Internet

[Overclocked_Bacon]

Is there any way to improve my internet connection. I am with sky in the uk and the best service is ADSL.

[Sauron]

Pay for a better connection. If it's not available, then no, there's no way to improve your connection.

[_JohnB330ci]

Move house.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Only way is to pay more money for a better service. If they can't offer you any more than what you already have, then look at other providers. You may have the option to order FTTP/H, but it would cost a fair bit to install. 

[The Cool n00B]

How tf do I overclock bacon? And wot happens? Is flavor level over 9000 or...?

[Senzelian]

Move house.

Yes, just move house.

Go in front of your house and push real hard. It'll move, trust me. I'm a professional house mover. I also offer a house mover service:

1300€ per inch.

Warning: Your house might not survive it or move too far

[GoldenBE]

Move to Arnhem in The Netherlands aka the town with FTTH ( 1gbps up and down ) to most houses and 4G+ ( 200 mbps ) 

There are a lot of other places with FTTH, just mentioning this one since it's the most discussed one on dutch forums

[Overclocked_Bacon]

Move to Arnhem in The Netherlands aka the town with FTTH ( 1gbps up and down ) to most houses and 4G+ ( 200 mbps ) 

There are a lot of other places with FTTH, just mentioning this one since it's the most discussed one on dutch forums

I wish I could move there

[braneopbru]

Move to Arnhem in The Netherlands aka the town with FTTH ( 1gbps up and down ) to most houses and 4G+ ( 200 mbps ) 

There are a lot of other places with FTTH, just mentioning this one since it's the most discussed one on dutch forums

Or move to Chattanooga, Tennessee  in the US and you can get 10Gb fiber to the home.

[GoldenBE]

Or move to Chattanooga, Tennessee  in the US and you can get 10Gb fiber to the home.

"The municipal broadband provider in Chattanooga, Tennessee is now offering 10Gbps Internet service for $299 a month."

No one is gonna pay that much if you can get 1gbps for $70

[braneopbru]

"The municipal broadband provider in Chattanooga, Tennessee is now offering 10Gbps Internet service for $299 a month."

No one is gonna pay that much if you can get 1gbps for $70

I would. 

 

So would the residential customers that signed up for it right away.

 

So would all the businesses that signed up for it.

 

It may not make sense to YOU to pay that much. But there are plenty of people for which it does make plenty of sense.

[GoldenBE]

I would. 

 

So would the residential customers that signed up for it right away.

 

So would all the businesses that signed up for it.

 

It may not make sense to YOU to pay that much. But there are plenty of people for which it does make plenty of sense.

For businesses yea, for regular people no. Nobody needs more than 1gpbs today, in the future it might be worth upgrading. But please tell me you can wait 1 minute to download your 5GB movie

[braneopbru]

For businesses yea, for regular people no. Nobody needs more than 1gpbs today, in the future it might be worth upgrading. But please tell me you can wait 1 minute to download your 5GB movie

Nobody NEEDS 1Gbps fiber to the home today either. If you can wait 1 minute to download a movie, you can wait 5 minutes. Four simultaneous YouTube 4k 60fps use up less than 100Mbps.

 

The point is that there are plenty of people that are willing to pay the premium to be on the bleeding edge. Me for example.

 

And that's a good thing for everybody. Thanks to people like me who are willing to pay the premium price for something new, companies can fund the cost of new infrastructure and then pass the savings on to the rest.

 

When the ISP rolled out the 1Gbps Fiber to the home service a few years back, it was sold at the $299/month price point; now it's down to $70. Imagine what the 10Gbps service will cost 5 years from now and imagine what service will fill in the $299 price point.

[GoldenBE]

Nobody NEEDS 1Gbps fiber to the home today either. If you can wait 1 minute to download a movie, you can wait 5 minutes. Four simultaneous YouTube 4k 60fps use up less than 100Mbps.

 

The point is that there are plenty of people that are willing to pay the premium to be on the bleeding edge. Me for example.

 

And that's a good thing for everybody. Thanks to people like me who are willing to pay the premium price for something new, companies can fund the cost of new infrastructure and then pass the savings on to the rest.

 

When the ISP rolled out the 1Gbps Fiber to the home service a few years back, it was sold at the $299/month price point; now it's down to $70. Imagine what the 10Gbps service will cost 5 years from now and imagine what service will fill in the $299 price point.

lol, I cannot get how you can pay that much just for some faster internet

I can get the "premium" but unless you're really rich, $230 a month for internet is just insane 

[braneopbru]

lol, I cannot get how you can pay that much just for some faster internet

I can get the "premium" but unless you're really rich, $230 a month for internet is just insane 

Maybe I'm really rich. Who knows.

[GoldenBE]

Maybe I'm really rich. Who knows.

Maybe you run a company that relies on a good internet connection ( like a hosting company ) and you're sneaky peaking a home use internet connection so you have to pay less, I'm gonna call the cops on you since the small letters must state somewhere "only for private use"

 

Just kidding, Merry Christmas and a happy new year!