 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
100 Mbps Broadband - what would you use it for?
 |
•
•
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 4,175
Reputation: 
Solved Threads: 13
OK, with super fast broadband arriving, well, super fast, it begs the question what would you use it for?
So go on then, what would you do with such speedy broadband that you couldn't do before?
So go on then, what would you do with such speedy broadband that you couldn't do before?
Davey Winder
Information Security Journalist of the Year
www.happygeek.com
Follow me on Twitter: @happygeek
Information Security Journalist of the Year
www.happygeek.com
Follow me on Twitter: @happygeek
Nothing that I couldn't do before, but I would certainly increase the amount I download. Personally my little broadband connection is fast enough for online gaming (albeit I could use a better system), so the only other use would be to get porno that little bit faster!
Sir David Healy - Northern Ireland Goal King
•
•
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,765
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 85
superBB would have local server farms go bankrupt. right now you can't get a good upload rate at home here, and server farms charge over $100/month for a 1U slot.
Real stupidity always beats Artificial Intelligence. (Terry Pratchett)
BA BizMg, MCSE, DCSE, Linux+, Network+
BA BizMg, MCSE, DCSE, Linux+, Network+
•
•
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 812
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 13
Practically a Posting Shark
•
•
•
•
Originally Posted by RwCC 
Nothing that I couldn't do before, but I would certainly increase the amount I download. Personally my little broadband connection is fast enough for online gaming (albeit I could use a better system), so the only other use would be to get porno that little bit faster!
There is just two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is.
•
•
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,580
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 52
I'd probably set up a computer as a lowly little server. And/or share the connection with my neighbors, depending on the cost. However, I sincerely doubt that such a connection will be available for residences in the US for a long time. It would take an enormous backbone network to support several million people using 100Mbps networks from their homes.
•
•
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 7,623
Reputation: 
Solved Threads: 468
•
•
•
•
Originally Posted by happygeek
OK, with super fast broadband arriving, well, super fast, it begs the question what would you use it for?
So go on then, what would you do with such speedy broadband that you couldn't do before?
Last edited by ~s.o.s~; Apr 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm.
I don't accept change; I don't deserve to live.
It would be a massive leap for teenagers though. I'm sure most of us can remember waiting for an image to download on a 56K "OMG I can see the top of her head now!!!"
I think when I was younger I vary rarely seen a fully naked woman online....
I think when I was younger I vary rarely seen a fully naked woman online....
Sir David Healy - Northern Ireland Goal King
•
•
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 4,175
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 13
56K? I can recall things like the 300 baud modems, and the joy when I got hold of one of those new fangled 1200/75 split rate things!
Davey Winder
Information Security Journalist of the Year
www.happygeek.com
Follow me on Twitter: @happygeek
Information Security Journalist of the Year
www.happygeek.com
Follow me on Twitter: @happygeek
same here. Would make no difference whatsoever (except for the price which would almost certainly be way up there, especially initially).
The only reason I upgraded my connection from 1MBps to (now, it went in several stages) 8 is that it was cheaper that way (got a free upgrade to 4, keeping it at 1 would have cost me money to change my contract to a lower speed, then upgraded to 8 when my ISP introduced that at a lower price than the 4 I had at the time cost me).
For throughput, anything more is useless to me. I rarely go over 2MBps and that only for minutes when downloading another large beta or dataset for the software testing I do for some companies.
Higher upstream might be nice at times, but traffic to my selfhosted server isn't all that high so the 1MBit upstream I have is usually more than enough to cope.
The only reason I upgraded my connection from 1MBps to (now, it went in several stages) 8 is that it was cheaper that way (got a free upgrade to 4, keeping it at 1 would have cost me money to change my contract to a lower speed, then upgraded to 8 when my ISP introduced that at a lower price than the 4 I had at the time cost me).
For throughput, anything more is useless to me. I rarely go over 2MBps and that only for minutes when downloading another large beta or dataset for the software testing I do for some companies.
Higher upstream might be nice at times, but traffic to my selfhosted server isn't all that high so the 1MBit upstream I have is usually more than enough to cope.
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
|
Similar Threads
- LAN is not Working Properly After Changing Switch From 10 Mbps 100 Mbps (Networking Hardware Configuration)
Other Threads in the Geeks' Lounge Forum
- Previous Thread: Galileo Telescope: Any good?
- Next Thread: Does the technology worth the complexity ?
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
You need to join our community in order to build your list of favorite forums. You can visit the forum index for a listing of all forums.
Latest Geeks' Lounge Posts
- Today's Posts
- Unanswered Threads
Related Forum Features
advice amazon apple article bankrupt bear beard beijing books bot chat children clocks code comedy complaint console consoles convert daniweb development disk dlc ebook facebook feed financialcrisis fun future game games gaming garbage google gta gtaiv halo3 happiness hardware information internet java kids knife language larnyx library linux love lynx mad madden microsoft murder neuropathology news nintendo obama olympics operating opinion os outlook pain parentalcontrol playstation population programming ps3 python research school search software softwaredevelopment sony source space starteam stocks subversion survey systems tablet thelostanddamned time tinfoil_hat videogames walmart wave wii windows windows>all windows_wins world worldofwarcraft wow www xbox xbox360
