Another broadband query!

[catweazle]

My broadband  (fibre to property) gives me an average download speed of 75Mbits/second to the hub, with about 55Mbits WiFi. I have two repeaters  one downstairs  and the other upstairs  to give "whole house" coverage.  Everything works very well,I can stream Netflix, Prime etc with no dropouts.

I've had doorstep sellers trying to persuade me to change  providers as they are offering up to Gigabits/second speeds. My question is how would 1Gigabit/second speed benefit me? Everything works fine  on my present speeds, I don't download movies onto laptop or tablet, I can watch Netflix  browse the net on my phone and write work reports on the laptop simultaneously.

What's the advantage?

[Billy no mates]

My broadband  (fibre to property) gives me an average download speed of 75Mbits/second to the hub, with about 55Mbits WiFi. I have two repeaters  one downstairs  and the other upstairs  to give "whole house" coverage.  Everything works very well,I can stream Netflix, Prime etc with no dropouts.

I've had doorstep sellers trying to persuade me to change  providers as they are offering up to Gigabits/second speeds. My question is how would 1Gigabit/second speed benefit me? Everything works fine  on my present speeds, I don't download movies onto laptop or tablet, I can watch Netflix  browse the net on my phone and write work reports on the laptop simultaneously.

What's the advantage?

Bigger numbers seems to be the only benefit.

I recently switched from 200mbs to 100mbs, made zero difference that was noticed.

[Marmalade]

I suspect it makes cluttered webpages load faster and web downloads quicker. Netflix etc probably buffer their streaming, so it’s hardly ever noticeable, even at 4K…

[catweazle]

Bigger numbers seems to be the only benefit.

I recently switched from 200mbs to 100mbs, made zero difference that was noticed.

That was my thinking,  the sales guys just parrot  " but it's ONE GIGABIT A SECOND" without  explaining how it benefits me.

[threechilliman]

My broadband  (fibre to property) gives me an average download speed of 75Mbits/second to the hub, with about 55Mbits WiFi. I have two repeaters  one downstairs  and the other upstairs  to give "whole house" coverage.  Everything works very well,I can stream Netflix, Prime etc with no dropouts.

I've had doorstep sellers trying to persuade me to change  providers as they are offering up to Gigabits/second speeds. My question is how would 1Gigabit/second speed benefit me? Everything works fine  on my present speeds, I don't download movies onto laptop or tablet, I can watch Netflix  browse the net on my phone and write work reports on the laptop simultaneously.

What's the advantage?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it springs to mind.

[Billy no mates]

Bigger numbers seems to be the only benefit.

I recently switched from 200mbs to 100mbs, made zero difference that was noticed.

I should probably add.

Played online fast paced gaming, shooters and online sim racing games.
Uploaded videos to my YouTube channel
Wife streaming love island
Used phones on wifi

All at the same time on 100mbs without any issue whatever.

[Handel2020]

It seems like you don't need the extra speed. I think the sales pitch will work on other people as there seems to be an urge to get the newest and fastest among some consumers. I'm switching to a 4G router soon and am hoping that will be sufficient rather than signing up for fibre.

[Marmalade]

That was my thinking,  the sales guys just parrot  " but it's ONE GIGABIT A SECOND" without  explaining how it benefits me.

Anyone else noticed that broadband, phone ISPs, and (before pandemic) energy contracts are all done BY PHONE? 

I was going to switch broadband, probably still will, but the phone call was basically ‘we’ll do a survey to ensure it can be fitted in the room you want once we’ve got your credit card details and booked an installation date.’

Also, the ‘ speeds’ are irrelevant if the connection is going to drop just as you need it and ‘service’ is harder to get than a next-day GP appointment.

No small print to examine in advance. Frantically scribble notes to compare his claims with the competition (another long phone call). Then there’ll be something along the lines of, “I can’t necessarily hold this offer…” … you’d think it was double-glazing salesman offering a patio on the third floor. ffs.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

We have Zen internet here nomially 70 down and 20 up, works fine.

Have also a local router here and a while ago i upgraded the firmware and forgot to chage one of the defaults and thoght it seems a tad slow!

Discovered on a speed test it was actually thruptting around 3.5 Meg down and around the same up! It was like that for around three blinking weeks!

Set he input speed to Auto all back to  normal! Work sometimes on a Gig feed no real noticable differnce.

What can make a big differnce is using wi-fi on the 2.4 Ghz band, that can get very congested in some locatailities. The 5.8 Ghz band is better if your gear can use it but best of all is Wired like this machine very fast and nimble:)

[hfe689343]

It's simple, don't buy it if you don't need it. You might not even get 1Gb/s anyway, since that's just the theoretical max.

[Marmalade]

I understand that 5G is better at close range and 2.4 better at distances. My stuff is set to auto-adapt but it’s still shit in the rooms well away from the router.

[lostandfound]

It seems like you don't need the extra speed. I think the sales pitch will work on other people as there seems to be an urge to get the newest and fastest among some consumers. I'm switching to a 4G router soon and am hoping that will be sufficient rather than signing up for fibre.

Could well be. I regularly see 100 mbs using a personal hotspot on my phone over 4g

[Watts.E.Dunn]

We have set up and use 5.8 Ghz links over some disance, longest one was 28 Miles;!..