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by ggg9990 2897 days ago
The Dropbox client still syncs files much faster than the competitors.
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Tell me about it. Google Backup and Sync is a horrendous mess, taking several hours just to start syncing every time the sync engine is relaunched.
Really? And I thought Dropbox was slow. I find myself asking what's the point of gigabit internet when I haven't found a service that users more than 50Mb.
I had the same Dropbox slowness. On Google drive I see speeds around 400 megabits over my gigabit fiber.
Gigabit Internet is largely pointless for home use. Unless you have a Mormon family all watching different 4K shows at the same time or something.
Seriously.

I have a 30 mbit fiber connection. The only time I ever notice is when I'm downloading a new game. Otherwise, my wife can be watching Netflix while I'm gaming and there's no difference in my latency.

Sounds like you're asking the right questions