On 12/25/20 21:34, Niels Bakker wrote:
Gigabit speeds are about bursting. Foreground activities like gaming, making online reservations, streaming won't take more than that, but anything faster is really nice to have when you're waiting for the odd software download to finish. (You may have noticed that they've been increasing in size this year.)
Agreed, but how many "Gigabit" speeds are sufficient for bursting. The level of burst is congruent with the the amount of generation all of your devices require at the same time. Then you hit the device limits itself, e.g., wi-fi on the device, wi-fi on the AP, routing on the home gateway, whatever actual backbone the provider has, e.t.c. Then the fact that not all the devices in the home are going to be generating burst data at the same time, or even on the same day. That iOS update may ship to your phone on Monday, but the kids will only get it the following Saturday, for some reason or other. Mark.