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.