Yup. I would say that our Comcast 5Mb up was good for 1.5 simultaneous Zoom calls. I usually got the 0.5. Also, it leaked over into adversely impacting downloads, too. I've talked neighbors, some with 3 and some with 4 working members in the house. It's not good.
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10GBit Ethernet?
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Ahaha !
The beauty of networking is that when it works, it works indefinitely.
You don't do it for cost saving. Well, yes, maybe. But not only because of that.
You do it because you want full control of your network. And you can get a lot more reliable/performant equipment than what ISPs give.
I have small business equipment. Old Cisco 2821, Cisco 2960-S gigabit switch. It's been rock solid since day 1 when I configured them. Cisco 2821 needs a replacement. It's more than obsolete, so I will probably get UXG-Pro + Cloud Key Gen 2 when UXG is released.
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In cases like this, where the alternative is less speed for the same or more money, then of course it makes more sense to go with the Gigabit speed.
I was referring to what I see a lot where I live, people paying more than they need to for Gigabit internet when they would get the same exact user experience with a slower and cheaper speed.
Asymmetry download/upload is common with cable ISPs, and while our upload habits have changed, some ISPs (Comcast), have gotten worse with the download bias.
Until recently, I would switch ISPs about once a year. This starting about 10 years ago when Verizon FiOS moved in my area giving me a choice of ISP. I would always switch back and forth between Comcast and FiOS, always getting the "New Customer" rate, switching right before my rates would increase. This also meant that I haven't paid more then $40 a month for internet for the past 10 years.
FiOS was (mostly) symmetrical, and Comcast was not, only provisioning about 10% of the download speed to the upload speed. This really wasn't a problem for me, but a few years ago, I started a Plex Media Server, and upload speed started to become an issue.
I was trying to limit transcoding, but with Comcast, about a third of my library would need transcoding to play remotely. This was fine, as I was usually getting a great deal from Comcast, the last being 100Mbps download, 10Mbps upload for only $30 a month. Comcast over-provisions in my area by 20%, so the upload was actually about 12Mbps.
So, about 18 months ago, I switched back to FiOS, and at the beginning of the year, I went to switch to Comcast again, but they changed their upload provisioning. The 100Mbps download service was only provisioned 5Mbps upload. I called and complained, but they only offered a higher upload speed if I paid for a higher download speed.
I was going to stay with Comcast for a month, just long enough to be considered a new customer with FiOS, but things ended changing in my favor for FiOS.
When I called to cancel my FiOS service, the retention department rep told me about a website that just launch that offered faster speeds for the same or lower price, contract-free, with no expiration date. They finally got smart and attempted to actually retain current customers, by offering good deals for existing customers.
For anyone with FiOS, here is the website:
Fios Mix and Match: Custom Internet, TV and Phone Packages | Verizon
With Fios Mix & Match, you choose the internet, TV or phone plan that works for you - no contracts or surprises. Bundle packages or pick a standalone service.
verizon.com
Sign in, and check out the "other" deals, as they are usually better than what is initially offered. For example, I had a 100Mbps service for $40 a month, and when I went to the website, they offered that exact deal, but in "other", they had 200Mbps for the same price. They over provision it by 50%, and I now have 300Mbps download, and 350Mbps upload.
A little off topic, but might be worth checking out the website to save some money or get a better deal.
Does CAT9 allow you to cut it eight times and still it works?
Well for what its worth I have bought a 25ft one of these:
Amazon.com: cat8 cable: Amazon Devices & Accessories
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Here for me on fibre we get 920 Mb download..460 Mb upload approx.
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Ha, yeah, or get it and still use it over crappy WiFi.
Ahaha so true also.
So many people pay for 1 gbps but wifi can only push up to 500 mbps in the common area of the house. I've seen this so many times. Ridiculous.
Initially I ended up using link aggregation to get around the bottle neck. That's so I could still down/upload >900Mbps at the same time as copying to/from my NAS at Gb speeds. Kinda worked.
LAG is nice for handling multiple client requests. It doesn't make a bigger pipe. But it's a nice feature to have. My NAS has 3 adapters out of 4 in LAG, just for fun
Very happy with the 10GbE upgrade on my iMac 2020... Note that write speed is limited by the amount of spinning rust I have:
This is a direct connection over 30m (approx) of Cat 6 to a Windows server with an Intel X550 based NIC.
This is a direct connection over 30m (approx) of Cat 6 to a Windows server with an Intel X550 based NIC.