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In France, Free just announced up to 5000mbs down and 700mbs up for 40€. Orange has 2000mbs down and 600mbs up for 50€, and may have better peering in general.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
Is that really 2 gigabit down? Insane! You have to buy some serious gear to even be able to use that!
- lostlogin 6y ago
  And when you have that gear, what is it used for? Obviously businesses can, but a home user? Even with an appetite for movies etc you would have filled your drives in no time.
  - bergstromm466 6y ago
    > filled your drives in no time What do you mean?
    - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
      Not OP. With 2Gbps you can theoretically fill a 1TB drive in just over an hour.
      - bergstromm466 6y ago
        shhh i was trying to get him to admit to Hollywoord movie piracy...
        deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
  - speedgoose 6y ago
    It's used to download things faster, not necessarily all the time.
  - simplyinfinity 6y ago
    I do full disk image backups of my half full 1TB OS drive to a HDD every day, and upload archive to remote storage every few nights, so about 1-2 TB a week of uploads. Then i have my other HDDs backed up once a week, so about 10-20gb of changes a month. Now i started doing photography as a hobby, and boy, are those raw files large. 24mb each. Last weekend i was on a short trip with friends, 75 GB of raw photos and videos. Gotta back those up, the faster the better.
    - speedgoose 6y ago
      Why don't you synchronize the files instead of doing full image backups?
      - NullPrefix 6y ago
        Synchronization does not offer benefits of proper back up. Ransomware propagates through sync
        gowld 6y ago
        How so?
        majormjr 6y ago
        If ransomware starts encrypting your files then the sync will just upload that encrypted data.
        speedgoose 6y ago
        How is it different to upload a disk image containing encrypted data? You can also use versionning when you sync your files.
      - simplyinfinity 6y ago
        Because i want to be able to restore latest working state as quickly as possible, which includes all configurations of all my apps without having to fix missing license keys in the windows registry, setup accounts, and other fiddly settings. I do file backup of my photos, documents, invoices, and other random things I've setup for backup. Edit: add more info
- GuB-42 6y ago
  It is really 2 Gbps down. However, the Ethernet ports are just 1 Gbps. So you can't have it on a single device. What it allows is to have 2 computers, each one with their own full 1 GBps link. In practice, it is mostly useless. I have the 1 GBbs plan on the same provider (Orange) and I generally only get full speed on speed tests, and the only times I use a significant fraction of my bandwidth is on the occasional large download (ex: games). Free, the other ISP, is known for its ludicrous speeds at the end point but from my experience a few years ago, it is seriously limited by its infrastructure. So you my get 5 Gbps on the local loop, but you will never get these speeds on the greater internet. Basically, 1Gbps+ fiber makes your internet connection somebody else's problem. The last mile stops being the limiting factor.
  - inetknght 6y ago
    > It is really 2 Gbps down. However, the Ethernet ports are just 1 Gbps. Consumer grade 10Gbit ethernet and fiber NICs exist, and for fairly cheap too.
maxmouchet 6y ago
A table (in French) comparing FTTH prices in France: https://lafibre.info/images/doc/comparatif_offres_fibre_ftth.png https://lafibre.info/images/doc/comparatif_offres_fibre_ftth.... From https://lafibre.info/free-les-news/keynote-freebox-pop/ https://lafibre.info/free-les-news/keynote-freebox-pop/.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago

Is that really 2 gigabit down? Insane! You have to buy some serious gear to even be able to use that!

lostlogin 6y ago
And when you have that gear, what is it used for? Obviously businesses can, but a home user? Even with an appetite for movies etc you would have filled your drives in no time.
- bergstromm466 6y ago
  > filled your drives in no time What do you mean?
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    Not OP. With 2Gbps you can theoretically fill a 1TB drive in just over an hour.
    - bergstromm466 6y ago
      shhh i was trying to get him to admit to Hollywoord movie piracy...
      - deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
- speedgoose 6y ago
  It's used to download things faster, not necessarily all the time.
- simplyinfinity 6y ago
  I do full disk image backups of my half full 1TB OS drive to a HDD every day, and upload archive to remote storage every few nights, so about 1-2 TB a week of uploads. Then i have my other HDDs backed up once a week, so about 10-20gb of changes a month. Now i started doing photography as a hobby, and boy, are those raw files large. 24mb each. Last weekend i was on a short trip with friends, 75 GB of raw photos and videos. Gotta back those up, the faster the better.
  - speedgoose 6y ago
    Why don't you synchronize the files instead of doing full image backups?
    - NullPrefix 6y ago
      Synchronization does not offer benefits of proper back up. Ransomware propagates through sync
      - gowld 6y ago
        How so?
        majormjr 6y ago
        If ransomware starts encrypting your files then the sync will just upload that encrypted data.
        speedgoose 6y ago
        How is it different to upload a disk image containing encrypted data? You can also use versionning when you sync your files.
    - simplyinfinity 6y ago
      Because i want to be able to restore latest working state as quickly as possible, which includes all configurations of all my apps without having to fix missing license keys in the windows registry, setup accounts, and other fiddly settings. I do file backup of my photos, documents, invoices, and other random things I've setup for backup. Edit: add more info
GuB-42 6y ago
It is really 2 Gbps down. However, the Ethernet ports are just 1 Gbps. So you can't have it on a single device. What it allows is to have 2 computers, each one with their own full 1 GBps link. In practice, it is mostly useless. I have the 1 GBbs plan on the same provider (Orange) and I generally only get full speed on speed tests, and the only times I use a significant fraction of my bandwidth is on the occasional large download (ex: games). Free, the other ISP, is known for its ludicrous speeds at the end point but from my experience a few years ago, it is seriously limited by its infrastructure. So you my get 5 Gbps on the local loop, but you will never get these speeds on the greater internet. Basically, 1Gbps+ fiber makes your internet connection somebody else's problem. The last mile stops being the limiting factor.
- inetknght 6y ago
  > It is really 2 Gbps down. However, the Ethernet ports are just 1 Gbps. Consumer grade 10Gbit ethernet and fiber NICs exist, and for fairly cheap too.

maxmouchet 6y ago

A table (in French) comparing FTTH prices in France: https://lafibre.info/images/doc/comparatif_offres_fibre_ftth.png https://lafibre.info/images/doc/comparatif_offres_fibre_ftth.... From https://lafibre.info/free-les-news/keynote-freebox-pop/ https://lafibre.info/free-les-news/keynote-freebox-pop/.