Ziply Fiber launches 50-Gig residential service for $900 per month (www.lightreading.com)
from whfsdude@dmv.social to technology@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 17:38
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 01 Nov 2023 17:42 next collapse

why? does anyone need this?

[deleted] on 01 Nov 2023 18:16 next collapse

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lemann@lemmy.one on 01 Nov 2023 18:18 next collapse

If I had this I’d probably just become the neighborhood ISP, sell 1 gig symmetrical to 49 houses for $100/mo and you’re no longer paying for that connection after 9 customers

Permits, a mini JCB, buried fiber runs and stuff would be expensive though… as well as routers for each customer… ah maybe I’d pass on that business opportunity actually 😅

Bizarroland@kbin.social on 01 Nov 2023 19:06 next collapse

You could probably also run a pretty mean Wi-Fi connection. Like neighborhood mesh Network, $50 a month per person.

lustrum@sh.itjust.works on 01 Nov 2023 21:24 collapse

You could probably sell a 1gig service to 200 users on a 50gbps line. That’s how GPON works and mostly people don’t have issues.

echo64@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 18:58 next collapse

This is a publicity stunt and an ad, no, residential users don’t need it. No one is gonna sign up, but it’s viral marketing targeted to land in exactly places like this and we eat it up

Candybar121@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 20:44 next collapse

to download GTA V in 2 seconds

Takumidesh@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2023 02:52 collapse

Why do we need anything more than a 56k modem? It’s already way faster than my 9600 baud setup.

db2@sopuli.xyz on 01 Nov 2023 17:46 next collapse

I hope the three customers they ever get will be enough. That’s $10,800 which is more than many even make.

yote_zip@pawb.social on 01 Nov 2023 17:47 next collapse

I’ll bet if you actually use it 24/7 they will throttle/disconnect you. “Oh I’m sorry you used up your 1TB limit. No one needs more than that per month! Are you doing something illegal???”

Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 18:20 next collapse

I was running 900 Mbps constant download for over 2 weeks on Zipply and never once got a notice. So they might honestly let people use the full data allowance.

carl_dungeon@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 21:10 next collapse

130TB huh? That’s a lot of Linux ISOs.

And009@reddthat.com on 02 Nov 2023 05:45 collapse

It’s for the family

CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 21:04 collapse

You better download 2 cuz I’m not sharing.

lustrum@sh.itjust.works on 01 Nov 2023 21:23 next collapse

Not that it’s feasible, but they themselves won’t have the bandwidth for a few 50gbps users 24/7.

My 1gbps service is a 2.5gbps GPON split between 32 other users, i’ve always seen 1gbps. But theoretically it would only take 3 of us to max the connection out

cm0002@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 01:39 collapse

I did something similar on Comcrap, but over the course of a month or 2 (Yes, I pay for their stupid little modem so I can get their stupid little addon for unlimited) and speeds varied between 600ish-850ish

I thought for SURE I was going to get something, at the very least a “Hey your usage patterns have massively changed, check your network for intruders” email.

I didn’t get squat, so if Comcrap of all companies can do it I don’t see why any other would have a problem with it lmao

poopsmith@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 16:24 next collapse

I’ve had Ziply Fiber before (but not 50 Gbps) and would max their upload for months and they didn’t even bat an eye. It’s the only ISP that I would ever recommend.

atrielienz@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2023 01:10 collapse

We have Ziply Fiber at my house (used to have Comcast) and I am kind of blown away by the service. I’ve had problems with outages twice and each time they notified us via text or email. It’s pretty awesome and we torrent all the time.

On Comcast even with the pro blast super plan we were constantly hitting the cap and getting throttled. I don’t even know what the cap is on our plan now. Never seen any evidence of throttling.

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 20:07 next collapse

This is kind of cool, but at the same time, there’s gotta be a catch. Beside that, I can’t imagine a situation where a residential location might want that. Even if I had a self-hosted data center for my entire family, their friends, and friends of their friends, I still couldn’t saturate that bandwidth

520@kbin.social on 01 Nov 2023 20:14 next collapse

Hotels might be interested

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 20:32 collapse

Hotels are commercial property

520@kbin.social on 01 Nov 2023 22:35 collapse

Orphanages then. Or student dorms

wagoner@infosec.pub on 01 Nov 2023 22:32 collapse

Isn’t the catch that it’s 900 dollars a month?

SaltySalamander@kbin.social on 02 Nov 2023 00:44 next collapse

About 10 years ago, the muni fiber outfit in the town next door lit up 10Gbit fiber for their entire footprint. The price? $900/mo. It's currently $300/mo, and they just turned on 25Gbit across their entire footprint ($1500/mo).

PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 04:43 collapse

There’s probably still a bandwidth cap and it’s probably still the same shitty 1tb everyone else gets with overage charges per gigabyte or some shit.

“It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon download a file for 12 seconds”

douglasg14b@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 21:41 collapse

They are pretty transparent on their terms on their website. No caps on any of their other plans.

You are using shared bandwidth like all other residential plans, meaning that if there is no available bandwidth on the network you get what you get. That’s the catch.

Turns out when you install bundles of 80Tb/s fiber long haul interconnects. Upselling to enthusiasts can be profitable.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2023 20:37 next collapse

When you need that blu ray rip right now

Tandybaum@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 16:15 next collapse

I haven’t looked into point to point wireless in a few years. Seems like this could be a use. One person pays and then blasts that connection to the whole neighborhood.

Otherwise there is zero residential need for these speeds.

TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 20:51 next collapse

You could download your entire backlog in minutes!

douglasg14b@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2023 21:36 collapse

This is awesome!!

We’re moving to a town that has Ziply.