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Can you share what you need symmetrical speeds with unlimited bandwidth from home for?

MezzoDelCammin 2y ago
Not sure about the original poster, but in my case it's because I'm running a NAS/rsync at home. Symmetrical speeds are really handy for that.
weberer 2y ago
Not that person, but its needed if you're a live streamer. Even video chats with small groups take quite a bit of bandwidth.
rovr138 2y ago
not the OP, but I'm a data engineer. I'm downloading and uploading data all day long. Even subsets are large and after combining data from multiple datasets, it grows. That's not including backups I run to external services.
lostlogin 2y ago
I’m not the OP, but have a vastly over spec connection. For about $70 US per month I get 2 gigabit symmetric. I could get something like 300mbps symmetric for about $40 US but love the extra. I don’t notice the difference every day, but it makes me very happy when I do.
- jaskerr 2y ago
  For $70 a month? Holy guacamole! Where are you, that you get such good rates? We’re lucky to have fiber, but we pay $60 for 100 mbps. (Edited to correct cost of fiber as part of telecom bill.)
  - lostlogin 2y ago
    This is in New Zealand. I can get the same speed for cheaper, $US50-60 but the static IP, and great service from Voyager keep me with them. It’s not a load more for 4 or even 8gb. What a time to be alive.
- gorbypark 2y ago
  Same! It's extremely cheap in my case, so why not? One great thing about being in a city in Spain is the prices...Five euros a month extra to go from 1 gigabit symmetrical to 10 gigabit. I don't have anything that can even come close to using that (I can get about 1.2gbps over wifi, and have a 2.5gb ethernet adapter I never plug in) but... 5 euros a month!
Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
I work from home and I self host various apps from my home server. I also can stream videogames from my home. The major upload need is work (database files) and serving the apps from my home rapidly (videos/photos). The cool thing about 1gbit symmeyrical is that I don't have to think about it anymore. Almost forgot, I backup all my important data on the cloud too from my NAS, so it has to upload often videos and photos.

Not sure about the original poster, but in my case it's because I'm running a NAS/rsync at home. Symmetrical speeds are really handy for that.

weberer 2y ago

Not that person, but its needed if you're a live streamer. Even video chats with small groups take quite a bit of bandwidth.

rovr138 2y ago

not the OP, but I'm a data engineer. I'm downloading and uploading data all day long. Even subsets are large and after combining data from multiple datasets, it grows. That's not including backups I run to external services.

lostlogin 2y ago

I’m not the OP, but have a vastly over spec connection. For about $70 US per month I get 2 gigabit symmetric. I could get something like 300mbps symmetric for about $40 US but love the extra. I don’t notice the difference every day, but it makes me very happy when I do.

jaskerr 2y ago
For $70 a month? Holy guacamole! Where are you, that you get such good rates? We’re lucky to have fiber, but we pay $60 for 100 mbps. (Edited to correct cost of fiber as part of telecom bill.)
- lostlogin 2y ago
  This is in New Zealand. I can get the same speed for cheaper, $US50-60 but the static IP, and great service from Voyager keep me with them. It’s not a load more for 4 or even 8gb. What a time to be alive.
gorbypark 2y ago
Same! It's extremely cheap in my case, so why not? One great thing about being in a city in Spain is the prices...Five euros a month extra to go from 1 gigabit symmetrical to 10 gigabit. I don't have anything that can even come close to using that (I can get about 1.2gbps over wifi, and have a 2.5gb ethernet adapter I never plug in) but... 5 euros a month!

Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago

I work from home and I self host various apps from my home server. I also can stream videogames from my home. The major upload need is work (database files) and serving the apps from my home rapidly (videos/photos). The cool thing about 1gbit symmeyrical is that I don't have to think about it anymore. Almost forgot, I backup all my important data on the cloud too from my NAS, so it has to upload often videos and photos.