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by jlelse 1848 days ago
Yes, I have 100/40 VDSL and it's honestly enough. How large should websites grow that I need 25 Gibt/s?
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Gigabit is not needed for web browsing, but for:

- cloud storage, sharing and backup - at 40Mbit a remote site feels like a slow thumb drive where copying a 1GB folder of an image or video project to the cloud takes 5 minutes, at 1Gbit it feels like a modern hard drive where that folder takes 10 seconds and doesn't interrupt your workflow

- high res video streaming (3-4 people in your household streaming at 4K will overload your downlink at 100Mbit)

- high res video conferencing (3-4 people in your household being in zoom calls at the same time will likely overload your uplink at 40Mbit)

While I concure with that, there is more to the net than websites.
Imagine being a streamer. You cannot stream 4K with that speed.