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It's time to update this kind of guides with at least 2.5GbE networking. I suspect most FTTH ISPs will start defaulting to 2 or even 5 Gbps soon (mine already o

It's time to update this kind of guides with at least 2.5GbE networking. I suspect most FTTH ISPs will start defaulting to 2 or even 5 Gbps soon (mine already offers theses speeds in PNW, but at premium costs). There's very few consumer options at 2.5 / 5 GbE; you can usually pick up cheaper 10 GbE gear (but on older standards, non-multi-gig compatible).

ocdtrekkie 5y ago
The areas this sort of thing is available is way too scarce to matter. I'm in a major metropolitan highly competitive area, and 1.2Gbps non-symmetrical coax is the fastest option. Most PCs where I work run through 100 Mbps switches. Your experience is very far from the average.
- sp332 5y ago
  Verizon FIOS and Comcast/Xfinity already offer 2+ Gbps, plus AT&T and Frontier.
  - ocdtrekkie 5y ago
    Maybe in your area, but it's extremely far from typical.
    - bityard 5y ago
      Heh, yep. Where I live, Comcast is the only choice and they know it. I pay $60/mo to get 25Mb down. And pushing bits upstream is so slow that I have to schedule any "big" uploads to start around bedtime.
- gigel82 5y ago
  I commiserate, up until last year I was in Comcast monopoly land as well, paid top dollar for the "1.2Gbps" plus $30 to remove the 1Tb data cap. Luckily we got Ziply FiOS installed and I'm in heaven; I'm paying $60 ($80 after a year) for 1Gbps symmetric. They also have a 2-Gig ($120/mo) and 5-Gig ($300/mo); I'm waiting for those to drop in price and I'll definitely jump on-board (most of my home network is on 2.5GbE with a few 1Gb segments).
TacticalCoder 5y ago
> It's time to update this kind of guides with at least 2.5GbE networking. I suspect most FTTH ISPs will start defaulting to 2 or even 5 Gbps soon Indeed. I'm ordering my 8 Gbit/s "fiber to the home" router and it should come soon (45 EUR / month). The router comes with one SFP port doing 10 Gbit/s (!) while the four other ports are regular 1 Gbit/s ones.
bombcar 5y ago
10GbE is cheap enough if you get a microtek 4 port box. I use it to connect my NAS, my vm server, my Mac, and uplink to my nortel. Works nice.

ocdtrekkie 5y ago

The areas this sort of thing is available is way too scarce to matter. I'm in a major metropolitan highly competitive area, and 1.2Gbps non-symmetrical coax is the fastest option. Most PCs where I work run through 100 Mbps switches. Your experience is very far from the average.

sp332 5y ago
Verizon FIOS and Comcast/Xfinity already offer 2+ Gbps, plus AT&T and Frontier.
- ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  Maybe in your area, but it's extremely far from typical.
  - bityard 5y ago
    Heh, yep. Where I live, Comcast is the only choice and they know it. I pay $60/mo to get 25Mb down. And pushing bits upstream is so slow that I have to schedule any "big" uploads to start around bedtime.
gigel82 5y ago
I commiserate, up until last year I was in Comcast monopoly land as well, paid top dollar for the "1.2Gbps" plus $30 to remove the 1Tb data cap. Luckily we got Ziply FiOS installed and I'm in heaven; I'm paying $60 ($80 after a year) for 1Gbps symmetric. They also have a 2-Gig ($120/mo) and 5-Gig ($300/mo); I'm waiting for those to drop in price and I'll definitely jump on-board (most of my home network is on 2.5GbE with a few 1Gb segments).

TacticalCoder 5y ago

> It's time to update this kind of guides with at least 2.5GbE networking. I suspect most FTTH ISPs will start defaulting to 2 or even 5 Gbps soon Indeed. I'm ordering my 8 Gbit/s "fiber to the home" router and it should come soon (45 EUR / month). The router comes with one SFP port doing 10 Gbit/s (!) while the four other ports are regular 1 Gbit/s ones.

bombcar 5y ago

10GbE is cheap enough if you get a microtek 4 port box. I use it to connect my NAS, my vm server, my Mac, and uplink to my nortel. Works nice.