In reply to a post by Taras:

QoS would allow you manage many people on 80 to 100mbit connection. Except most people don't use QoS.

That is true, i mucked around with it years agao, but I have no real use for it.

Its beyond 5gbits connections you start to run into expense. Plus windows isn't really designed for 10gbit plus connections. Linux is fine, it will run at 10gbits plus all day long, put a windows to linux connection in, enjoy the fun and games.

My partner has a fibre network installed and it works pretty well, but she uses Macs. Had to use a USB to SPF converter for them, but even the old mac trashcan can top a decent speed on the network.
But most of us have good old gigabit Ethernet.

fibre is better in that theres no crosstalk, your connection speed doesn't change with new people on your pon* its weather resistant etc. It can still break in many ways but its more unlikely compared to copper. Overhead and wind is its greatest Nemesis

Apart from the first week or so on fibre, I have had no problems, but then I only had one major problem on FTTC in all the years I was on it.

OR is reluctant to do symmetrical speeds because its their belief that it will hurt their "business offerings".

And yet it may hurt them by not doing it.

In reply to a post by MHC:

But how many fall for te hype and sign up for connections way faster than they need? They believe they are getting a faster product that will enhance their "experience" whereas in reaity all they are getting is a product beyond their needs that will decrease their bank balance.

That is the problem, many people will think they need super-duper speed and when they get it will get nothing out of it. I got one of my brothers to get the speed reduced on his fibre and save money, he doesn't need 500Mb/s and never really needed it even when his wife was alive. Not sure why she thought they did.

In reply to a post by witchunt:

5Gb/s for £80, a bargain

Who need 5Gb/s for broadband?

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Who need 5Gb/s for broadband?

Anyone paying £80 or more for less. It is a free market, not for you or I to say who needs what. I'd be tempted if it was in my area.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by witchunt:

5Gb/s for £80, a bargain

Who need 5Gb/s for broadband?

Nerds on a broadband forum.

In reply to a post by ParksidePeter:

I've just noticed that Sky are offering 5Gb connections on City Fibre in my area, which led me to
https://cityfibre.com/news/cityfibre-unveils-new-5-5...
At £80 per month for the Sky service I won't be rushing to sign up.

That’ll be the low watermark bench for pricing then. Starting to become more ‘’mainstream” at these sorts of bandwidths / mean speeds continue their inexorable creep up and up 🤣

Who needs a car that can travel at more than 70mph?

Who needs more then 640K of RAM or a monitor larger than 14 inches or for that matter there can't surely be a market for more than 5 computers in the whole wide world....

I had the ZX81 with 16K ram pack. More than enough!!!!

In reply to a post by broadband66:

I had the ZX81 with 16K ram pack. More than enough!!!!

I only had 1k, but quickly replaced with a Spectrunm 48k... no ram pack wobble problem until the Interface One issues