Six years ago, I nearly got my ISP to upgrade our fibre connection to 1Gbps. As I said at the time: This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years. What's the point of Gigabit broadband? Well, it's a few years later and Virgin Media have just given me their Gig1 package for £30 per month. Nice! With all the inflation related price rises, it's great to …
  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I have 2 gig symmetric fiber and it costs $70 a month.

    Speed tests confirmed that I’m actually getting 2 up 1.8 down consistently.

    I have my whole house wired with cat 5e and it’s pretty nice.

    • femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Same, my ISP offers 8gb symmetrical but it’s basically their business plan for like $500 a month. I was able to max out my NVME drive downloading games though on the 2gb plan.