We have been considering FTTH for several weeks now. I need fairly fast internet for work. However, at the building site, the maximum available speed is only 50 Mbit. That’s not great... currently, I have 130 Mbit. That’s quite decent. The FTTH offer from the telecom provider is on the table... a €36,000 (about $39,000) upfront payment. I’m actually ready to sign... BUT: in a few years, LTE5 and better might be available, potentially offering speeds of 200 Mbit and more. With FTTH, there’s immediately 200 Mbit and next year 400 Mbit. The connection can be used for significantly higher speeds... even 10 Gbit is not out of the question yet.
Who can help me decide? The money is available... but the amount is definitely painful. After all, I need to earn almost twice as much gross to cover it.
Who can help me decide? The money is available... but the amount is definitely painful. After all, I need to earn almost twice as much gross to cover it.
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Steffen8025 Feb 2017 07:51The latency could really be the issue. I never gave it much thought before. Good point. Well, it’s not just for surfing; incremental backups of the servers are also transferred to me from the data center every night. But in that case, it doesn’t matter if it takes 1 hour or 3 hours.
