With that kind of bandwidth, maybe you really [I]could[/I] download a car.
Who would want 2Gbit service anyways? 1Gbit is more than plenty for the home gamer.
Also I hope they up the limits on that. 2Gb throughput is useless with 1TB capacity.
[QUOTE=IKTM;51091672]With that kind of bandwidth, maybe you really [I]could[/I] download a car.[/QUOTE]
its like 200mb
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;51091758]Who would want 2Gbit service anyways? 1Gbit is more than plenty for the home gamer.
Also I hope they up the limits on that. 2Gb throughput is useless with 1TB capacity.[/QUOTE]
Since the article (or comments thereof) mentions enterprise level support, I don't think he has any caps.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;51091758]Who would want 2Gbit service anyways?[/QUOTE]
That's enough bandwidth to stream a 1080p30 video uncompressed. So there's a use.
I'm currently on 1gb and could never go back.
No point in pre-loading games anymore when I can just install them, make a sandwich and it'll be done.
[QUOTE=Humin;51091991]That's enough bandwidth to stream a 1080p30 video uncompressed. So there's a use.[/QUOTE]
where are you going to find an uncompressed 1080p30 stream though?
Lol, GTA V downloaded in less than 4 minutes.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;51091758]Who would want 2Gbit service anyways?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Coolboy;51091989]Since the article (or comments thereof) mentions enterprise level support, I don't think he has any caps.[/QUOTE]
No ISP in their right mind will provide you unmetered 1Gbit or 2Gbit lines for that low of a price. There is a cap [i]somewhere[/i] in the mix. Probably rate limit caps (decreased throughput), or hard capped (connection drops entirely).
To give you an idea what unmetered 2Gb is a month , is approximately 666TB of bandwidth usage.
They probably give you better priority over the line and in peak hours, a higher cap (its somewhere in the contract), and/or better peering.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;51091758]Who would want 2Gbit service anyways? 1Gbit is more than plenty for the home gamer.
Also I hope they up the limits on that. 2Gb throughput is useless with 1TB capacity.[/QUOTE]
Running an entire set of game servers while still being able to play games is one big use
[QUOTE=J!NX;51094480]Running an entire set of game servers while still being able to play games is one big use[/QUOTE]
Game servers don't even use that much bandwidth, and if you're talking about streaming servers, Comcast will get on you for AUP policy violations.
Gigabit is totally understandable, but you aren't going to see much benefit beyond it, since most servers on the internet have a 100m or 1g port, and those that don't: limit to 1gbit/thread.
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[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;51094464]No ISP in their right mind will provide you unmetered 1Gbit or 2Gbit lines for that low of a price. There is a cap [i]somewhere[/i] in the mix. Probably rate limit caps (decreased throughput), or hard capped (connection drops entirely).
To give you an idea what unmetered 2Gb is a month , is approximately 666TB of bandwidth usage.
They probably give you better priority over the line and in peak hours, a higher cap (its somewhere in the contract), and/or better peering.[/QUOTE]
This is also very true, around here a single Gigabit interconnect from Comcast is about $5,000/mo (SLA, Unmetered, obv since it's interconnect) this is $0.0146/GiB at theoretical peak.
Not sure why that many ISP's in US place "limits" on the connection.
If its because their lines are outdated, cramped, monopoly or limiting it for NSA's servers.
Some places in Denmark you can enjoy unlimited (limitless, not the US definition) 1GB/s for $45/m.
Heck some 75yr old women in Sweden, is testing a slow 40 GB/s.
[QUOTE=Nak;51105067]Not sure why that many ISP's in US place "limits" on the connection.
If its because their lines are outdated, cramped, monopoly or limiting it for NSA's servers.
Some places in Denmark you can enjoy unlimited (limitless, not the US definition) 1GB/s for $45/m.
Heck some 75yr old women in Sweden, is testing a slow 40 GB/s.[/QUOTE]
What do you mean by limits? As in caps or in throughput? The rates on any connection is NOT an infinite source. There is limitations put into place at the first layer alone.
caps are in place because its the most logical thing to do, because the infrastructure is finite in its capacity and they dont want people chewing up their lines. Limits are there to control and manage the infrastructure.
