Yes but most people are still stuck on 1gb ethernet.
Even wifi5 already tops that. And i would assume most people are already on wifi6 or 6e.
Upgrading ethernet is a specific decision that people have to do. While upgrading wifi happens basically automatically with a new router.
I could transmit around 5gbit with my wifi network. But i am limited by the 2.5gbit ethernet ports on the router/switch.
In practice, the average customer fully utilizes neither bandwith. What’s the point to talk about average customers then? Fact is, cable can be faster.
While WiFi 6+ can go higher than 1Gbps, this is an ideal case scenario. Walls/objects/devices can drastically reduce the bandwith. So might the cable that connects your AP. You can score 2.5 Gbps with WiFi - but so you can with Ethernet.
The real difference is the latency. Cable setups will show 10 times lower latencies and are free of the 200ms spikes you regularly see in AX chips.
Cable is vastly superior for servers.
Yes but most people are still stuck on 1gb ethernet. Even wifi5 already tops that.
I have 1 gps internet and wifi 5. My wifi speed is about half of my ethernet speed
And i would assume most people are already on wifi6 or 6e.
That’s just an assumption. I don’t know the actual stats.
Upgrading ethernet is a specific decision that people have to do.
I’m pretty sure that most people have mostly 1 gps network interfaces on their ethernet compatible devices. 2.5 gps ethernet is only beginning to have widespread adoption
While upgrading wifi happens basically automatically with a new router.
Actually, it depends upon the wifi capability of their devices. For example, most people don’t have Wi-Fi 7 capable devices. Thus, a Wifi 7 capable router would be of no additional benefit to such people. Only recently have I seen 2.5 gps network interfaces available on Amazon. Not everyone has the latest consumer computer technology. My PC is 6 years old and running Windows 11. Yet, it’s still pretty fast for my needs. It’s mostly gamers and geeks that have the latest computer technology.
I could transmit around 5gbit with my wifi network. But i am limited by the 2.5gbit ethernet ports on the router/switch.
Most users are in the same boat. My wifi speed is limited by the Wi-Fi 5 on my router. In the real world, wifi speed is nowhere near as fast as the particular specification allows.
The real difference is the latency. Cable setups will show 10 times lower latencies and are free of the 200ms spikes you regularly see in AX chips.
Cable is vastly superior for servers.
Fiber is even faster and more reliable than cable. I had cable internet before I switched to fiber. Cable has a max real world upload speed of 35 mbp (that’s not a typo). That’s nowhere even close to the real world max fiber speed.
Oh no, with cable I meant the more generic term. Here: Ethernet.
Although I incidentally did have Cable and the upload was at least 100 Mbps.
There’s a huge difference between coaxial cable and ethernet. It’s like night and day.
Before I switched to fiber, my cable internet speed was 200 mps down, and 35 mps up. It was also crazy expensive compared to fiber. I switched to fiber as soon as it became available in my neighborhood.
It’s really the other way round for me.
I had 1 Gbps down, 200 Mbps up with Cable and now have half of both with fiber - for 20% more money.
The difference between fiber and Cable for me: I always have the 500 Mbits down, it’s unshared. With Cable I would sometimes only have 300 Mbits because some neighbors were home or something.
And latencies have improves, though only slightly. Telekom obviously has some issues here.
That’s interesting. I guess you’re not in the United States. Here, symmetrical speed is the standard for fiber internet.