One of the benefits of home fiber that people rarely talk about is the low latency. On my fiber connection, I get around ~2ms ping to the nearest data center.

One of the benefits of home fiber that people rarely talk about is the low latency. On my fiber connection, I get around ~2ms ping to the nearest data center. On my parents' cable internet, it's around ~25ms ping. (I am not up-to-date on the latest DOCSIS versions, etc., and it's possible some cable companies might do better than this.) This ~20ms makes a small but noticeable difference in how quickly web pages load, how smooth video conferencing and VoIP are, and how fluid online gaming is.