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> provide multi gigabit fibre Internet to everyone nearby. Kind of a cool idea, actually. These data centers could turn the towns where they build into startup
by thewebguyd 5mo ago
> provide multi gigabit fibre Internet to everyone nearby.
Kind of a cool idea, actually. These data centers could turn the towns where they build into startup incubators. Offer free high speed internet and heavily subsidized compute to residents in exchange for building there. At least gives back economically somewhat, as a data center itself doesn't provide much in return.
- culi 5mo agoGigabit internet doesn't power startups. It powers consumer streaming. As long as you can run Zoom, you don't need high internet speeds for startups
- trollbridge 5mo agoYou pretty much need low latency 1G+ to work from home these days.
- weakfish 5mo ago... do you? I have 500mpbs and both my partner and I WFH with no problems.
- culi 5mo agoFor group calls you just need 1.0 Mbps. If you want 1080p group calls you need 3.8 Mbps. Zoom itself says for a "reliable WFH setup" you should have "at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload" I've gotten by on McDonald's wifi
- nixgeek 5mo agoI work from Starlink regularly and it’s just fine for meetings and everything else I do. Meetings are usually under 10Mbps of downstream and 2Mbps upstream. It’s simply false you need 1Gbps of “low latency” internet to work from home effectively unless your job is something like content production and working with huge files. Producing for OnlyFans? Benefit from 1G to send raw to your editor. Doing most other forms of work? Doesn’t require remotely close to this amount of bandwidth.
- r_lee 5mo agohow exactly is high speed fiber + subsidized compute a recipe for making startups?