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High speed internet , no use
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Yamn2 Remailer
2025-01-14 12:22:48 UTC
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Hi,
Greetings,

I have high speed internet
around over 100 Mbps

A fiber optic connection

But I dont see much difference
in what I can do with it

I lose freedom as the plan
is upgraded

My devices are not visible on LAN

Router for fiber optics is complicated

Also I dont get fixed public IP

No port forwarding

So no chance of hosting services

I see one use is that of hosting onion links on Omnimix
or other onionshare

Or seeding torrents

But most of the speed is waste

*If someone have clue what people
do with high speed internet , I would like to know*

Regards.
D
2025-01-14 14:52:13 UTC
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Post by Yamn2 Remailer
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*If someone have clue what people
do with high speed internet , I would like to know*
obs studio (https://obsproject.com/) works great for recording streaming
videos; e.g., movies, tv series, etc. saved to mp4 format for viewing on
other devices by using obs "display capture" to record streaming content
while displayed full screen in the web browser; e.g., in mozilla firefox
uncheck "use recommended performance settings" and uncheck "use hardware
acceleration when available"; obs "hide obs windows from screen capture"
and software video encoding (same as stream, x264), save streaming video
(this method may not work with some "digital rights management" sources;
also, pale moon https://palemoon.org/ works better with streaming videos
since the popular firefox browser has become problematic for some users)

p.s.

the majority of currently active unmoderated usenet newsgroups are
infested by usenet troll farm sock puppets . . . nothing new about
that since it's been going on for decades, certainly since the mid-
1990s, but this pandemic occupation of newsgroups vastly increased
after google absorbed dejanews in 2001 . . . and troll farm agents
have routinely utilized all available news servers, remailers, etc.
to meet their assigned daily quotas, custom-tailored to each group
but often cross-posting between them for maximum disruptive effect

fortunately, most newsreaders have at least some scoring/filtering
capability; 40tude dialog is still the best newsreader for scoring,
and simply clicking "ignore"[i] helps the novice to reduce clutter
in any newsreader that supports ignoring sub-threads (e.g. t-bird)
Nomen Nescio
2025-01-31 05:35:44 UTC
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Post by Yamn2 Remailer
Hi,
Greetings,
I have high speed internet
around over 100 Mbps
I have 300 Mbps and my ISP is nagging me to upgrade my 3.0 DOCIS cable
modem to 3.1. It's so they can charge me more money for greater capacity.
Do I need it? Not really. My average is about 275/285 Mbps down which
is fine. Uplink cap is 15-25 Mbps burst, 12.5 Mbps after burst.

My cell phone in hotspot mode has 500+ Mbps down and 35 Mbps up. I have a
bandwidth cap at 60 GB per month before additional charges.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
A fiber optic connection
Fiber is generally good. Fibre at 100 Mbps is capped, it could be 1 Gbps
or higher if you fork out the $$$.

100 Mbps = 12.5 MBps, 300 Mbps = 37.5 MBps, 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) = 125 MBps.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
But I dont see much difference
in what I can do with it
Depends on what you need and what you want to do.

Streaming content. Use Roku, Kodi, Samsung TV, Firesticks, phones etc.

Some of us provide tech support for hardware, OS and software providing
problem analysis and resolution plans. Support files can range from a few
MB to over 20 GB that expands to 100 GB after download. Takes a while to
D/L 20 GB over 100 Mbps, a bit less than 30 mins assuming all is optimal.
Same D/L over 300 takes a little less than 10 mins. The D/L is only as
fast as the slowest link between uplink and destination. If the uplink is
capped (Some are) it could take considerably longer.

I also have a fibre channel SAN and multiple servers running native and
hypervisors.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
I lose freedom as the plan
is upgraded
Shouldn't. Should gain benefits.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
My devices are not visible on LAN
What kind of devices? What do you need to "see" about them? Can you ping
them? Windows systems won't show up in the Network unless you enable
sharing for example. You don't have to "share" anything, just enable it
so you can see the other systems in Network.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
Router for fiber optics is complicated
Get your own router and put the fiber router in bridging mode. Netgear
routers are decent and the I/F is sensible. The below router is decent
for home use. Look on Amazon.

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/routers/r6120/
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
Also I dont get fixed public IP
You don't need a fixed IP, use dynamic dns https://freeddns.dynu.com/
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
No port forwarding
Put the fiber router in bridge mode, use your own router to forward
ports, use ddns. You can use VPNs no problem this way.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
So no chance of hosting services
Depends if the provider blocks ports 25, 21, 80, etc. Most do. Just
change the forwarded external port number and configure accordingly for
personal use. Note that some providers use content filtering and will
detect / block certain inbound well known services by handshake. In that
case use a VPN.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
I see one use is that of hosting onion links on Omnimix
or other onionshare
Don't need port forwarding for that. I host onion services for mail, web
and file sharing without any issues for example.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
Or seeding torrents
Don't need fixed port forwarding for that either, let the client sw
randomize and open the port as needed.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
But most of the speed is waste
Not a waste. A sewer pipe should never be full.
Post by Yamn2 Remailer
*If someone have clue what people
do with high speed internet , I would like to know*
Regards.
Fritz Wuehler
2025-02-04 21:19:58 UTC
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I read somewhere fairly recently that all companies plugging you to pay
for a greater speed are worthless. Google even does this with videos.
It is a waste of money, except for the greedy ISPs and google.

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