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Home internet is so fast now and hardware is so cheap and powerful its a good solution. It amazes me how expensive aws compared to having your own hardware.

by rr808 1y ago

LeoPanthera 1y ago
Home internet is only fast downstream. Upstream is usually awful. (At least in the USA.)
- acuozzo 1y ago
  Verizon FiOS has had symmetric gigabit service available for well over a decade for a reasonable price. Where in the USA are you?
  - swiftcoder 1y ago
    Anywhere outside of a tech hub, usually. The cable TV providers all had a lot of downstream (to carry television), and very little upstream, and they have largely done little to fix that state of affairs.
- winrid 1y ago
  Except for fiber, for all providers I'm aware.
- ptmcc 1y ago
  My home fiber is symmetric gigabit in Seattle, for $65/mo
cenamus 1y ago
I wish it was that fast. Somehow in the past 15 years prices for a 10/100/200Mbit have stayed exactly the same, only Gigabit came down a smidge to around 70 euro/month now. As if all the hardware and switches hadn't evolved at all. And for some reason, nowadays over 5G you get pretty much the exact same speed/price combos as for DSL or cable, only with less guarantees.
- asdff 1y ago
  I don't think they are ever going to run gigabit over to me if they haven't by this point.
  - cenamus 1y ago
    That's the other point, fibre can be a bit cheaper but not even all 10 year old apartment blocks have fibre run in to building??? If you wanna get it installed that'll be at least a couple hundred extra
    - asdff 1y ago
      More than that. When I called about it they made it seem like I had to pay for the entire installation from wherever the nearest fiber line was all the way to my place. They quoted me a couple thousand dollar price and I never asked again because I don't even own this place.
- 00deadbeef 1y ago
  It's not that expensive everywhere. In the UK I can get 1000/1000Mbps for £29 a month, and 8000/8000Mbps for £99 a month.
- arccy 1y ago
  with 30% inflation in the euro area over the past 10 years... the price has maybe gone down in real terms by staying the same?
  - cenamus 1y ago
    And how much has equipment gotten faster/cheaper? Tad bit over 30% I'd say, on the side of 10x? 50x? 100x?
    - arccy 1y ago
      the cost of actually getting the equipment into use (laying down new fiber etc) probably went up though.

Home internet is so fast now and hardware is so cheap and powerful its a good solution. It amazes me how expensive aws compared to having your own hardware.

by rr808 1y ago

Home internet is so fast now and hardware is so cheap and powerful its a good solution. It amazes me how expensive aws compared to having your own hardware.

LeoPanthera 1y ago

Home internet is only fast downstream. Upstream is usually awful. (At least in the USA.)

acuozzo 1y ago
Verizon FiOS has had symmetric gigabit service available for well over a decade for a reasonable price. Where in the USA are you?
- swiftcoder 1y ago
  Anywhere outside of a tech hub, usually. The cable TV providers all had a lot of downstream (to carry television), and very little upstream, and they have largely done little to fix that state of affairs.
winrid 1y ago
Except for fiber, for all providers I'm aware.
ptmcc 1y ago
My home fiber is symmetric gigabit in Seattle, for $65/mo

cenamus 1y ago

I wish it was that fast. Somehow in the past 15 years prices for a 10/100/200Mbit have stayed exactly the same, only Gigabit came down a smidge to around 70 euro/month now. As if all the hardware and switches hadn't evolved at all. And for some reason, nowadays over 5G you get pretty much the exact same speed/price combos as for DSL or cable, only with less guarantees.

asdff 1y ago
I don't think they are ever going to run gigabit over to me if they haven't by this point.
- cenamus 1y ago
  That's the other point, fibre can be a bit cheaper but not even all 10 year old apartment blocks have fibre run in to building??? If you wanna get it installed that'll be at least a couple hundred extra
  - asdff 1y ago
    More than that. When I called about it they made it seem like I had to pay for the entire installation from wherever the nearest fiber line was all the way to my place. They quoted me a couple thousand dollar price and I never asked again because I don't even own this place.
00deadbeef 1y ago
It's not that expensive everywhere. In the UK I can get 1000/1000Mbps for £29 a month, and 8000/8000Mbps for £99 a month.
arccy 1y ago
with 30% inflation in the euro area over the past 10 years... the price has maybe gone down in real terms by staying the same?
- cenamus 1y ago
  And how much has equipment gotten faster/cheaper? Tad bit over 30% I'd say, on the side of 10x? 50x? 100x?
  - arccy 1y ago
    the cost of actually getting the equipment into use (laying down new fiber etc) probably went up though.