You know, I totally see where this article is coming from. My current fiber provider gives me 500 symmetrical for $55 per month. And if they offered a 250 plan for $27 a month, I would downgrade in a heartbeat because I don’t need what I’m getting.

It’s like owning a super fast sports car. Sure. You can drive at 300 miles per hour. But when are you ever going to get the chance to do so?

As for cellular speeds, they don’t really need to improve to give a single individual enough bandwidth they need to improve to give a bunch of people a decent bandwidth in a crowded situation such as stadiums, concert venues, protests, etc.

I could step outside my door right now and run a speed test on my $15 per month phone plan from T-Mobile and get 250 MBPS which is great. Now what would happen if my entire city lost power and that was the only operational service provider? That’s where the question would come in.

I live in a busy metro-suburban area, I don’t even have 5G everywhere. Hell, there are a couple of small spots where I don’t have any service.

Any more than 4k streaming on one device seems superfluous. If they’re making it just for homes, then maybe. I need to be able for 2-3 people to stream while I download from steam and make send a 4k camera stream out to the net.