I read in the discussions again and again that more households have "fast" Internet, so 100MBit + have / should / will / will… And do not quite understand why this is important.
We had in the old apartment 6000er DSL (= 6MBit) and that was just enough for a Netflix account in fullHD and her phone.
We now have FTTH with 200 MBit (60 upload). This is quite enough if the family is watching Netflix on two devices, my desktop PC once again downloads a hundred MB Linux update and I have a professional videoconference with 12 participants.
What the hell is a normal household Gigabit Internet (= 1000 Mbit)? So that the computer updates with big patches take 10 seconds instead of 1 minute? Streaming in 8k in all rooms of the household?
It is much more important that such a connection reacts quickly and is reliable when you need it? That one has a connection at all? I live in a metropolitan area but people two cities have not even DSL but have to go via LTE with lousy reception, data volume limit and disconnections when e-mail pick up online.
Can anyone explain to me? Are these just political slogans or why are they all insisting on ever faster connections?
I guess at some point, especially with VR we're developing in the direction where computer games, for example, no longer be downloaded but live streamed. Or maybe movies in VR, because you need 8k so that it looks useful, because you only ever see a section but also everything has to be loaded around one, etc.
25 years ago nobody would have thought that you would need hard drives with several Terabytes
I think it makes sense for people who make video editing in a team. Since raw files in 4K or 8K must be added to a cloud and also downloaded, sometimes even worked in the cloud. That makes sense, but for the home user… I do not know either.
Hmm, if you need 5MBit for FullHD, 25MBit for 4k, then it's 100MBit for 8k or so. Could I say send 8-10 streams simultaneously over a GBit line? So, of course, it's better than you need, but an explanation is not?
Yes, for such applications sure… But there are special connections, channel bundling, … When I get 100 GB of scientific image data sent by the customer, I'm pleased about every minute that it is faster… But as a home user? As a big goal of our network policy? I do not understand that.
Faster connections are sometimes needed for home office.
Imagine you are Youtuber:
Stream in at least 720p, if necessary Facecam by Wlan.
Or if you have to work with large amounts of data.
You have servers in the shed.
There are more reasons, here are just a few
For the work I see that (see above, I have the 200 MBit connection for the work), but streaming with 720p needs 5MBit, not 1000 and not everyone works in the homeoffice with large amounts of data?
It may well be that someone has to show his work, it's best in a stream. Meanwhile, he has to log in several gigabytes of e.g. Download and view Excel spreadsheets and upload again while talking to a customer
Finally an answer which includes the server in the shed. I would therefore be glad to have a Gigabit line…
As a big goal, I find it nonsensical. Similar to 5G. Nationwide 4G and about 100 Mbit / s would be sufficient for every normal mortality.
Do I over a 200 MBit line while the woman next door streaming Netflix…
