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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I personally consider 100mbit to be the minimum internet people should have. And everyone should have at least that.

I got my parents Starlink because they live a few miles outside the capitol of Texas and have zero unlimited cellular options and no terrestrial options. They get about 120mb/sec and I would hate for that number to go down. It's over 110 dollars a month versus Gigabit bidirectional for Google fiber that I have just 6 miles from them that is only 45 a month.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

100megabit is not the minimum, that's about what I'm on and have the fastest internet out of anyone I know, downloading games in a couple hours and stuff.

People can absolutely live with +16megabits, I did at my parents house for years. 100 would be nice, but in no way necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I only have 22mbit where I live and no available fiber. There's no faster service either. We get by with it, but in a full household, it can certainly cause lots of buffering and bandwidth restrictions. When we worked from home, it could be a problem on occasions. I live in a decently sized community in the southeastern US. There's no excuse for this.