My ISP has given me free Netflix with Ads.
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
Yes! I have 500:500, and while I like the idea of 1G/1G, in practice, it would make absolutely no noticeable difference to me whatsoever.
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
@Edent I found having symmetric bandwidth was more useful than faster download. Currently with YouFibre and have Gigabit up&down. My phone has a wireguard tunnel open all the time to my home router (when not on wifi) and it is lightening fast.
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
@Edent have you seen any difference in video call apps like google meet, zoom, discord, or streaming *upload* like twitch?
streaming download is fine for me on a ~60mbps connection but the fidelity of the above apps is often awful and I'm wondering if fibre would fix it
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
@Edent In combination with a public IP (dynamic or not), gigabit fiber is very nice for hosting stuff at home, especially filesync things and stream from home. You can even host your own Peertube or Owncast instance easily. -
Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
Anyway, if you want stupid fast Internet, sign up using this link and Virgin will both give us £50.
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Yes! I have 500:500, and while I like the idea of 1G/1G, in practice, it would make absolutely no noticeable difference to me whatsoever.
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@GroupNebula563 that's what I'm asking. Does Pi-Hole cover it?
@Edent @GroupNebula563 I'm running a pihole, and it doesn't seem to stop Netflix ads. I assume they are piping them into the stream at source. -
Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
@Edent Gigabit fiber's utility is mostly in "re-selling" the network, for example if you host things at home for multiple internet users.
The static IP problem can be solved with a VPS that reverse proxies traffic to your house through a VPN connection.
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Yes! I have 500:500, and while I like the idea of 1G/1G, in practice, it would make absolutely no noticeable difference to me whatsoever.
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Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.
Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.
What's the point of Gigabit broadband?
(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…
Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?
Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55)
Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49)... 500Mbps was cheaper than 350Mbps? That doesn't make any sense.
Anyway, if it's symmetric then gigabit is definitely useful for self-hosting.
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