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I also have 1Gbps and I'm able to max it, so long as the other end supports it (which is quite often). I regularly do it for downloads and for backups. But gen
by Youden 6y ago
I also have 1Gbps and I'm able to max it, so long as the other end supports it (which is quite often). I regularly do it for downloads and for backups.
But generally, at 1Gbps, the speed bottleneck starts to move away from the connection between you and your ISP and towards your ISP's connection to the rest of the internet. At this point, most of the residential ISPs start to fall apart.
- jedberg 6y agoWhat providers have you seen full gigabit downloads from? In my two years with gigabit, I have never once seen a full gigabit download from any service provider not using swarm technology (like Steam does).
- Youden 6y agoGoogle, Hetzner, OVH, Online.net, Feralhosting, linux package mirrors. Those are just the things I specifically remember. I don't want to be misleading though, claiming "full gigabit" might be a bit hyperbolic of me. By "full gigabit", I don't mean "exactly 1Gbps", but I'm easily able to reach the same speed to an external network as I'm able to obtain within my ISP's network. For example right now if I run a speedtest to my ISP's Speedtest.net server, I see 820Mbps. If I run an iperf3 test to my Feralhosting server, I see 820Mbps. If I run a iperf3 test to my Hetzner server, I see 894Mbps. It's not technically right at the 1Gbps that I pay for but it's close enough that I'm generally happy.