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Can you share what you need symmetrical speeds with unlimited bandwidth from home for?

I work from home and I self host various apps from my home server. I also can stream videogames from my home. The major upload need is work (database files) and serving the apps from my home rapidly (videos/photos).

The cool thing about 1gbit symmeyrical is that I don't have to think about it anymore.

Almost forgot, I backup all my important data on the cloud too from my NAS, so it has to upload often videos and photos.

not the OP, but I'm a data engineer. I'm downloading and uploading data all day long. Even subsets are large and after combining data from multiple datasets, it grows.

That's not including backups I run to external services.

I’m not the OP, but have a vastly over spec connection. For about $70 US per month I get 2 gigabit symmetric. I could get something like 300mbps symmetric for about $40 US but love the extra. I don’t notice the difference every day, but it makes me very happy when I do.

For $70 a month? Holy guacamole! Where are you, that you get such good rates? We’re lucky to have fiber, but we pay $60 for 100 mbps. (Edited to correct cost of fiber as part of telecom bill.)

This is in New Zealand.

I can get the same speed for cheaper, $US50-60 but the static IP, and great service from Voyager keep me with them.

It’s not a load more for 4 or even 8gb. What a time to be alive.

Same! It's extremely cheap in my case, so why not? One great thing about being in a city in Spain is the prices...Five euros a month extra to go from 1 gigabit symmetrical to 10 gigabit. I don't have anything that can even come close to using that (I can get about 1.2gbps over wifi, and have a 2.5gb ethernet adapter I never plug in) but... 5 euros a month!

Not sure about the original poster, but in my case it's because I'm running a NAS/rsync at home. Symmetrical speeds are really handy for that.

Not that person, but its needed if you're a live streamer. Even video chats with small groups take quite a bit of bandwidth.

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