I'm also completely satisfied by my mediocre internet speed. Video streaming, conferencing works. I don't torrent anymore. I just don't know what I need more bandwidth for. Curious to hear from those that do use the data bandwidth provided at 50mbps.
My measured speed at home is typically over 600 Mbs. Most (not all) of the house and devices are networked over ethernet. I'm super happy that we have all the bandswidth because on most days:
- We have 2 adults working full time from home. We're in the entertainment/technology industry. We're streaming video calls and transferring massive files/repos _constantly_. One uses a remote desktop solution to get to their media workstation in the office regularly, requiring a low latency connection.
- We have 2 children going to school from home (schools haven't reopened here), spending the day on either Zoom or on Netflix/video games.
And then there's all the smartphones and other smart devices around the house regularly eating up bandwidth.
I don't always need all that bandwidth, but when I do, it's crucially important.
I often get better than 50Mbps, depending on the location in the house it can be 200. It's not about "What can you do", but "what don't you have to wait for". If I'm downloading a 100MB file, I don't look away or browse somewhere else - The 10 second it takes to download isn't enough to interrupt my concentration, while if you're on a "mere" 50 megabit connection you're waiting 40 seconds and your mind has wandered and you've walked away.
Snappy is important. The more that's snappy, the better you're going to feel.
I have 100mbps, and I sometimes wish it were faster. Mostly for downloading video games, honestly. Non-indie games these days are often in the tens of gigabytes, so, even on 100mbps they can take a while to download. And patches can be big, too. And then if it's both me and my son downloading a game to play together...
I suppose work video calls with a dozen+ people in them probably take up a decent chunk of bandwidth as well, but I haven't checked closely.
