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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground
1Gb is the ethernet connection speed not the internet. If you pay for 100Mbps then you're on 100Mbps.
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Just to clarify, 1gb is the link speed going from your pc to the router. It can support that speed because both your NIC in your pc and the port on the router are both rated at 1gbit. If you had an older router for example which only had a 100mbit port on it, you can only transfer at the slowest speed so your pc would report the connection to be 100mbit.
1gbit isnt a waste atm, it is good future proofing because it means it wont be a limiting factor for future speed increases when they bang us up to 200mbit etc because you know you'll already be able to handle it.