What speed do I need?

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derp90

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I'm busy re-applying for fibre at a new place. I'm coming from 100Mbps, but I'm not sure I need all the speed, and thinking maybe 50Mbps will be sufficient.

I use it for streaming Netflix, YouTube, some downloads, videos calls, etc.

Should I stick with 100Mbps or downgrade to 50?
 
What downloads? Xbox, PS5, etc or just the odd file now and then.

If the latter, I'd go down to 50.
 
The_Ogre said:
What downloads? Xbox, PS5, etc or just the odd file now and then.

If the latter, I'd go down to 50.
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Occasionally big files like games from Steam or PS5, but other than that mainly movies and series.

I could also go down to 30 if it didn't make much of a difference for my needs.
 
Had fibre installed today - coming off VDSL I settled with a 50Mbps line. I might upgrade further once I've made my final payment to telkom.

Drifter said:
Stick with 100, the difference in cost is negligable.
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R300 is a little more than negligible to me.
 
It's with Frogfoot (only option) and I'm going through CISP, so the cost is:

30 - R749
50 - R849
100 - R949

R200 difference between slowest and fastest, but if I don't even feel the difference in speed, what's the point to going for the fastest?
 
derp90 said:
It's with Frogfoot (only option) and I'm going through CISP, so the cost is:

30 - R749
50 - R849
100 - R949
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Ok - I'm with openserve (only option). I'd probably for the 100 given those prices.
 
bwana said:
Had fibre installed today - coming off VDSL I settled with a 50Mbps line. I might upgrade further once I've made my final payment to telkom.


R300 is a little more than negligible to me.
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Finally, congrats!

Yeah, no. I hardly ever download and the only streaming I do is YT. The kids will watch the odd Netflix show or movie every now and then.

R697 for my 35Mbps line vs R997 for 100Mbps. I can use that R300 elsewhere as I don't need the extra bandwidth.
 
The_Ogre said:
Finally, congrats!

Yeah, no. I hardly ever download and the only streaming I do is YT. The kids will watch the odd Netflix show or movie every now and then.

R697 for my 35Mbps line vs R997 for 100Mbps. I can use that R300 elsewhere as I don't need the extra bandwidth.
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It's been a long wait and we're still a little shocked they they lit up the suburb. We stream everything and managed on a 30Mbps vdsl line for years. That's why I went initially for the 50. I'll wait and see how it plays out.
 
bwana said:
It's been a long wait and we're still a little shocked they they lit up the suburb. We stream everything and managed on a 30Mbps vdsl line for years. That's why I went initially for the 50. I'll wait and see how it plays out.
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I'd probably just leave it at that.

If you have consoles, just let it update during the night. I had 1Gbps at one stage and, unless your downloading massive amounts of data, it's a waste of money. When browsing or for everyday use, you won't notice the difference.
 
bwana said:
It's been a long wait and we're still a little shocked they they lit up the suburb. We stream everything and managed on a 30Mbps vdsl line for years. That's why I went initially for the 50. I'll wait and see how it plays out.
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Enjoy your new upload speed. Should be more than double.
 
Been on 50/50 with CISP and Vumatel for like 2 years and recently with the promo went to 100/100 only benefit i have seen is faster download of Steam games if we were running at 50/50 when we suppose to be 100/100 i wouldn't even notice but this is preference 50 is enough for me and the family.
 
CrypticZA said:
Been on 50/50 with CISP and Vumatel for like 2 years and recently with the promo went to 100/100 only benefit i have seen is faster download of Steam games if we were running at 50/50 when we suppose to be 100/100 i wouldn't even notice but this is preference 50 is enough for me and the family.
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Yeah, I went for 50. I think it's definitely enough.
 
Dan C said:
Enjoy your new upload speed. Should be more than double.
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It's not so much the upload speed but the fact that the internet shouldn't stall while I'm doing it.
 
We are on a 50/50 package at the moment although it is running at 100/100 due to a Vumatel promotion. I WFH, we stream Netflix, YouTube, DSTv, Red Bull TV, F1 TV, etc. have remote access to CCTv, alarm, smart devices, ESS, weather station, etc. and have a number of phones, tablets, laptops, etc. and 50/50 has been great.
 
i was on 25mbps for quite some time - upgraded to 50mbps to see if it would help with my line dropping (tried everything else).

WFH and stream constantly (Netflix/Hulu/YT), i have tried the 250mbps, 100mbps before and the only time i noticed a difference is when i was downloading a new version of MacOS on the 25mb it took, obviously, longer than what I used to

if your router graphs your line utilisation (eg: Mikrotik) you'll notice how seldom things go above a solid 20mbps for long. only if you're downloading large files all the time or have more than 3 or 4 HD (2x 4K) streams going at the same time then I guess it might be necessary - streaming is often in bursts, despite places saying you need 25mbps for 4k i haven't seen 4k hit that as a constant.
 
bwana said:
It's not so much the upload speed but the fact that the internet shouldn't stall while I'm doing it.
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Even with fibre, I still occasionally limit upload speeds to keep the network stable, In-app for Sync apps or here for Chrome:
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Prevents big uploads killing the connection.
 
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