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10GBASE-T - Too much speed for home use?

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AndyBeez:
10GBASE-T Ethernet ports are finding their way onto domestic computers. For example, '10G' is a plus $100 order option at the Apple Store. One question though; is anyone fully leveraging the stupid-fast speed of 802.3an/10GBASE-T in a [non-enterprise] household environment? And if so, what are you connecting this too? Did it cost $s to upgrade your network devices and cables? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet

kripton2035:
I don't think this has any use for home network. my gigabit network from year 2000 is still plenty enough.
may be if you have 10 kids watching netflix in 4k simultaneously ?

wraper:
IMHO it's only worth if you have some shared storage which needs fast access from multiple places.

brucehoult:
Depends what you're doing in your home, but 10G is slower than the read/write speed of a mediocre SSD these days, so if you're using one PC as a file server for another one (or have a NAS) you could saturate that easily enough.

The fastest home internet you can get -- at least in my nearest town -- is 1 gig, with actual speed in the mid 900s. So if it's just for sharing internet then 10 G is not needed at present.

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: kripton2035 on April 02, 2023, 11:19:45 am ---I don't think this has any use for home network. my gigabit network from year 2000 is still plenty enough.
may be if you have 10 kids watching netflix in 4k simultaneously ?

--- End quote ---

Netflix says their 4K streams are 15 Mbps, so you'd need well over 50 kids to trouble 1 gig ethernet -- and you only need that for the upstream from their router to the modem (if one device isn't doing both)

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