40Gb is a substantal number. Thats roughly 440MB/s, there is no equipment on your home computer that could even use this. Achieved by equipment that cost a serious amount of money and a home or power user has no actual need for such volume. Maybe in the future, but certainly not now or in the forseeable future.
Also be careful with your caps when discussing data. b*8=B
Caps allow ISPs to restrict your access for being stupid while giving them a legal backing. They're still pretty terribly low though, comcast only recently raised caps from 300GiB to 1TiB
[QUOTE=Nak;51105067]Not sure why that many ISP's in US place "limits" on the connection.
If its because their lines are outdated, cramped, monopoly or limiting it for NSA's servers.
Some places in Denmark you can enjoy unlimited (limitless, not the US definition) 1GB/s for $45/m.
Heck some 75yr old women in Sweden, is testing a slow 40 GB/s.[/QUOTE]
ISPs place limits because even their back-end infrastructure can handle so much, setting limits on the consumer end lets them anticipate what they're going to need to deploy, and the size of their peering connections.
As for your unlimited internet connection, I dare you to use that connection 100% for 24/7/30, you [I]will[/I] get a call or notification, either asking you to tone it down, or flagging you for some AUP violation and forcing you to upgrade to a business/SLA connection.
Also, I doubt some old woman is getting 40[I]GB/s[/I], since that's 320 Gibit/s; this would saturate all but the most expensive core routers (Which are in the high hundreds of thousands of US dollars to buy.)
I've stated it here before, but I think a municipal FTTH/P rollout is the best solution, everyone gets two fiber lines to their basement, then a fiber modem. Everyone should get a gigabit connection, but payà la carte for the bandwidth they use (In Megabit-month-seconds, on the 95th). Discounts for sustained planned usage.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;51107848]
As for your unlimited internet connection, I dare you to use that connection 100% for 24/7/30, you [I]will[/I] get a call or notification, either asking you to tone it down, or flagging you for some AUP violation and forcing you to upgrade to a business/SLA connection.
[/QUOTE]
What would a reasonable cap be, with regards to your connection speed? I have a 500/50 connection and regularly transfer more than 10TB of data/month. Am I over-utilizing my connection?
[QUOTE=momoiro;51110834]What would a reasonable cap be, with regards to your connection speed? I have a 500/50 connection and regularly transfer more than 10TB of data/month. Am I over-utilizing my connection?[/QUOTE]
It really depends on the network
at 10TiB/mo that averages to about 35 Mbit/s, which might be reasonable depending on how much you're paying.
It really comes down to [I]how much bandwidth really costs[/I], and according to CloudFlare in their European market, it ends up being about $5/Mbit/s, mind you this is usually only [I]for[/I] ingress or egress, usually not both. This means for the average ISP in Europe, their true price-per-visible Mbit/s is likely around $2.5/Mbit/s.
You can figure out exactly how much bandwidth you're expected to use by looking at your bill. Most people don't use their internet constantly, maybe only 1-10 Mbit/s a month. If you use more than what you're actually paying for, the people who use less are effectively subsidizing your connection.
A good resource to run some of the number yourself: [url]https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world/[/url]
[editline]Later <3 [/editline]
Mind you this doesn't cover the cost of running the fiber, paying regulatory fees, buying and maintaining the core infrastructure (core routers, switches, etc, etc), and employing the necessary people.
[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;51093309]Ultra fast cheap internet for everyone. :v:
[url]http://www.rcs-rds.ro/internet-digi-net/fiberlink?t=internet-fix&pachet=digi_net_fiberlink_1000[/url]
(10€ or 11$)[/QUOTE]
wow. i pay $50/month for 15mb/s if i'm lucky
Pfft my internet is better.
[editline]27th September 2016[/editline]
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[QUOTE=Araknid;51112733]Pfft my internet is better.
[editline]27th September 2016[/editline]
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