Re: [tlug] Gigabit Internet connection

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:
> KDDI sent me a nice little flier offering me to upgrade to their 1Gb 
> internet connection. I think I will, even though I know I probably won't 
> notice too much a difference from my current 100Mb connection. Making 
> the last mile go faster doesn't mean much if the rest of the internet 
> isn't also faster.

You may get a noticeable performance boost if connecting to servers on 
the same ISP or other well connected sites, but probably only for large 
file downloads.  I use 1Gb Ethernet on the home network.  It didn't give 
a me significant performance boost until I started using Jumbo frames 
9000k, which as far as I can see, are still unusable on the internet.

Edward