From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/11 14:13:20, Paul wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That's what I was thinking - how can he possibly be using that much   
   capacity! (I know in a few years' time that'll seem quaint, of course.)   
      
   >   
   > 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, indeed (and as you said in your other post), some have been   
   mis-sold by providers in the past. (Though in this case the OP said he'd   
   been told of the doubling but not charged any extra for it.)   
      
   >   
   > 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" :-)   
      
   True, such downloads are always nice to have fast. (Has _mostly_ not   
   been _that_ significant in my case, as I've generally not had _too_ big   
   a drive to put things on, so my downloading new OSs and things of that   
   size has _tended_ not to be something I did often.)   
      
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   Never had a video session with a doctor yet - only audio (via   
   landline!). [Free at point of use, of course.]   
      
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people   
   what they don't want to hear. - Preface to "Animal Farm"   
      
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