From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 1/11/2026 7:03 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
   > Just out of curiosity - what are you actually _doing_ that _needs_ that   
   > speed - or, are you just trying to achieve it anyway, since you've been   
   > told you've been given the (free) upgrade? (It's not that you're talking   
   > of a multi-user household, as you're talking about one PC here.)   
   >   
      
   In some cases, with new things, you don't find out until you get there.   
      
   Normally, 2Gbit/sec could support quite a few PCs doing web browsing.   
      
   And a ton of TV sets.   
      
   And even when you pay for a 4K tier of video service, you   
   don't always get it. I don't know if there is enough 8K service   
   for that to be a thing yet.   
      
   But when you want that Microsoft Win10 installer DVD, it's   
   not going to take long on that sort of service. Get the URL,   
   fire up aria2c (to open multiple connections), and "test their server" :-)   
      
   You no longer have to worry about your Zoom session being jerky.   
   For once, it's better than the doctors setup at the other end :-)   
      
   One of my doctors used to conference with some big-assed Mac   
   screen, while I was transmitting at 640x480 or so (due to my   
   upload limitations). I was concerned at first, that conference   
   services wouldn't be possible on my shitty upload, but   
   they worked. There was still a little headroom.   
      
      Paul   
      
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