How fast should broadband connections be in 2033?

Link here: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/9445-how-fast-sh...

I say my own word: All home should be capped speed at 400/400 for next 10 years! That's more than enough!

We don't need more than that!

Certainly *you* don't, as you've told us many times before.

This is a non-story. The market will determine what speeds are in demand and what price points consumers will bear.

Equally: if you want it badly enough, and are prepared to pay a market price, you can get pretty much any service you like. Symmetric 10G/10G leased lines are available to almost every property in the UK today.

Just because YOU don't need it, doesn't mean it isn't useful for others.

My wife runs a small business which includes twitch streaming and I work from home. There are occasions where we both need to do large up/downloads (at the same time) and I assure you being on a gigabit (now Cityfibre finally connected us!) link makes that a lot less stressful!

I agree for most people that a lower package will probably suffice - that's why there are other options on the market but there are cases for the top end options, especially with the increase in home working.

I suspect we'll creep up in gb's connections purely on market competition, as some of the non-OR networks have already been putting in extra capacity as they have been building their networks. So they are going to want to use that in an attempt to overtake OR. But OR will respond.

I think it'll be between 1gb to 10gb.

I think we have to remember that at some point, as I've been saying for years on these forums, most tv broadcasting is going to be on fibre connections in the future. So the current network speeds and capacity will have to be enhanced for that.

For the average household 1gb is probably all they need, though I think there will be speed options well above that available to buy in 2033.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Link here: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/9445-how-fast-sh...

I say my own word: All home should be capped speed at 400/400 for next 10 years! That's more than enough!

We don't need more than that!

I would be OK with 80/10, so maybe that should be the cap. 😜

I’ll take a mere terrabit/s connection thanks Max. Are you going to drag me off to the Gulag now 🤣

What would an arbitrary speed cap be designed to achieve?

To prevent people like Max being envious of their neighbours.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Link here: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/9445-how-fast-sh...

I say my own word: All home should be capped speed at 400/400 for next 10 years! That's more than enough!

We don't need more than that!

400 what ?

bits per week? Apples per tonne? Terrabits per femto second?

In reply to a post by MHC:

bits per week? Apples per tonne? Terrabits per femto second?

I think some of my corporate connections are in that first unit, quite like the idea of bpw.... maybe only 8. The rest of the time I can sleep.