Swisscom customer (and employee) here, opinions are my own of course.
They recently called me to upgrade my fiber connection from 1 Gbps to 10Gbps for free (every customer with a compatible connection gets it, AFAIK).
I have to admit that, although the network is indeed faster (on the speed tests and file transfers), I really don't see the point quite yet.
Considering that:
- Most of the devices I use are anyways connected to WiFi 6
- Reaching a 10Gbps peak is highly unlikely
- Most of my ethernet ports are anyways at most 1Gbps
- Most of the servers won't serve you more than 1Gbps anyways
I do not really consider this a must-have upgrade for a residential customer, especially if you live alone / less than 4 people.
On top of that, as demonstrated by these tests, servers aren't quite there yet, and the 10Gbps / 25Gbps you are getting are not fully dedicated to your connection.
Don't get me wrong, I love to be able to use the fastest internet I can - but realistically speaking this is just useful in a few specific cases.
If you are hosting your own server at home, a 10 / 25 Gbps upload is definitely interesting though.
It a nice thing to have already, and I'm really thankful to live in a country where I have the privilege of having such a luxury, but as of today a >1Gbps connection is overkill (heck, for most of the stuff even a >100Mbps is overkill sometimes).
They recently called me to upgrade my fiber connection from 1 Gbps to 10Gbps for free (every customer with a compatible connection gets it, AFAIK).
I have to admit that, although the network is indeed faster (on the speed tests and file transfers), I really don't see the point quite yet.
Considering that:
- Most of the devices I use are anyways connected to WiFi 6
- Reaching a 10Gbps peak is highly unlikely
- Most of my ethernet ports are anyways at most 1Gbps
- Most of the servers won't serve you more than 1Gbps anyways
I do not really consider this a must-have upgrade for a residential customer, especially if you live alone / less than 4 people.
On top of that, as demonstrated by these tests, servers aren't quite there yet, and the 10Gbps / 25Gbps you are getting are not fully dedicated to your connection.
Don't get me wrong, I love to be able to use the fastest internet I can - but realistically speaking this is just useful in a few specific cases.
If you are hosting your own server at home, a 10 / 25 Gbps upload is definitely interesting though.
It a nice thing to have already, and I'm really thankful to live in a country where I have the privilege of having such a luxury, but as of today a >1Gbps connection is overkill (heck, for most of the stuff even a >100Mbps is overkill sometimes).