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Maybe 500 down but up is probably 25 - 35 mbps because it's asynchronous. Unless you have fiber from them which usually only certain businesses and government have.
Nice! Is that with a contract or no contract? And mobile discount? I am no contract and not a Verizon wireless user but I think I would get $30 off if I was. The gig is needed with 3 working from home and I stream all TV.
No contract. I do have wireless through Verizon too but I don't think that was a factor.
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Interesting stats but the fact is during COVID when I had 3 full time remote from home (and at least 25 + devices hitting the network), the 100/200 service became unstable often. We had to turn off video at times. I switched to the gig service and no issues. I may not need the full gig but I see it as an insurance policy against the embarrassment of telling clients and prospects that I have to go off video because my connection is weak. It’s not much more than I was paying before anyway.You wont need the gig:
- Netflix recommends download speeds of 25 Mbps for 4K HDR video. That means you’d need 40 simultaneous streams—10 times more than what Netflix’s 4K plan even allows—to make full use of a gigabit connection.
- Zoom recommends speeds of 3.8 Mbps for 1080p videoconferencing. Bandwidth would only become a problem if you had more than 263 video calls going at the same time.
- Tidal reports a maximum bitrate of 9216 Kbps for master quality streaming audio. You’d have to stream on more than 108 devices at a time to run out of bandwidth on a gigabit connection.
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You probably wouldn't even notice the upgrade.
ISPs like people to think more capacity will mean more magic but servers and routers will only handle so much.
A Vette on 42nd St doesnt mean you'll be going faster than the crowd.
Wireless connections cant even go that fast compared to wired
Those are not promised numbers. You can pay all you want, but if the neighborhood network is at capacity you are going to get less than you thought you paid for, mostly per contract. If paying for a gig does better then 500 it is because they are throttling proportionally, not because you are using more then 500. So maybe paying more works, but not because most people are actually using the extra capacity.
Had a fios salesman knock on the door pre pandemic and offer different packages. He downsold me on capacity. His words were verbatim what you say above. It does not matter what you pay for or what capacity your contract states. Unless you have designated lines directly to your house you will be throttled. Capacity is based off what your neighbors usage more than your contract.
I thought FIOS had dedicated fiber lines coming to each house in areas where it has been laid down. I remember them digging up the ground in front of everyone’s house 15-20 years ago. They dug a junction I guess near the sidewalk and from there removed the top layer of grass, dug a little trench and laid the fiber cable right to your house. After that was all done, I switched from Comcast to FIOS and been customer ever since.
How he explained it is You are wired to your house. But your service is co mingled up to that point. So they can throttle service at any point along their fiber.
