@cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agoWhats an absurd luxury you enjoy every day in your life?message-square186fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@jet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglish62•3 months ago2 gbps symmetrical fiber optic internet
minus-squarePrison Mikelinkfedilink7•3 months agoWhat do I need to do to make this happen in my neighborhood? I want to push municipal optical internet at the city level so bad. I have cable internet and it’s actually fantastic for typical consumer-based ISPs but I’m tired of the horrible upload speeds.
minus-squareJustEnoughDuckslinkfedilink3•3 months agoMillions of dollars. Sadly that is what you need.
minus-square@HeavyRaptor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI have the option for 2 gbps but it costs more than the 1gbps connection I have at the moment. Do you get any use out of the higher speeds? Did you have to upgrade your local network gear to take advantage?
minus-square@jet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agosfp+ modules are pretry cheap, just running om3 patch cords everywhere. Things download faster, so steam games, off-site backups go faster.
2 gbps symmetrical fiber optic internet
What do I need to do to make this happen in my neighborhood? I want to push municipal optical internet at the city level so bad.
I have cable internet and it’s actually fantastic for typical consumer-based ISPs but I’m tired of the horrible upload speeds.
Millions of dollars. Sadly that is what you need.
Nice, we get 8gig here :p
nice!
I have the option for 2 gbps but it costs more than the 1gbps connection I have at the moment. Do you get any use out of the higher speeds? Did you have to upgrade your local network gear to take advantage?
sfp+ modules are pretry cheap, just running om3 patch cords everywhere.
Things download faster, so steam games, off-site backups go faster.