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CalRobert 3 hours ago

Crazy idea but...

Do I _need_ 25 Gb internet? Even when I had 1 Gb I never saturated the connection.

dopadelic 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People really don't have a clue how fast 25Gbps is, no personal device can come close to taking advantage of it. SSDs barely will transfer that fast on the best case scenarios (buffered large blocks). Most wifi won't even clear 0.5Gbps. If you have the latest and greatest wifi7 where both your PC and router supports it, you can get up to 2.5Gbps if you're sitting next to the router. If you're wired, few people have 10Gbps ethernet. You have to get a dedicated adapter for it since practically no PCs come with it. And that's just for 10Gbps. For 25Gbps, there's nothing available for the consumer market. That's enterprise level stuff. A single 25Gbps ethernet card costs $500.

mdavid626 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

…and 640kb RAM is more than enough.

CalRobert 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I get that but in all seriousness if they're saying "the free market" doesn't provide what people want it's worth asking if most people (remember, not HN readers) actually want 25 Gbit internet.

mdavid626 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You have to think longer term.

Today’s 1Gbit is tomorrow’s 25GBit.

It takes some time to actually install it. So, better to plan for the future.