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When is the US going to have gigabit internet speeds?
When is the US government going to spend money like the South Korean government and updated the old broadband internet to gigabit internet speeds? There is only three or so broadband ISP companies in the US and they are not going to spend millions of dollars updating the internet to gigabit internet speeds. When is the US government going to spend the money so they can update to gigabit internet speeds?
5 Answers
- ∅Lv 72 weeks ago
we already HAVE gigabit, but why would you need that for web browsing? even the most demanding 4K movie streaming uses a mere 50 Mbps. i've seen net connections as high as 250Mbps, but they are overkill, as even the biggest names in websites only offer about 6-10Mbps per person.
there has to be a NEED for something, or it will not be filled.
also, currently, the internet backbones (that all ISPs connect to) are about 100Gbps. but you cannot just have EVERYONE connect at that speed, as internet would slow to a crawl.
so hey divide that speed by how many clients they have, and each may get anywhere from 1Mbps (which some people in my area still have) to 250Mbps. more than enough to handle almost everything.
you can still make your OWN private gigabit network among the computers in your house. all you need is a gigabit router...
- SSP Bowl DudeLv 72 weeks ago
It is available.
The government doesn't own the infrastructure.
It will cost billions to fully upgrade
There are many more than three broadband companies in the US.
