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by telchar 2896 days ago
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.
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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