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Originally Posted by ethan103
A 5GB HD Movie would take 40 seconds on a 1Gb connection.
These speeds are available in certain countries.
Double that speed and its around 20 seconds.
This is what I am saying will be needed when files get bigger and larger.
My point is, you cannot simply say "faster speeds are not needed" as they clearly are.
I am also not saying I expect these speeds tomorrow.
They will take time some time but they will be here as they are needed.
I would IDEALLY want all downloads in 30 seconds - 1 minute.
That is my personal preference.
With Games and Movies growing in size, connection speeds need to keep up.
Understand?
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I understand what you're trying to say, but you're missing my point entirely. You do not NEED to have any of that downloaded within 30s or 1min. You can wait 5, 10, 20 or even 60minutes if necessary because that's just how the internet works. Faster speeds would be nice, but to claim that they're necessary just so you can download an UHD film in under a minute is ridiculous - that is
not necessary and you have plenty of ways to mitigate that need to have a file in 30s, such as deciding ahead of time what you want to watch or downloading films into your library ahead of time.
Or streaming them. Even in UHD, at 30GB for a 90min film, you only need a 50mbit connection to stream that in real time. There's absolutely no need for a 1gbit connection, it's purely about convenience that you're talking about.