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Originally Posted by csnarpy
I completely agree with 1 G speeds in residential. I have to continually remind people that unless you have the equipment for it (network card), there is no way for you to receive that speed. Then I also have to remind them, even with the 1G plan, that you will not receive the full amount on your wireless device. Although. I was once surprised to see one customer’s phone reach 1.5 G
The best thing about the higher plan, though, is that it will create high speed stability with multiple devices online. Great for larger families .
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Fair. When I installed it during my house refresh about 5 years ago, the difference between Cat 6 and Cat 6a was like $200-300 for the entire spool. It was a no brainer to pay the extra few hundred bucks to future proof/maintain longer term speed stability over the next decade. The labour wasn't really different regardless of the cable I got. I assumed redoing 6 to 6a one day might cost at least an extra 0 behind those numbers but the inconvenience would be worse than the cost. The cost would just be salt in the wounds. I'd probably have changed my mind if the difference was over $1K straight up back then.
5 years later, I'm barely just starting to scratch at occasionally using the GB+ capabilities as a reasonable value option in my home. I'm also surprised at how quickly many manufacturers are starting to push gigabit+ stuff within the last year or so.