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Question of the Day: Will you be subscribing to the new Disney+ R49 streaming package?
TT Connect max 100 / 100 line speed
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flamevector
Well-Known Member
Just out of a matter of interest while off topic but on topic. why go faster?
reasson i ask is i also have a 100/100 line and while i also contemplate getting a 200/200 i pull my self back and wonder. do i actually need or want one. content comes down fast enough on the line but maybe that is just me being content with what i have.
reasson i ask is i also have a 100/100 line and while i also contemplate getting a 200/200 i pull my self back and wonder. do i actually need or want one. content comes down fast enough on the line but maybe that is just me being content with what i have.
KillerX
Expert Member
Its not a limitation on the fiber itself, but on the networking equipment. 100Mbit routers and CPE devices are commonly available and reasonably cheap. In order to use 200Mb, you would need to be running gigabit networking (which is quite a bit more expensive).
So the fiber providers would also need to upgrade their infrastructure at their POPS to handle the larger pipes and this will cost the company substantially more money to roll this out. This, added to the fact that the average home user will never fully utilize and notice a difference between 100 and 200 mb its not really economically smart.
The strategy will be to roll out fiber and cover as many houses as you can. Once that saturates, and you aren't expanding as rapidly anymore, start offering additional products like faster lines, or bolt on products like streaming services, VOIP, cloud storage etc.
