I’m sure all the folks that have had to tear up 100Mbps LAN cables wished there was 1000Mbps cable in there instead.
I'm asking: why even get the 25Gig service over the 10Gig? What are you doing with a 25G down/uplink that you cannot accomplish with 10G?
The 1gibt service they have now is cheaper and intended for "regular users". It's now CGNAT and comes with a per-configured router. [2]
CGNAT? As in: The provider walls in customers behind a NAT - and customers can't forward their own IPv4 ports? That CGNAT?
Asking because that seems like a cruel restriction on 25Gbps upload.
Yes. But I'm asking: what is the need for it?
If you want and are willing to spend the money go ahead. But I'm asking for the use-case.
I used my symmetrical upload for work. I'd copy virtual machines home to fix and then copy them back. I hosted VMs that I used as a template. I'd host huge ISOs so I didn't have to carry install DVDs with me.
Past that, it's pretty sweet to be able to access every bit of my home network as if I were there.
But then I moved to an area with one internet option, a cable ISP. I now drive a LOT more than I used to.
Ever transfer a file more than a few hundred gigs? This makes that take less time. Even if I’m only pulling down files at 1800 mbps Ive got plenty of headroom for everything else.