hosted from yuor home computer etc.
Why would you need such speed? Is it for residential or commercial purpose? If it’s for residential, this 10x overkill over 1GB (preferred for consumer). It would only make sense if it is for commercial purpose.
Netflix recommends 25mbps for 4K streaming. On my Plex server dash, a single 4K can range between 60-80mbps. A 1GB connection is more than enough. If you’re using WiFi, you’re connection speed varies by device WiFi card, router and range up to 600mbps on AC or up to 1GB AX unless it is connected to wired. It is definitely up to you on how you want to justify 10GB is worth it. You’ll definitely need to upgrade your network infrastructure to take full advantage of such speed. Otherwise, it’s no different than upgrading your connection speed and sticking to leasing their crappy modem/router combo.
IF you were all hitting the download at exactly the same time you might still only need a fraction of the speeds you're suggesting.
In reality, you wont all be downloading a 4K film at the same exact time.
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gigabit ethernet will do just fine, and cat5e will work on this. gigabit routers, switches and NIC are standard now.
Prebuilts, sure. The DIY market is very different. There's a decent amount of motherboards with 1 Gbe/10 Gbs port setup, or twin 10 Gbe ports set up, or 2 1 Gbe ports and 10 Gbe port. They don't cost a fortune. Intel plans on bringing 2.5 Gbe controllers as a baseline standard for all motherboards utilizing Intel NIC controllers. The chipset controller runs about $2.40/per thousand units, and it'll be integrated on motherboards where the current 1 Gbe controllers are. These will become the standard in prebuilts as time goes by, will be the standard for motherboards that use Intel NIC controllers and other makers to follow with, slimline clients, etc. Expected EOL is 2034.
That said, you would have been better off saying there aren't many if any affordable routers and switches that can handle 10 Gbe. There's a handful of high end routers with 2.5 Gbe ports, but that's it.
Right now if you want a 10 Gbe motherboard, there's a few boards with Intel chipsets. However, Aquantia is more common, but they make a damn good controller that's right up there with Intel.
It's always up to major chipset developers and makers to come up with the new standards third parties need to attain, otherwise it won't really work out. We sort of see this with processor makers right now.
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Maybe on HEDT platforms, but it’s still not a normal feature on consumer platforms. X570 has a couple more options than X470 did for AM4, but again it’s still not a lot. The options are there, but it’s not a standard feature.
It’s always funny to hear this. Compared to what, countries that are the size of a single state? Now we do get ripped off quite badly by ISP’s unless you live in an area with competition.
You didn't say "standard feature" and nor did I. I also never stated "a lot" as you did retroactively. I stated Intel plans on making their 2.5 Gbe a standard as many boards rely on Intel NIC controllers, and third-parties wishing to get business from board partners will want to come up with their own design.
X470, X570 are not HEDT platforms, nor is Z390. Plenty of motherboards for those chipsets already have 2.5 Gbe, the rest are 1 Gbe, and a handful have 10 Gbe.
Worst .... ?? Maybie ISP, but NBN here.. I think FTTN here in Australia will beat that to death.. in all honesty..
People often over pay for internet speed that they would hardly or never utilize.
I am luckily enough to have ISP competition in my area, so that tends to keep the prices lower.
But, talking to people, there are many that are getting Gigabit internet that could use a much cheaper and lower speed. I sometimes ask what they use their internet for that they need the high speeds, and the most common answer is Netflix.
ISPs are up-selling their internet tiers, usually with questions like "how many devices in your home is connected to the internet?" Many people just don't know any better, and go with the ISPs' recommendations.
As for 10,000Mbps, there is very little reason for the huge majority of people to sign up those speeds.
I think that 100Mbps would be more than adequate for most.
I am luckily enough to have ISP competition in my area, so that tends to keep the prices lower.
But, talking to people, there are many that are getting Gigabit internet that could use a much cheaper and lower speed. I sometimes ask what they use their internet for that they need the high speeds, and the most common answer is Netflix.
