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by lalanv 3284 days ago
Well. Sadly I don't have any benchmark (or some serious analysis) to share with you but I can tell you this:

- I pay about 40usd for a non symmetric 12Mbps connection. It works ok - at least for me - I can stream music or watch something on Netflix without any problems.

- My ISP has a max of 50Mbps (non symmetric)

- You can find some corporate symmetric connections (I'm not aware if you can have those at home) but I suspect they are like a regular connection in some other more advanced countries

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In some zones you have symmetric fiberoptic lines. To your house too if you want to pay that premium (I do).
Besides Iplan, is there another alternative? Can you share how much does it cost to you?
iPlan perhaps doesn't even use it's own fiber, apparently there are more companies offering it. But it's legal to call your company FiberTel in Argentina and then sell cable not fiber, so the situation is pretty opaque to me.

The full price is 1200 pesos, around 75 bucks. So not cheap. But to have something that works reliably up and down it's peanuts, the cheaper options are not as reliable and have asymmetric speeds. Stable videoconferencing is a must.