What new uses are you putting 1Gbps broadband to?

makeorbrake

My exchange will be upgraded shortly. I appreciate that the upgrade will facilitate a lot of stuff to function much better eg. streaming/video/iptv/gaming However, what new uses have you found for your connection now that you've had access to the improved speeds?

I'm trying to figure out if there's any real tangible incentive right now for me to spend more on the monthly broadband subscription for the higher speed...

ED E

The succinct answer is: if you have to ask, you don't need it.

Those working with 4k footage, CAD files, large nightly images or feeding a larger household have a use case, most people should opt for 150 or 300.

makeorbrake

ED E wrote: »

The succinct answer is: if you have to ask, you don't need it.

Those working with 4k footage, CAD files, large nightly images or feeding a larger household have a use case, most people should opt for 150 or 300.

That's what I thought - thank you.

EDIT: It's something I wondered about for quite a while (having friends overseas that have had 1Gbps broadband since a few years ago - and since this thread and this rollout began). Sometimes, when features like this emerge, the applications follow...I'm just curious as to how that will develop and specifically what they will be...

daraghwal

makeorbrake wrote: »

That's what I thought - thank you.

EDIT: It's something I wondered about for quite a while (having friends overseas that have had 1Gbps broadband since a few years ago - and since this thread and this rollout began). Sometimes, when features like this emerge, the applications follow...I'm just curious as to how that will develop and specifically what they will be...

Right now, I can't see many uses other than improving what I use (higher quality streaming etc. without wait times) but in the future Virtual Reality, probably more than 4K streaming, 3D etc. will become the norm and we will all be wanting our 1 Gb/s but for now I'd be happy enough with 150.

Anyone else have any ideas

degsie

VR pron anyone?

ItHurtsWhenIP

What uses we could be putting it to:

Live streaming local/rural hurling/football/soccer/rugby matches, Masses etc.

All of which will attract small viewership figures (10s/100s), but still giving those that cannot attend a chance to at least watch what they otherwise would have missed. A small thing, but would bring great happiness to those that could not be there.

Tele-medicine is another significant area, particularly for those people that are currently very remote from their doctor. If their "diagnostic pack" (BP, Sp02, ECG, etc.) was constantly reporting back to a monitoring station, their GP would have a good handle on how they are doing day-to-day.

Also in a situation where high-speed BB is available truly nationwide (though this would be a 4G/LTE solution), a first responder to an emergency would be able to video link with a specialist to help with situations beyond the FR's capabilities.

Finally, for those people living in deepest darkest Ireland, who have had family move away because of the lack of opportunity (due to no broadband) and/or the recession, the ability to communicate properly face-to-face with their loved ones would bring a great deal of happiness.

On this last point, my neighbour's husband had to emigrate for work a few years back (he's in the building trade). He was in a Scandanavian city with 100Mbps connection. His wife and kids had a 1Mbps/0.5Mbps connection.

I helped them set-up their first Skype session a few days after he moved. The look of joy on their faces when hey saw their Daddy was amazing, but the disappointment at the stuttering video, cylon-like audio took all the happiness out of the moment. They killed the video and that made the audio OK, but it took some of the joy out of the moment.

When he'd made enough money they upgraded to a 3Mbps/1Mbps and were able to have a reasonable-ish Skype video experience.