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This is me. I remember being amazed with DSL that was something like 768 kpbs. Then I got 6 megabit cable? WOW. Now my phone is even faster than that. Geek

This is me. I remember being amazed with DSL that was something like 768 kpbs. Then I got 6 megabit cable? WOW. Now my phone is even faster than that. Geeks sit around and measure their broadband speed but most people just do not care. It's fast enough for them.

beowulfey 6y ago
Unless your workplace makes use of virtual meetings, or your family likes to video call. I have heard a lot of complaints about upload speeds recently.
- rayiner 6y ago
  That really illustrates the point. Video conferencing was a joke that nobody used until literally 12 months ago. Even now, most people don’t work jobs that allow remote work. Unless they have school-age kids, they still don’t care about upload.
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mikem170 6y ago
I agree! I'm an uber-networking geek and I've been happy with the slowest offered cable modem speeds. Sometimes as cheap as $20-$25/month. I've had 5mb download speeds (1mb up) for a house with two people, watching netflix while we both browsed/youtubed/etc (pfsense with qos rate limiting the chromecast to the resolution and bandwidth that I chose). Being happy with 480/720p helps. I'd rather be able to buy guaranteed minimums from the cable company than have higher "up to" speeds. Like frame relay used to be. Let me buy a 100mb access port with a guaranteed minimum rate for my zoom/voice/whatever traffic, even if that's just a few mb/s. I assume that the cable companies would rather overcharge us for faster higher advertised speeds than commit to guaranteed service levels.