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> with consumer internet connections being 1000up/down

Step out of your Silicon Valley bubble and recognize that this doesn't apply to everyone.

I only have 30 megabit up/down with Frontier. I can get faster, but it gets expensive quick, and I don't need more than 30 mbps, even as a gamer. Xfinity only offers 150 megabit down in my neighborhood, with a puny 15 megabit up, and for twice the price.

And as others have mentioned, it creates a single point of failure and if you get hacked, your entire home network is compromised. The last thing you want to have happen is for some unsavory type to decide they don't like you or your services and DDoS your home internet connection. I've had it happen to me and it's not fun.



I disagree, but I do have Frontier w/ 12Mbps down, 768kbps up.

I worked on a startup, out of a dude’s house, he also owned the house next door.

I had three separate FiOS ONTs connected to the rackmount server in the living room.

Lots of live video streams.

The accounts were business, so when the gardener slices one of the fiber cables, it was fixed in a few hours, and the other ONT was still working.

My other buddy lives 2 hours away and has symmetric 1Gbps service for $50/mo in a rural area.

I would love to be able to have a symmetric connection.


"Step out of your Silicon Valley bubble" ... I have Business Fiber Internet package from Bell in my house in Toronto. Residential area far from city core with an old houses, definitely not a Silicon Valley. 1000 up and down. It costs me $80 Canadian pesos. Not bad.


Im in the same boat as you (350/350 for $35 tho) but we are outliers even in the Canadian market. Fast internet is just now getting to everyone at affordable prices, even though ive personally had gigabit for 4 years.


I'm in Texas




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