ISPs are up-selling their internet tiers, usually with questions like "how many devices in your home is connected to the internet?" Many people just don't know any better, and go with the ISPs' recommendations.
As for 10,000Mbps, there is very little reason for the huge majority of people to sign up those speeds.
I think that 100Mbps would be more than adequate for most.
I wouldn't say worst in the world, but there are a lot of reasons by the U.S. lags behind a few other nations when it comes to broadband service.
The geography of the U.S. plays a big part. Oligopolistic and anti-competitive behavior from the cable companies in the 90's probably plays the biggest part.
Although, it isn't all bad. While there are many places in the U.S. that have relatively slow internet speeds, there are many places with multiple ISPs available, and these places tend to have the fastest speeds at much lower prices than the single ISP locations.
The future looks nice too, as I assume that the old oligopolies the stranglehold on the market will start to disappear as 5G fixed wireless access starts to spread.
There's only one person in the entire US I know of that has 10 Gb internet to his home and it's some radiologist.
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There's also some guy who has Comcast's 2 Gb service.
This Guy Has the Fastest Home Internet in the United States
Five ISPs offer 10 gigabit per second internet connections. So far, it looks like only one person in the US has bought one.
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There's also some guy who has Comcast's 2 Gb service.
This sounds like someone that could really utilize those really fast speeds.
Although, the part where he talks about his family having issues with 1Gbps speeds sounds strange. Everything he mentioned outside of his work shouldn't even come kind of close to the capacity.
Not really the same thing.
One day many years from now, residential 10Gigabit speeds might be needed for the masses, but for huge majority of people, it wouldn't be utilized.
Of course, there could be niche use cases where someone would really benefit from 10Gbigabit speeds, but right now for most people in a residential setting, it would be a waste.
It might be if his family or likely he was saturating the connection. 1 Gb sounds like a lot but it's only about 125 MB/s in theory. If you don't use a download manager which can set download speeds for file types on a specific computer, you need to mess with QoS. During a heavy download, more bandwidth may be allocated to the computer (network IP) and others would see reduced bandwidth. If the 10 GB file size is true and the amount of exams directed to him out of the 20-30K/year allotment, it makes sense. If everything is good, you're looking at under 12 seconds per file download at that size. At 1 Gbps it takes much longer, obviously.
I suppose it would also be some form of write-off, too.
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1 Gbps may be the standard or average in 10-15 years. It'll take a long time for 10 Gbps to be the new standard. You might even need such speeds if compression algorithms come along that allow for fraction-sized files or streams at today's quality of even better quality.
But that's up to the boffins at high end universities to solve. Whoever or whatever university does, will set a blazing path and be heavily rewarded for their efforts.
Anything over 1Gbps is completely unnecessary considering the majority of consumer network equipment cannot handle anything above that... so 10Gbps is just overkill and the ISPs know it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found new network equipment come with Cat5 cables (limited to 100Mbps) rather than Cat5e or Cat6.
The reality is too most servers you’ll be dealing with aren’t going to be giving anywhere close to 1gbps qo download speeds.
I’m a clinical pharmacist at a hospital by day, but my side hustle is being a partial owner of a residential psych program for young adults, usually of upper middle class to affluent means, looking to transition back to independent living. The program has about 25-30 patients at any given time (staff have a separate network + isp). We have 250mbps service which is more than sufficient for all of their Netflix, Fortnight, etc. Generally it takes no more than 4-5mbps to stream 1080p Netflix per device.
The reality is too most servers you’ll be dealing with aren’t going to be giving anywhere close to 1gbps qo download speeds.
I’m a clinical pharmacist at a hospital by day, but my side hustle is being a partial owner of a residential psych program for young adults, usually of upper middle class to affluent means, looking to transition back to independent living. The program has about 25-30 patients at any given time (staff have a separate network + isp). We have 250mbps service which is more than sufficient for all of their Netflix, Fortnight, etc. Generally it takes no more than 4-5mbps to stream 1080p Netflix per device.