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> I wonder what 20 years will bring? Probably not much. At least advancements wont be like the difference between going from 1.5 mbps to 1 gbps. It's the same
by nirav72 4y ago
> I wonder what 20 years will bring?
Probably not much. At least advancements wont be like the difference between going from 1.5 mbps to 1 gbps. It's the same reason why 10gbe ethernet has not become a common thing for consumer level desktop hardware. While 1gbe ethernet has been the standard offering since the mid-2000s. Recently lot of manufacturers have started supporting 2.5gbe. But low cost switching/routing hardware that fully supports 2.5gbe isn't quite there yet.
- eru 4y agoHere in Singapore Gigabit Internet is pretty much standard with fibre-to-the-home almost everywhere. My main problem is that wifi is slower than that. So to benefit from faster speeds, I'd either have to upgrade to wifi 6 or lay cables throughout the house. The ISPs here are happy to sell you faster broadband, though.
- deepsun 4y agoSame thing in US, but, at least in my US apartment, ethernet cables were already built into the walls, with outlet or two for each room. As I prefer desktop to a laptop for everyday work, I gladly used it.