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Old 01-31-2014, 12:48 PM   #357
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Originally Posted by htismaqe View Post
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.
Why should I have a car that goes 85mph when all I need to do is 65mph? I'm on a 250 connection now and I see the benefits over the 25mb connection I had. When I do download something, I have it in 10 minutes rather than an hour. Do I need to have it that quick? No. But if I can why wouldn't I? Especially since my 250mb connection is priced the same as my 25mb connection was.
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