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"Live within the bounds of what's available" seems to be a lost concept these days. I'm rural, I work remote, and I've done so for quite a while on about a 15/

by Syonyk 4y ago

"Live within the bounds of what's available" seems to be a lost concept these days. I'm rural, I work remote, and I've done so for quite a while on about a 15/3 connection. I've got somewhat better now, and I have Starlink for the house right now (though at the ever-increasing costs, I'm debating dropping it and going back to a rural WISP for bulk transfer). If you're on a lower speed connection... you don't try to live life like you're on gigabit. You cache content locally (Jellyfin or Plex solves a lot, DVD season pack bundles are dirt cheap on eBay and a USB DVD reader can read anything), you do lower bandwidth stuff, and you work around the availability. I've taken many video calls with audio over a cell phone, because my ISP was having a crappy day. You can invent scenarios in which you "need" gigabit, but they sound like the artificially constructed situations they are, because not everyone has 16 people working from home with another 12 insisting on their own individual 4k streams.

freedomben 4y ago
This seems like your position: don't try to improve things. just work around the situation. that seems silly, and I don't think that's ever been a widespread driving philosophy. Much more common (and sadly, also lost these days) is building a better world for our kids and their kids, etc. Trying to improve life for us and those around us, with hope that the next generation has it better than we did.
- Syonyk 4y ago
  I try. Which is why I reject a lot of the digital nonsense that's just attention vampires for the sake of advertising profits.
Johnny555 4y ago
>You can invent scenarios in which you "need" gigabit, If you have to work around slow internet by buying DVD's instead of streaming, pre-downloading movies you want to watch, or calling in to video calls to get reliable audio, I think it's fair to say that you "need" faster internet. Maybe not gigabit, but definitely faster than whatever you have now.

by Syonyk 4y ago

freedomben 4y ago

This seems like your position: don't try to improve things. just work around the situation. that seems silly, and I don't think that's ever been a widespread driving philosophy. Much more common (and sadly, also lost these days) is building a better world for our kids and their kids, etc. Trying to improve life for us and those around us, with hope that the next generation has it better than we did.

Syonyk 4y ago
I try. Which is why I reject a lot of the digital nonsense that's just attention vampires for the sake of advertising profits.

Johnny555 4y ago

>You can invent scenarios in which you "need" gigabit, If you have to work around slow internet by buying DVD's instead of streaming, pre-downloading movies you want to watch, or calling in to video calls to get reliable audio, I think it's fair to say that you "need" faster internet. Maybe not gigabit, but definitely faster than whatever you have now.