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> 1. Do you miss these conversations? I worked as a contractor in the office and never really thought about it. Like I had conversations with people in the bre

by mcny 6y ago

> 1. Do you miss these conversations? I worked as a contractor in the office and never really thought about it. Like I had conversations with people in the break roomwhere they know me maybe because they see me talking to my boss but I don't know who they are or what they do. Or I overhear people talking about their work and I got to catch a glimpse of what they do (I wrote internal web applications they used so this was useful information to me). I'll never admit this, of course. I don't like being in the office. I'd rather work from home forever. I think all I'm missing is a decent fiber gigabit (symmetric up and down) connection (for me and everyone else) and I should be good.

OJFord 6y ago
What do you do to need a symmetric 1Gbps connection? I have 150/150Mbps which seems more than sufficient - I upgraded from 30/1Mbps because the uplink could be a bit painful pushing databases or container images around, not because I needed 150 (symmetric 30 not an option).
- mcny 6y ago
  > I have 150/150Mbps which seems more than sufficient Yes, that should be sufficient if you consistently get the advertised rates. Comcast (and all coaxial cable spectrum/cox/...) infrastructure, from what I understand is in a very poor condition due to neglect and even their "gigabit" is actually gigabit down / 30mbps up at best. and then there's over subscription. Try having everyone in your household on different video conference call. My understanding is once you get fiber installed to the home, the difference in ongoing expense of 150Mbps vs gigabit is not that much. So might as well?
  - OJFord 6y ago
    I get consistently a bit more than that, about 165/160Mbps (as measured by fast.com). That's fair - it's just me - I just read it as work needing a gigabit, not the Netflix/games/whatever use of the family hogging it. I'm not in the USA, so 'YMMV', but the home came with fibre, and the ongoing cost is £35 vs. £60 (the 30/1 plan was £22, and - as I check these prices - is now 50/5). (Interested Britons - Hyperoptic; prices after introductory discount year. Cannot fault on price or speed or service (when available), only -ve has been downtime for scheduled maintenance overnight from 11pm.)

by mcny 6y ago

OJFord 6y ago

What do you do to need a symmetric 1Gbps connection? I have 150/150Mbps which seems more than sufficient - I upgraded from 30/1Mbps because the uplink could be a bit painful pushing databases or container images around, not because I needed 150 (symmetric 30 not an option).

mcny 6y ago
> I have 150/150Mbps which seems more than sufficient Yes, that should be sufficient if you consistently get the advertised rates. Comcast (and all coaxial cable spectrum/cox/...) infrastructure, from what I understand is in a very poor condition due to neglect and even their "gigabit" is actually gigabit down / 30mbps up at best. and then there's over subscription. Try having everyone in your household on different video conference call. My understanding is once you get fiber installed to the home, the difference in ongoing expense of 150Mbps vs gigabit is not that much. So might as well?
- OJFord 6y ago
  I get consistently a bit more than that, about 165/160Mbps (as measured by fast.com). That's fair - it's just me - I just read it as work needing a gigabit, not the Netflix/games/whatever use of the family hogging it. I'm not in the USA, so 'YMMV', but the home came with fibre, and the ongoing cost is £35 vs. £60 (the 30/1 plan was £22, and - as I check these prices - is now 50/5). (Interested Britons - Hyperoptic; prices after introductory discount year. Cannot fault on price or speed or service (when available), only -ve has been downtime for scheduled maintenance overnight from 11pm.)