cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhats an absurd luxury you enjoy every day in your life?message-squaremessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·4 months ago2 gbps symmetrical fiber optic internet
minus-squareundefined@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 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-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoMillions of dollars. Sadly that is what you need.
minus-squareHeavyRaptor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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.
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.