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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
- Stream wireless video content to multiple devices (TV, computer, tablet, phone) at the same time
- Watch said video with no lag or freezing
- Get crystal clear, sharp TV
- Get reliable, modern service (Time Warner cable's tech in Brookside is awful and was constantly failing)
- Run my work-from-home office with much less of a bottleneck than I previously did. A lot is made of the 1 gig download speed, but the 300 megabit upload speed is a godsend to ANYONE who has to connect remotely to a network through VPN (since your D/L through VPN is limited to your upload speed). I throw around huge files (PowerPoint, Word, image) all day. This makes a big difference.
- Run online multiplayer games with no lag on my end
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I can do all of these things with my 30Mbit ethernet connection. The kids watch movies on their tablets or iPods, the MiL streams movies in her bedroom, the wife is on Facebook, and I am working via SSL VPN, all at the same time. I can also use VoIP for work while one of the kids is watching a program from the Sling at a friend's house.
I have almost 60 devices on my network, and any 10 of them might be using media services on the Internet at any given time. All over a 30Mbit connection.
All of the things you listed aren't unique to Google fiber nor do you need 1Gig/300M connections to do what you are doing. Of course, normal cable/DSL can't do these things but it doesn't change the fact that 1Gig is way overkill.