@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 7 months agoWhats an absurd luxury you enjoy every day in your life?message-square184arrow-up1188arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhats an absurd luxury you enjoy every day in your life?@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 7 months agomessage-square184file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish62•7 months ago2 gbps symmetrical fiber optic internet
minus-squarePrison Mikelinkfedilink7•7 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•7 months agoMillions of dollars. Sadly that is what you need.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 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.